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6. Esotericism and Religion

At present, there is a growing need for an integral concept of the origin and essence of Higher Knowledge, which would be an organic synthesis of scientific, philosophical and religious approaches. The concept claiming this role is the esoteric concept of the origin and essence of religion.

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 from the corresponding church egregor (spiritual cover).

Religion is the Eternal Truths, presented in a form accessible for perception, at least on a subconscious level, to the widest strata of the population, in order to ensure their spiritual growth and ascending afterlife. Religion is intended for those who choose the long, "winding path" of spiritual development, that is, the "broad gate" to the Kingdom of God. Esotericism provides its adepts with a much more difficult, but much faster "direct path" of spiritual perfection - the "narrow gate" to the Kingdom of God. Without esotericism, religion becomes an empty shell. Each religion has its own esoteric grain. So, for example, in Orthodoxy it is hesychasm, in Islam it is Sufism, in Judaism it is Kabbalah, etc. As for Kabbalah, its meaning goes far beyond Judaism, since it represents, along with the Tarot cards and the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus , the basis of all Western occultism. Philosophy is a rationalistic form of worldview, and therefore it is not capable of penetrating further than the Solid World. Esotericism, with the help of supersensible methods of cognition, explores all the Plans of Existence, that is, the Subtle Worlds, and not only the Dense World.

Parapsychology is a "scientific", profane form of esotericism, through which modern science is trying to reconcile esotericism, built mainly on supersensible methods of cognition, and the purely rationalistic worldview that is currently dominant. Therefore, even in the atheistic former USSR, despite official atheism, occultism in a scientific form - in the form of parapsychology - was actively engaged not only by individuals, but also by state research centers, primarily those associated with various special services.

Author: Pankin S.F.

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