esotericism, n.Definitions

Esotericism (n.) kills ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the symbol: by claiming to have its better expression, it turns it into a conventional sign.

Esotericism (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the true kind is not secret information withheld but knowledge that is ineffable — it cannot be told because it fits no class.

Esotericism (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Eastern ways is a kind of tact: the initiate knows that cherished social ideas are a disease, and that no one can simply be told so.

Esotericism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a smoke screen of reincarnation, psychic powers and superhuman mahatmas in which the credulous seeker can lose himself forever, hiding an aim of astonishing simplicity.