Western esotericism

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esoteric tradition occult tradition religious-philosophical current

Western esotericism is a broad, historically rooted set of mystical, occult, and philosophical traditions in the Western world that explores hidden spiritual knowledge, symbolism, and alternative approaches to religion and science.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Western esotericism canonical	29
The Western Esoteric Traditions	1
Western esoteric tradition	1
Western esoteric traditions	1
Western occultism	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	esoteric tradition ⓘ occult tradition ⓘ religious-philosophical current ⓘ
contrastedWith	exoteric religion ⓘ mainstream scientific rationalism ⓘ
developedIn	early modern Europe ⓘ modern Western societies ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	alternative approaches to religion ⓘ alternative approaches to science ⓘ doctrine of correspondences ⓘ experience of transmutation ⓘ focus on hidden spiritual knowledge ⓘ initiatory structures ⓘ living nature ⓘ mediation through symbols and rituals ⓘ mystical orientation ⓘ occult orientation ⓘ syncretism ⓘ use of symbolism ⓘ
hasDomain	Western civilization ⓘ surface form: Western culture
hasField	Gnosticism (modern receptions) ⓘ Hermeticism ⓘ Christian Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Kabbalah (Christian Kabbalah and occult Kabbalah) New Age ⓘ Rosicrucianism ⓘ Tarot ⓘ Theosophy ⓘ Western mystery traditions ⓘ alchemy ⓘ astrology ⓘ ceremonial magic ⓘ Esoteric Christianity ⓘ surface form: esoteric Christianity occultism ⓘ ritual magic ⓘ spiritualism ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoot	Hellenistic period ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Renaissance Europe
hasKeyConcept	esoteric knowledge reserved for initiates ⓘ gnosis ⓘ occult forces ⓘ
hasKeyScholar	Antoine Faivre GENERATED ⓘ Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke ⓘ Wouter J. Hanegraaff ⓘ
influenced	New Age ⓘ surface form: New Age spirituality contemporary alternative spiritualities ⓘ modern occult movements ⓘ
influencedBy	Christian theology ⓘ Gnosticism ⓘ Hermetic texts ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Jewish Kabbalah Neoplatonism ⓘ Platonism ⓘ Renaissance humanism ⓘ
studiedBy	cultural historians ⓘ historians of religion ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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Kabbalah → influenced → Western esotericism ⓘ

Tree of Life → usedIn → Western esotericism ⓘ

subject surface form: Tree of Life (Kabbalah)

Tree of Life → influenced → Western esotericism ⓘ

subject surface form: Tree of Life (Kabbalah)

this entity surface form: Western occultism

Hermetic Qabalah → partOf → Western esotericism ⓘ

legend of Hiram Abiff (in most traditions) → category → Western esotericism ⓘ

subject surface form: legend of Hiram Abiff

this entity surface form: Western esoteric tradition

Theosophy → combinesTraditionsFrom → Western esotericism ⓘ

Pythagoreanism → influenced → Western esotericism ⓘ

Sefirot → influenced → Western esotericism ⓘ

New Age → influencedBy → Western esotericism ⓘ

Tarot → usedIn → Western esotericism ⓘ

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke → fieldOfWork → Western esotericism ⓘ

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke → notableWork → Western esotericism ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Western Esoteric Traditions

Pillar of Mercy → usedIn → Western esotericism ⓘ

Middle Pillar → usedIn → Western esotericism ⓘ

Wouter J. Hanegraaff → fieldOfWork → Western esotericism ⓘ

Israel Regardie → fieldOfWork → Western esotericism ⓘ

Sephiroth → usedIn → Western esotericism ⓘ

Builders of the Adytum → religiousTradition → Western esotericism ⓘ

Eliphas Levi → movement → Western esotericism ⓘ

Dion Fortune → movement → Western esotericism ⓘ

De occulta philosophia libri tres → influenced → Western esotericism ⓘ

League for Spiritual Discovery → influencedBy → Western esotericism ⓘ

A Vision → philosophicalTradition → Western esotericism ⓘ

Georgie Hyde-Lees → movement → Western esotericism ⓘ

Corpus Hermeticum → tradition → Western esotericism ⓘ

Metatron → influenceOn → Western esotericism ⓘ

Lilith → influenceOn → Western esotericism ⓘ

Wicca → influencedBy → Western esotericism ⓘ

Netzach → appearsIn → Western esotericism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western esoteric traditions

Square and Compasses → culturalContext → Western esotericism ⓘ

The Secret Doctrine → influencedBy → Western esotericism ⓘ

Pythagorean harmony of the spheres → influencedField → Western esotericism ⓘ

Louis Claude de Saint-Martin → movement → Western esotericism ⓘ