esotericism

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But for members of the Source Family, a group that some call a cult, it’s a way of life honed over decades of study and ritualism based in Western esotericism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2023

Wayne Shorter is not only one of jazz’s greatest composers but its angel of esotericism, an enlightened and arcane elder.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2018

But The Vorrh, while rich with esotericism, was not that book.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2018

The massive and profusely illustrated volume analyzes everything from Pythagorean mathematics to the esotericism of the Shakespearean dramas.

From Salon • May 21, 2015

He felt she was undignified, she put a sort of vulgarity over the esotericism which gave man his last distinction.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)