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Traditional representation of the Sri Yantra, from Spirit and Flesh com – Sri Yantra. The various layers of the mantra represent the interaction of Shiva (upward triangles) and Shakti (downward triangles), as well as mantras, deities, worlds, and progressive meditation towards the Center, which represents the Absolute Reality. There are many beautiful versions of this popular mantra, both traditional and modern, as any google search will show.<\/p>\n\n

The\u00a0Esoteric<\/dfn>\u00a0perspective in this context means the “inner” (eso-), in the sense of the\u00a0inner consciousness\u00a0or\u00a0gnostic, perspective, as opposed to the “outer” (exo-) or\u00a0Exoteric, i.e. the\u00a0outer or everyday consciousness.\u00a0\u00a0Esoteric and Exoteric\u00a0are the two basic ways of looking at reality –\u00a0the intuitive\u00a0and\u00a0the rational.<\/p>\n\n

(I am of course naturally aware of the use of the term “esoteric” in the colloquial sense; e.g. “esoteric mathematics”, meaning dense, abstruse, extremely specialised and little-known.\u00a0 But I am here using the term is a more metaphysical sense of altered states of consciousness, and non-mundane realities.\u00a0 In this latter sense, even the “esoteric” aspects of\u00a0science, etc are “exoteric”).<\/small><\/p>\n\n

Esotericism therefore means pertaining to the\u00a0esoteric\u00a0dimension or sphere of insight. Here “esoteric” means\u00a0inner\u00a0and\u00a0spiritual\u00a0rather than\u00a0outer\u00a0and mundane, sacred rather than secular,\u00a0subtle\u00a0rather than\u00a0gross,\u00a0mysticism\u00a0rather than conventional\u00a0religion.<\/p>\n\n

Esoteric
Exoteric
Three types of esotericism
Different esoteric worldviews
Esoteric and Exoteric
The Esoteric\/Gnostic stages of Transformation
Towards a Foundation of a Universal Esoteric Science\u00a0by M.Alan Kazlev, Arvan Harvat, and Steven Guth
A Certain Ethical Problem in Esotericism\u00a0– by Robert Searle
Esoteric Secrecy\u00a0by Robert Searle
Esoteric Links<\/p>\n\n

Different people may arrive at an esoteric understanding in different ways; some through spontaenously awakening to\u00a0gnostic\u00a0(as happened to me at age 20) or other experiences, or through\u00a0individual meditation, or\u00a0initiation into an esoteric group, or personal metaphysical study, or grace of a\u00a0genuine guru\u00a0(or even of a\u00a0fake or ambigious guru), or taking of psychedelic drugs (which I do not approve of, but anyway) or just a general broadening of the\u00a0mental being, or in any other of numerous ways.<\/p>\n\n

However it happens, and\u00a0whatever the type of esotericism, the person has made a great step forward, in that they are no longer bound to the\u00a0exoteric\u00a0religious or secular belief-system, but now have a far greater understanding of things. They may still be bound to\u00a0thoughtforms, but the thoughtforms are not as limited as those they held previously.<\/p>\n\n

Child nodes<\/em>:\u00a0Alchemy\u00a0|\u00a0Astrology\u00a0|\u00a0Augoeides\u00a0|\u00a0Esoteric\u00a0|\u00a0Exoteric\u00a0|\u00a0Gnosticism\u00a0|\u00a0Hermeticism\u00a0|\u00a0Kabbalah\u00a0|\u00a0Neoplatonism\u00a0|\u00a0Planes of Existence\u00a0|\u00a0Subtle Body\u00a0|\u00a0Sufism\u00a0(and\u00a0Islamic Esotericism\u00a0in general) |\u00a0Tantra\u00a0|\u00a0Theosophy<\/p>\n\n

Sibling nodes<\/em>:\u00a0East and West – materialism, metaphysics and religion\u00a0|\u00a0Gnosis\u00a0|\u00a0Metaphysics\u00a0|\u00a0Occultism\u00a0|\u00a0Towards a Foundation of a Universal Esoteric Science<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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