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	Esotericism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Esoteric is an adjective originating in Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from esôtero, the comparative form of esô: "within".
		Historically, esoteric knowledge is not generally known in large part because it is deliberately kept secret from those outside a select group.
		Because of this openness, the reflexive aspect of the esoteric prevails: that it is complex and difficult to grasp except by the fewer, more perceptive or aware.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esoteric_knowledge (2274 words)

	Encyclopedia: Esoteric knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Esoteric knowledge is knowledge that is secret or not generally known.
		Exoteric knowledge is knowledge that is publicly available, in contrast with esoteric knowledge, which is kept from everyone except the initiated.
		Esoteric Christianity refers to the occult study and the mystic living of the esoteric knowledge related to the inner teachings of Christianity; the term is generally associated to Rosicrucianism and Christian religion is seen as a Mystery religion.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Esoteric-knowledge (800 words)

	SCIENCE AND ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		One outstanding contribution of the Russellian science is that it reunites scientific physical knowledge with esoteric spiritual knowledge.
		However, in the course of history, a process of bifurcation took place, and knowledge was dichotomized into sacred and secular knowledge.
		Sacred knowledge was further divided into esoteric and exoteric knowledge—the former in the form of mystery schools, which went largely underground, and the latter in the form of theology or scholasticism.
	www.philosophy.org /webarticles/text/hermetic2.htm (343 words)

	Jeffrey Hadden defends Scientology's Secrecy
		Esoteric knowledge, that is, knowledge intended for or understood by only a small proportion of a group is present in all human groups.
		Approached gradually, with procedures for socialization regarding the importance of protecting the knowledge, and explicit initiation rituals along the way, the novice gradually comes to mold his or her identity with the identity of the group.
		The notion that religious knowledge in the modern world is democratic knowledge and, therefore open to all, decries the experience of new religious movements in the North America and Europe.
	www.rickross.com /reference/apologist/apologist18.html (963 words)

	Steiner: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds: How Is Knowledge of the Higher Worlds Attained? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Those who have been initiated into the nature of this higher knowledge are not in the least surprised that the uninitiated should so think, for the secret of initiation can only be understood by those who have to a certain degree experienced this initiation into the higher knowledge of existence.
		This esoteric knowledge is no more of a secret for the average human being than writing is a secret for those who have never learned it.
		It is a natural law among all initiates to withhold from no man the knowledge that is due him but there is an equally natural law which lays down that no word of esoteric knowledge shall be imparted to anyone not qualified to receive it.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~dcandmkw/spirit/stein3.htm (7738 words)

	Towards a Foundation of a Universal Esoteric Science
		If an esoteric science is to be truly universal, it must be based on fundamental elements of knowledge that can be confirmed or refuted (as much as possible) and can serve as the foundation for further units.
		The greatest denial of knowledge however is found in some hidebound exoteric Religions and Cults, where learning of anything other than one's own faith or the teachings of the cult leader is actually depreciated or condemned as a distraction, or the work of the devil.
		So an esoteric science, as suggested here, is not about the path to enlightenment or self-realisation, which is the true goal of mystical and esotericist practice, but about understanding the "intermediate realities" between the objective physical and the transcendent.
	www.kheper.net /topics/Esoteric_Science.html (7463 words)

	Self knowledge and esoteric education
		Esoteric education, or inner education, begins with the most simple yet fundamental questions that are asked by every child: "Who am I?", "Where did I come from?", "Why am I me and not you?".
		Esoteric education is a "drawing out" of a kind of knowledge that is inseparable from one's own being.
		It is not knowledge about something, although it might appear so, rather it is a kind of knowledge that is the inherent property of the thing in question.
	www.beshara.org /pages/education.html (312 words)

