1. Esotericism is based on the idea that there are
two types of knowledge: ordinary knowledge and esoteric knowledge.
2. Esoteric knowledge is concerned with man's hidden
possibilities, chiefly liberation from the world and returning to the Source.
3. Esoteric knowledge exists everywhere, in all
places and times; strands of it exist in art, religion, philosophy, and so on.
4. Esoteric knowledge cannot be given to the general
mass of people. When it is it turns into nonsense.
5. This knowledge is not hidden or exclusive, and
those who have this knowledge are always working diligently to communicate it
to others as effectively as possible.
6. It is up to individuals to amass and apprehend
this knowledge on their own. To do this, one must be able to appreciate
esoteric knowledge. This is the chief issue with this type of knowledge and why
it is so hard to communicate.
7. Appreciation is only possible by valuing the
purpose of this knowledge: again, to liberate oneself from the world and return
to the Source.
8. With appreciation, one can develop the faculty of
discrimination, which allows one to discern between esoteric knowledge and
ordinary knowledge.
9. The world is organized in such a way to confine
man in an agnostic state. He cannot have knowledge about the most important things.
One value of this knowledge is it provides a way out of this; it can provide
knowledge about the most important things.
10. Esoteric knowledge is by its nature
transformative; by accumulating this knowledge one's perspective on oneself and
the world will be changed, and one will develop in wisdom.
