The rejected knowledge and religion and spirituality and technology and mythology of the western occult esoteric tradition. It has been cut out of our history and put into a dusty old room out of sight and out of mind. And people thought that if they wanted to look for spiritual and Mystical truth and techniques, they have to look to India or China Japan. It is that rejected knowledge that was removed from the academy. The west went so strongly into rationalism and “enlightenment“ and they rejected alchemy and astrology and magic from chemistry, astronomy and psychology and physics, etc. To the great detriment to the society. All of this went underground into secret societies, and into a few elite who hold this knowledge.
Because of both false science and false religion - the true mystical stream had to go underground…. Because of political power…
Esotericism & Occultism
https://www.amsterdamhermetica.nl/esotericism-in-the-academy/
What is Esotericism?
“The term “esotericism” covers a wide spectrum of currents in Mediterranean, Eurasian, and now global cultural history. As an umbrella term that intends to highlight connections and developments over a long period, from antiquity to the present day, Esotericism includes phenomena as varied as Gnosticism, Hermetism, Neoplatonism, theurgy, astrology, alchemy, natural magic, Christian Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, Christian Theosophy and Illuminism, the currents of modern Occultism, Spiritualism, Traditionalism, the New Age movement, Neopaganism, ritual magical groups, and a host of contemporary alternative spiritualities and forms of popular “occulture.” In short, esotericism cuts through established boundaries of religion, science, art, and philosophy. As an academic field of study, esotericism is therefore a highly interdisciplinary enterprise.”
Esotericism Resources
https://shwep.net/info/glossary/
https://shwep.net/info/resources/