	Esoteric Buddhism by A.P.Sinnett
		And the esoteric doctrine is thus regarded by those of all creeds who are “enlightened” (in the Buddhist sense) as the absolute truth concerning Nature, Man, the origin of the Universe, and the destinies toward which its inhabitants are tending.
		There are considerations of the utmost possible interest connected with precise knowledge on these points, because each round is, as it were, specially allotted to the predominance of one of the seven principles in man, and in the regular order of their upward gradation.
		Esoteric science, though interesting itself mainly with matters generally regarded as appertaining to religion, would not be the complete comprehensive and trustworthy system that it is, if it failed to bring all the facts of earth life into harmony with its doctrines.
	www.theosophical.ca /EsotericBuddhism.htm (16010 words)

	Kevorkian Center
		The role of knowledge in medieval dialectical exchanges between the Sunnis and the Shi`a on the crucial issue of leadership of the umma, the Muslim polity, is the main focus of my paper.
		Since the latter knowledge, represents the very essence of things, he considers its exponents, the Sufis, to be far superior to the members of the first and the second categories.
		Hurufi ideas about esoteric knowledge can be summarized as follows: all Hurufis believed that the exoteric/esoteric distinction arose at the beginning of time when God created the cosmos in order to become known as stated in a popular hadith qudsi.
	www.nyu.edu /gsas/program/neareast/esoteric_conf.html (5590 words)

	The Esoteric Knowledge
		Since the deluded persons know me with their physical eyes their imperfect knowledge comes in the way of true knowledge (141-145), in the same way as the swan who, thinking the reflections of stars in water as gems, jumps to pick them up and dashing against a rock dies.
		Then whatever knowledge they acquire is like the coconuts cut by monkeys or like a pearl in the hand of a blind man. Their scriptures are as uselessness weapons in the hands of maidens, or like the mystical letters of a mantra told to an impure person.
		Bathing in the river of knowledge, he has attained perfection and he looks like the foliage on the tree of ever-lasting peace (186-190), or the blossoms of the supreme spirit, or a pillar in the pavilion of fortitude, or an overfull jar dipped in the ocean of bliss.
	www.starwon.com.au /~soham/jnaneshwari/chap09.html (11154 words)

	Esoteric Knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		opinion is that our news is highly controlled by multi-nationalistic secret societies, many of which are destined to horde esoteric knowledge away from the...
		Esoteric knowledge is knowledge which is believed to be true but not generally known or accepted.
		Often, esoteric knowledge is not generally accepted in large part because it is deliberately kept secret from those outside a select group.
	www.wikiverse.org /esoteric-knowledge (234 words)

	Scientology: A Way of Spiritual Self-Identification
		It is supposed that the disclosure of hidden knowledge, giving it availability for all who so wish, transforms hidden knowledge into profane, or secular, knowledge which loses its holy power and convertibility.
		In other words, esoteric knowledge arises from a situation where it is necessary first to pass all levels of a detailed developed chain of personal achievement.
		Thus, esoteric knowledge develops not from a desire to code and hide knowledge, but from the simple circumstance that one possessing the highest level of knowledge cannot relay this knowledge to a person who has not yet passed all the requisite steps of internal transformations and changes of consciousness.
	www.neuereligion.de /ENG/Sivertsev/doc2.htm (560 words)

	CyberShaman -- Hawaiian Kupua Shamanism - Huna and Hawaiians
		This is not easy to determine from an oral tradition, but a few knowledgeable Hawaiians wrote some things down about their own traditions after the introduction of written language, and perhaps we may find some clues there.
		All of this is significant because there are many tales of "Kanehunamoku" in which humans travel there, learn esoteric knowledge (i.e., knowledge of arts and crafts unknown to humans before then) and return to share that knowledge with the rest of humanity.
		That "ka 'ike huna," the esoteric knowledge of using the power of the mind to influence nature and events was practiced by the Hawaiians there is no doubt.
	www.hawaiian.net /~larryw/html/hunaword.html (949 words)

