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4. Esotericism as spiritual knowledge

The essence of the esoteric concept is the need to gain knowledge about Man and the Universe, or about the Microcosm and the Macrocosm.

The system of knowledge about the deep foundations of Being includes exoteric and esoteric components, which are interconnected as "external" and "internal". Esoteric knowledge is knowledge about the fundamental laws of the Universe, the laws of the Subtle Worlds, the external form of expression of which are the laws of the Solid World, that is, our physical reality. Exoteric knowledge exists in the form of various religious denominations. This knowledge is intended to introduce the vast majority of people to the spiritual Cosmos, in order to provide them with spiritual protection. As the esoteric doctrine says, in ancient times there was no division of teachings into exoteric, open, and esoteric, hidden: all teachings were publicly available. As a result of the action of certain laws of evolution, at a certain stage in the existence of mankind, people began to differentiate into those who chose the "right" path of spiritual development and those who chose the "left" path.

The "right" path is the path of White occultism, it is in harmony with the laws of the evolution of the Cosmos.

The "left" path is the path of Black occultism, it hinders the evolution of mankind.

The definition of the term “occultism” was proposed by E. Tiryakyan: “By occultism I understand purposeful actions, methods, procedures that:

1) attract secret or hidden forces of nature or the cosmos that cannot be measured or understood by the means of modern science;

2) have the goal of obtaining results, such as empirical knowledge of the course of events or changing them in relation to what they would be without this intervention.

The main occult sciences can be divided into three classification groups.

The first group of occult sciences are disciplines based on objective data: astrology, graphology, chirology, palmistry, and also fingerprinting. This also applies to psychiatry. The second group of occult sciences operates with subjective data. This includes primarily various mantic disciplines, that is, methods of divination. The third group of occult sciences - various types of magic, the main purpose of which is to influence nature and man using occult methods. There are several types of magic, differing in purposes and methods of influence. Professional magic has long been divided into White (theurgy) and Black (necromancy, witchcraft). But the difference between them is more ethical than technical.

Author: Pankin S.F.

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