WESTERN ESOTERIC TRADITIONS

ASTROLOGY PAGE There is no media that could possibly contain all that is embraced by Esotericism and there is no way to comprehensively describe the uncountable number of groups, directions and belief models that can be subsumed under this name.
CABBALA preserves traditions describing the origin and destiny of humanity and the universe, as well as practices aimed at restoring ourselves and the world to our true stations. These are of course typical religious concerns, which in this case parallel or amplify the teachings and practices of mainstream Judaism.
GNOSTICISM teaches that this world is not our true home--that by seeing through the illusion and realizing our true nature, we can escape, returning to the world of spirit.
HERMETISM, including ASTROLOGY, is based on the assumption that the soul and the cosmos are mysteriously and fundamentally linked. "As above, so below."
FREEMASONRY and some forms of ALCHEMY use symbolic means to aid the practitioner in his individual betterment, with the aim of increasing virtue and drawing closer to the divine.
THEOSOPHY and its offshoots teach the existence of hidden masters, who are charged with guiding earth's spiritual evolution. We may choose to actively cooperate with these efforts.
SPIRITUALISM emphasizes the comfort of direct experience of the afterlife by means of communion with ghosts.
COSMOLOGY is the branch of PHILOSOPHY and METAPHYSICS that deals with the world as the totality of all phenomena in space and time. Pre-Socratic philosophers from the Ionian School are sometimes called cosmologists.
JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY seeks to integrate the various dualities and contraries within a patient's psyche through involvement with myths, dreams, and visions.

As important a part of esotericism as any of these answers, is the Spirit of Quest which has encouraged seekers throughout the ages to search the World, and their own Souls, for deeper Meaning and ultimately Salvation.

ESOTERICISM largely overlaps with occultism which simply means "hidden knowledge." However, in the 20th century many esotericists avoid the latter term owing to negative connotations associated with it (for example, the presumption that it involves devil-worship or black magic). For the same reason, many (predominantly Christian) opponents of esotericism prefer the term "occultism."

Much overlap exists as well between esotericism and mysticism. However, many mystical traditions do not attempt to introduce additional spiritual knowledge, but rather seek to focus the believer's attention or prayers more strongly upon the object of devotion. Thus Trappist monk Thomas Merton may be a mystic, but is probably not an esotericist.(from answers.com/wikipedia)



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