	The Basic Esoteric Dictionary
		The Esoteric Dictionary is primarily an inventory of the terminology used by Henry T. Laurency, secondarily of the terminology used in theosophy and the works of Alice A. Bailey.
		Esoterics is in the possession of the planetary hierarchy and was taught, up to 1875, in its secret knowledge orders only, after 1875 partially in public.
		Magic consists in using the knowledge of the pertaining laws of nature and the method of their application affecting physical-etheric material energies by means of mental material energy to bring about changes in the visible molecular kinds.
	www.laurency.com /Dictionary.htm (17923 words)

	Golden Altai UniverSynergy Arts--Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In the Dark Ages, previously known knowledge about human energy fields, herbal remedies, potions, secrets of health (such as yoga exercises), mental powers (such as telepathy and telekinesis), crystal vibrations, pyramid power, astral karate, and even the study of the human mind, was violently suppressed by churches and governments.
		Some advantages of acquiring knowledge include being happier and healthier, living a better life, unleashing your inner powers, success in business and personal relationships, creating a harmonious family, raising genius children, improving your health and longevity, and learning how to make "miracles" happen for you and those you love.
		Knowledge about life, energy, psychology, and methods of personal improvement, are useful to the fulfillment of most worthwhile goals.
	www.goldenaltai.org (1421 words)

	Lecture: Exoteric And Esoteric Christianity
		If we are to designate that which existed in the form of an esoteric Christianity, we might say that in past ages of the evolution of the earth people knew of the existence of these worlds through the manifestations that I have characterized a short while ago.
		But the esoteric element which Christ gave to his initiated disciples consisted therein, that He told them: What took place on Golgotha, is the reflection of superterrestial events and of the relationship between the worlds of the gods connected with Saturn, Sun, Moon and the present Earth, and Ahriman.
		The esoteric knowledge is always a knowledge of facts which take place, as such, in the spiritual world, and remain hidden behind the veil of the physical world.
	wn.rsarchive.org /Lectures/ExoEso_index.html (5422 words)

	Esoteric Publishing / Esoteric Philosophy Links
		Esoteric and Spiritual Astrology Introduction to esoteric astrolgy and artwork by Jean-Luc Bozzoli.
		Knowledge of these mental laws of nature will make it possible for people to gain command of their mentality and gradually create a global kingdom of love on Earth.
		The purpose of the SOL is to assist in spreading esoteric knowledge in an ethical manner to all who want to receive it, regardless of religious denomination, gender, nationality, race, age, social position or income.
	www.esotericpublishing.com /links.html (3675 words)

	Esoteric knowledge -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Esoteric knowledge is (The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning) knowledge that is secret or not generally known.
		Such knowledge was confined within certain disciplines, such as (Any art that invokes supernatural powers) magic and (Freemasons collectively) freemasonry.
		This is not the case any more as most groups, such as the (Click link for more info and facts about Theosophical Society) Theosophical Society, teach freely to anyone, often without cost.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/es/esoteric_knowledge.htm (258 words)

	Gurdjieff: The Unknown Man
		The term should mean immediate, or direct, knowledge, as opposed to mediate, or indirect, knowledge, or knowledge which has been reached through the mediation of the special senses.
		I shall assume that esoteric knowledge exists and shall discuss Ouspensky’s statement that teachers of this knowledge are usually difficult to recognize.
		A few years later he began experimenting on himself in the hope that by altering his state of consciousness he would be able to gain knowledge of a kind different from that which one acquires in an ordinary state.
	www.gurdjieff.org /walker1.htm (2566 words)

	In what sense are the Upanishads associated with 'esoteric knowledge'?
		In approaching the question of the esoteric nature of the Upanishads I intend to give a brief explanation of the meaning of the word Upanishad and to place the Upanishads within their context as part of the Vedas.
		I shall briefly discuss the esoteric concept of correspondences and the internalisation of the ritual, followed by an exploration of the central concept of Brahman and atman.
		The Brahmanas maintained that knowledge of the correspondences between the cosmos and the ritual is a source of power.
	www.philhine.org.uk /writings/tt_upanisads.html (2512 words)

