esotericism

• “It also contains what might be called "esotericism," or, deeper readings of texts and life.”

  Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 1: What Is Kabbalah?

• “I am not scholar enough to judge the Scandinavian verse, but the Irish poetic speech seems to me at worst an over abundance of the esotericism which is an essential element in all admirable literature, and I think it is a folly to make light of it, as a recent writer has done.91 Even now verse no less full of symbol and myth seems to me as legitimate as, let us say, a religious picture full of symbolic detail, or the symbolic ornament of a cathedral.”

  Simon & Schuster: Later Articles and Reviews

• “esotericism" suffers the risk of collapse when the resources of the "initiates" are not sufficient to "patch the gaps", that is, to solve problems as soon as they occur.”

  Mark Shuttleworth

• “I have every right to condescend to people (i.e. most liberals) who think intellectual finesse and esotericism equals fitness for and superiority of leadership.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Judd Gregg for Commerce?

• “His later spiritual perspective evolved among pantheism, humanism, and various elements of Western esotericism, as seen most vividly in Part II of Faust.”

  johann wolfgang von goethe | outside of the gate | Faust I. « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground

• “Pythagorean esotericism has been a constant presence in Western thought since antiquity, but it was especially in vogue during the Renaissance, thanks to the rediscovery of a poem of “self-help” maxims written around the fourth century B.C. called the Golden Verses of Pythagoras.”

  Simon & Schuster: HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID

• “The difficulty and esotericism was part of the intensity of the lesson.”

  Sheila Weller: Rest In Peace -- Not, William Zantzinger

• “In the end, this volume brings all of the benefits of deep spiritual practice without any of the jargon or esotericism that may repel more scientifically-minded folk.”

  Dr. Alex Benzer: How to Slay Stress with the Love Response

• “Kabbalah, the centuries-old system of Jewish mysticism and esotericism, offers three types of answers to these questions.”

  Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question

• “These two works position Shingon esotericism as the culmination of all Buddhist and religious standpoints.”

  Fictionaut: Laughter

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