Hylics, those wholly identified with gross materialism, lack the pneumatic spark necessary to perceive symbolic or metaphysical truths; debating them forces you into their mechanistic arena where logic becomes weaponized absurdity (e.g., demanding empirical proof for sacred experiences). Their consciousness operates on Aristotelian binary codes ("real/unreal," "win/lose"), inevitably reducing numinous realities to sterile semantics until your soul-energy drains into Sisyphean refutations of shadows. As the Gospel of Philip warns: "Do not cast pearls before swine lest they trample them, then turn and rend you." Preserve your gnosis: withdraw not from fear, but from tragic recognition that some prisons worship their own bars.