Why is the knowledge of the Siddha system kept in an elusive manner?
Of course it is hundred percent elusive. This is the way it can be guarded from the un-initiated and the not so genuine followers of the path. The real teachings of the Siddhas have been retained under the Oral Lineage so that it survives in its original potential without getting corrupt by any conceptualization, wrong-interpretations or the misuse of power that unleashes from the teachings.