Culture Quote by Frederick Franck

“A school of esotericism usually arises in connection with some special realization of the Truth, which it sometimes stresses beyond its due proportion to…

— Dion Fortune

“And scholars of the mystical, or esoteric, or inner teachings of the world’s Great Traditions are fairly unanimous in saying that although the outer…

— Ken Wilber

“Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness…

— John Buehrens

“This new spirituality is much more about taking off the masks of pretense and cultivating genuine heart connections that inspire growth in both elders…

— Adam Bucko

“I have wandered freely in mystical traditions that are not religious and have been profoundly influenced by them. It is my church, however, that…

— Anthony de Mello S.J

“The scientific spirit, the contempt of tradition, the lack of discipline and the exaltation of the individual have very nearly made an end of…

— Kenyon Cox

“When one approaches an exotic spirituality, one understands principally what one is predestined to understand by one's own vocation, by one's own cultural orientation…

— Mircea Eliade

“So few things we need to know. And the old wisdoms shudder in us and grow slack. Like renunciation. Like the melancholy beauty of…

— Robert Hass

All of the exoteric teachings are only designed to give you the type of life that will allow you to practice the esoteric teachings.

— Frederick Lenz

“Let’s celebrate our extraordinary ability to evolve emotionally, mentally, spiritually throughout life, taking on new ideas, thoughts, philosophies, and ways of being and living.”

— Vishen Lakhiani

“We must seek out that which invigorates us, and engage it at all fronts. Art, music, literature, conversation, travel, nature—whatever it is that keeps…

— L.M. Browning

“discriminate between the principles that improve the quality of prose and the superstitions, fetishes, shibboleths, and initiation ordeals that have been passed down in…

— Steven Pinker