exoteric

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Then came that distinct cleavage of Exoteric and Esoteric—the two heads, H. S. Olcott and H.P.B., one wielding the temporal and the other the spiritual authority in the Society.

From London Lectures of 1907 by Besant, Annie Wood

Exoteric, a term applied to teaching which the uninitiated may be expected to comprehend, and which is openly professed, as in a public confession of faith.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

So remember, if you buy him, one of him is called Esoteric, and the other Exoteric.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

The Exoteric side of the cult gives us the Human, the Folk-lore, elements—the Suffering King; the Waste Land; the effect upon the Folk; the task that lies before the hero; the group of Grail symbols.

From From Ritual to Romance by Weston, Jessie Laidlay

Hence Chapter XXXI. sets forth only their Exoteric doctrines.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey