Abstract Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

The exclusion of true esoteric religion has been the business of the State since ancient times. At first this was done via the establishment…

— Adi Da

“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

“On the exoteric level the traditions are irreconcilable. On the esoteric, experiential level of the heart reigns an eloquent, reverential silence.”

— Frederick Franck

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

The deeper inner teachings are presented to very few because few would understand them. The exoteric teachings are presented to many.

— Frederick Lenz

The Occultists, however, know that the traditions of Esoteric Philosophy must be the right ones, simply because they are the most logical, and reconcile…

— Anonymous

“Conventional, organized religion, in its most decadent form, is an inert parody of the genuine religious experience as much as modern occult organizations are…

— Zeena Schreck

Social and political issues in general seem to me fairly simple; the effort to obfuscate them in esoteric and generally vacuous theory is one…

— Noam Chomsky

... I suppose that the party or sect which is to do any work in the world must breathe its own peculiar atmosphere, speak…

— Rebecca Harding Davis

The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which…

— Idries Shah

Ideology... is a kind of contemporary mythology, a realm which has purged itself of ambiguity and alternative possibility.

— Terry Eagleton

“As the interpretation of reality by the power structure, ideology is always subordinated ultimately to the interests of the structure. Therefore, it has a…

— Václav Havel