esotericism

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But for members of the Source Family, a group that some call a cult, it’s a way of life honed over decades of study and ritualism based in Western esotericism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2023

Wayne Shorter is not only one of jazz’s greatest composers but its angel of esotericism, an enlightened and arcane elder.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2018

But The Vorrh, while rich with esotericism, was not that book.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2018

The massive and profusely illustrated volume analyzes everything from Pythagorean mathematics to the esotericism of the Shakespearean dramas.

From Salon • May 21, 2015

You must remember that downward trend in the Great Cycle; that make each succeeding period in Sanskrit literature a descent from the heights of esotericism towards the personal plane.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth