@sun @amerika @7666 @arcana @toiletpaper part of the issue with having esotericism at all is that, with a few exceptions obviously, so much of previously esoteric knowledge has become exoteric in the sense that it's all been democratized. the success of the enlightenment meant that people just don't hide wisdom in the west like they used to. the only thing left unexplained is the Mysteries themselves, which are beyond explanation