	Esoteric Knowledge?
		Parallel to the standard exoteric view of the state (whether of the established church, or of established science), there have long been other esoteric views about mind, spirituality and religion, that have been somewhat different, even radically different.
		Most of us feel that we are party to one or more of these esoteric perspectives, and, of those, most will also feel a considerable tension between these rare beliefs and those of our universities, industries and government.
		Furthermore, they should not be esoteric because we are somehow ashamed of the new theories.
	www.theisticscience.org /spirituality/esoteric.htm (571 words)

	Exoteric And Esoteric Christianity
		Side by side with this exoteric contemplation, there has always been an esoteric Christianity for those who were willing - as I have said before - to prepare their hearts and minds in an adequate way for the reception of an esoteric Christianity.
		This gave him the sure knowledge that Christ had passed through death and that, after his death, he was connected with the evolution of the earth as the living Christ.
		As stated, some records dealing with this esoteric knowledge remained in the keeping of secret societies, the members of which no longer understood the content of these records - in our age, certainly not.
	www.uncletaz.com /exoeso.html (5182 words)

	GA 10: How Is Knowledge of the Higher Worlds Attained?
		The direction he is to take is traced with unfading, everlasting letters in the worlds of the spirit where the initiates guard the higher secrets.
		It runs as follows: All knowledge pursued merely for the enrichment of personal learning and the accumulation of personal treasure leads you away from the path; but all knowledge pursued for growth to ripeness within the process of human ennoblement and cosmic development brings you a step forward.
		It will always be found that they who really know are the most modest of men, and that nothing is further from their nature than what is called the lust for power.
	wn.rsarchive.org /Books/GA010/English/GA010_c01.html (6580 words)

	Sufism-Knowledge
		Manifest knowledge and the sciences of jurisprudence, they assert, belong to the theologians and scholars of the general run of ordinary Muslims, whereas the hidden knowledge and the knowledge of truth are reserved for the Sufi priests, who preferred to call themselves the elite.
		Sufis support the innovative dichotomies by citing the abnormal things done by al-Khidhr when Musa was in his company, such as making a hole in a ship, killing a boy and restoring a falling wall, as chronicled in surat al-Kahf (18.60-82).
		They justify Musa's objections to al-Khidhr's deed on the grounds that Musa had acquired exoteric or manifest knowledge only, while al-Khidr was one of the elite possessed esoteric or hidden knowledge.
	www.qss.org /articles/sufism/sufi17.html (575 words)

	Higher Viewpoint - Book Lists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi is one of my favorite writers on the Jewish mystical Kabbalah (not to be confused with the Western esoteric offshoot, usually spelled "Qabalah").
		It's divided into two parts; an exposition of the Goddess Isis in history and as worshipped today, and a detailed series of initiations which can be adopted in one's personal practice.
		Isidora Forrest is well known in the occult community for her contributions as a Golden Dawn initiate as well as Priestess of a modern Isiac tradition, and her wealth of experience and knowledge shows here.
	www.higher-viewpoint.com /modules/booklists (523 words)

	SMN Science and Esoteric Knowledge Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		This bibliography is intended as a guide for people who want to learn more about knowledge and wisdom that goes beyond what is generally regarded as scientific.
		Books which are particularly likely to appeal to those unfamiliar with esoteric knowledge are marked with an *.
		The bibliography was created by the Science and Esoteric Knowledge Group of the Scientific and Medical Network, and was compiled by Dr Julian Candy, who would welcome corrections and suggestions for future inclusions.
	www.datadiwan.de /SciMedNet/esotbibl/intro.htm (163 words)

	Western Esoteric Texts
		Here is a smorgasbord of texts relating to esoteric and occult beliefs.
		A comprehensive introduction to the Esoteric, including the Qaballa, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic, Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.
		This site has a massive collection of etexts on esoteric subjects, including many texts from rare manuscripts and public domain books.
	www.sacred-texts.com /eso/index.htm (801 words)

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