Tradition Institution
esotericism
Wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
- Also called esoteric teaching, esoteric
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches · 4
Many paths. Shared histories.
4 branches recorded under esotericism, one step down, as the records give them.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
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Recorded as a branch of
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Theosophy Religion founded by Helena Blavatsky 2 branches of its own -
anthroposophy Esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience - Western esotericism Range of related ideas and movements that have developed in the Western world 1 branch of its own
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Archeosofica School of esoteric Christianity
Traditions whose own records say they belong to it
1 tradition names esotericism as its own — an affiliation, so kept apart from the tree.
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