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'''Esoteric''' means "hidden", "for the few", or "for the ''[[Elitism|elite]]''" or inner circle, the extraordinary or special, reserved; as distinct from ''exoteric'' meaning "open, exposed", "for the many", or "for the [[common]] people", the masses or the mob, the crowds, the ordinary.
'''Esoteric''' means "hidden", "for the few", or "for the ''[[Elitism|elite]]''" or inner circle, having to do with the extraordinary or special, reserved. Esoteric is distinct from ''exoteric'' meaning "open, exposed", "for the many", or "for the [[common]] people", the masses or the mob, the crowds, the ordinary.
The word is sometimes used as a [[synonym]] for "complicated", "complex", "highly technical", "advanced knowledge", "unnecessarily confusing", "difficult or impossible to understand", "generally obscure" and "[[Mysticism|mystical]]".
The word is sometimes used as a [[synonym]] for "complicated", "complex", "highly technical", "advanced knowledge", "unnecessarily confusing", "difficult or impossible to understand", "generally obscure", "incomprehensible" and "[[Mysticism|mystical]]".
Esotericism, the belief in and study of esoteric [[Spiritual|spiritual matters]], is often mistakenly confused with [[Occult]]ism.
''Esoteric Christianity'' is a generic term for a multitude of [[Heresy|heresies]] rejected by exoteric orthodox catholic [[Christianity]] from the 1st through the 20th centuries which generally embody Gnostic and New Age teachings, such as [[Marcionism]], [[Cathar]]ism and [[Theosophical Society|Theosophy]] (proposed by H. P. Blavatsky, originally a [[Baptism|baptized]] member of the [[Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox Church]]).
==See also==
==See also==
[[Mystery religion]]
[[Mystery religion]]
[[Orphic mysteries]]
[[Eleusinian mysteries]]
[[Christian mysteries]]
[[Gnosticism]]
[[Gnosticism]]
[[Neo-Gnosticism]]
[[Bogomil: Bogomilism]]
[[Kabbalah]]
[[Kabbalah]]
[[Yoga]]
[[Sufism]]
[[New age movement]]
[[New age movement]]
[[Liberalism]]
[[Liberalism]]
[[Marxism]]
[[Woke]]
[[Pseudoscience]]
[[Pseudoscience]]
==External link==
[[The Da Vinci Code]]
;''Esoteric subjects most people find incomprehensible''
[[Philosophy]]
[[Theology]]
[[Mathematics]]
[[Boolean algebra]]
[[Calculus]]
[[Research]]
[[Theory]]
[[Analyst]]
[[Physics]]
[[Quantum mechanics]]
[[General theory of relativity]]
[[Thermodynamics]]
[[Engineering]]
[[Computer engineering]]
[[Chemistry]]
[[Architect]]
[[Architecture]]
[[Jurisprudence]]
[[Law degrees]]
[[Government]]
[[Social science]]
[[Political Science]]
[[Economics]]
[[Marketing]]
[[Academic]]
[[Education]]
[[Liberal arts]]
[[Linguistics]]
[[Hermeneutics]]
[[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)]]
[[Existence]]
[[God]]
==External links==
* [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/esoteric The Free Dictionary. esoteric (thefreedictionary.com)]
* [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Esotericism New World Encyclopedia. Esotericism (newworldencyclopedia.org)]
* [http://www.catholic.com/tracts/the-great-heresies The Great Heresies] ''a list of heresies committed by Catholics''
* [http://www.cuf.org/2004/04/the-new-age-movement/ Catholics United for the Faith. The New Age Movement (cuf.org)] ''evaluation of incompatibility of [[Theosophical Society]] teachings''
* [http://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Helena_Petrovna_Blavatsky#Early_years Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Early years (theosophy.wiki)]<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky#Childhood:_1831.E2.80.9349 Helena Blavatsky: Childhood 1831-49 (wikipedia.org)]
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