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Abramelin oil

Abramelin oil became popular in the Western esoteric tradition in the 20th century after the publication of the S. L. MacGregor Mathers English translation of the Book of Abramelin, and especially via Aleister Crowley, who used a similar version of the oil in his system of Magick.

Andrea Bowen

Most recently, she played the role of Candace in the esoteric adventure film Eye of the Dolphin.

Andreas Faber-Kaiser

Andreas Faber-Kaiser (Barcelona, 5 April 1944 - Barcelona, 14 March 1994) was a Catalan esoteric writer of German descent.

Attar of Nishapur

Notably, jazz bassist David Holland's album, which was written as a metaphor for his own enlightenment, and Om's Conference of the Birds, which deals with extremely esoteric themes often connected with metaphors of flight, inward vision, destruction of self, and oneness with the cosmos

Austin Wintory

Originally, Monaco developer Andy Schatz sought out licensed music as a backdrop to the game's setting, feeling that the style of music needed was too esoteric to hire a composer.

Bennie Green Blows His Horn

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Green and his band show that there is no reason that swinging jazz has to be viewed as overly intellectual and esoteric... a fine example of Bennie Green's talents and winning musical personality".

Blue Lotus Assembly

Blue Lotus Assembly (Sho-Ren Ko) is a form of esoteric Buddhism established in North America by Stephen K. Hayes.

Brian Bloodaxe

The game is notable for its esoteric humour which was strongly influenced by the humour of sketch comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, its in-game music (The "Liberty Bell March" by John Philip Sousa, better known to most as the Flying Circus theme tune), and colourful graphics.

Brian Evenson

For example, the main character of The Open Curtain (2006) becomes preoccupied with a murder committed in the early 1900s by William Hooper Young, a grandson of 19th century Mormon leader Brigham Young, while Immobility (2012) takes place in a post-apocalyptic Utah and features some esoteric elements of LDS theology.

Bricaud

Jean Bricaud (1881–1934), a French student of the occult and esoteric matters

C. A. L. Totten

He devoted most of his remaining life to writing, chiefly on biblical chronology, biblical prophecy, pyramidology, British Israelism, the symbolism of the Great Seal of the United States and other esoteric subjects.

Cabalist

Kabbalah, an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought

Cabalistic

Kabbalah, an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought; its definition varying according to the tradition and aims of those following it, from its religious origin as an integral part of Judaism, to its later Christian, New Age, or Occultist syncretic adaptions

Channeling

Mediumistic channeling, the esoteric process of receiving messages or inspiration from extra-dimensional beings or spirits, whereby one is a medium or channel for such an entity.

Cross and circle game

Cross and circle boards may suggest a variety of mystical, symbolic, or esoteric designs such as mandalas; sun and earth symbols; swastikas; or Celtic, Coptic, and Greek crosses.

Doug Baker

Douglas Baker (born 1922), South African writer on esoteric subjects

Dweller on the threshold

Alice Bailey in Esoteric Astrology suggests that Mars and Saturn are involved in the third initiation, the initiation where illusion is finally overcome.

Eden Gray

In the 1960s, Through her books, Gray had an integral part in the creation of the contemporary interest in esoteric Tarot in general, and the Waite-Smith Tarot deck and the Fool's Journey interpretation of the Tarot trump cards in particular.

Édouard Schuré

Eduard (Édouard) Schuré (January 21, 1841 in Strasbourg – April 7, 1929 in Paris) was a French philosopher, poet, playwright, novelist, music critic, and publicist of esoteric literature.

Eleven-Faced Avalokitesvara Heart Dharani Sutra

Some people believe that this dhāraṇī is told by the Eleven-Faced Avalokitesvara, an esoteric bodhisattva in Tibetan Buddhism, and that it is the equivalent Tibetan version of The Great Compassion Mantra in Mahayana Buddhism.

Fraternidade Rosacruciana São Paulo

The Fraternidade Rosacruciana São Paulo ("The Saint Paul Rosicrucian Fellowship" - note that "Saint Paul" is a reference to Paul of Tarsus, not to the Brazilian city) is a Christian Rosicrucian esoteric school founded in 1929 by Lourival Camargo Pereira, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, based on the Max Heindel, Eliphas Levi, Gurdjieff,Pëtr Dem'ǐanovič Uspenskiǐ and Maurice Nicoll teachings.

Fredro Starr discography

Esoteric, Ill Bill, Godilla, Fredro Starr (of Onyx), Sicknature, Punchline, Reks, Thirstin Howl the 3rd, Planetary (of Outerspace, Virtuoso, Maylay Sparks, Swann, Sav Killz, M-Dot & Reef The Lost Cauze - Snowgoons Dynasty

Geoff Stirling

For example, he devoted many hours of, often unscheduled, broadcast time to conversations with gurus such as Ram Dass and Swami Shyam and to a variety of esoteric subjects ranging from pyramids to unidentified flying objects, a practice which continues today as the station is run by his son Scott, and Scott and Judy's son, Jesse.

Goodrick

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke B.A. (Bristol), D.Phil, a professor of Western Esotericism at University of Exeter and author of several books on esoteric traditions

Guhyasamāja tantra

'Gos Lotsawa Khug pa lhas btsas originated a transmission in Tibet, as did Marpa Lotsawa. The Sakya tradition received both transmissions. Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelug tradition, considered the Esoteric Community to be the most important of the tantras and used the Ārya tradition as a template for interpreting all the other tantric traditions.

Gutworm

They went on to record an album featuring new material with Greg Chandler (of Esoteric) at Priory Studios in Birmingham.

Häagen-Dazs

Häagen-Dazs ice cream comes in several traditional flavors as well as several esoteric flavors that are specific to the brand, such as Vanilla Swiss Almond and Bananas Foster.

Halcyon, California

The Temple of the People was founded in Syracuse, New York in 1898 by William Dower and Francia LaDue, members of the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society.

Hannes Vanaküla

These claims, as well as the controversy over reality and transportability of those energy pillars between Vanaküla and Vormsi Enn, another esoteric practitioner, were reported in various media.

Hermetic Qabalah

With the Enlightenment Age of Reason and its skepticism of mainstream religion, the tradition of exoteric-theological Christian Cabala declined, while esoteric-occult Hermetic Qabalah flourished in the Western mystery tradition.

Jerusalem in Judaism

Until 1967, it was generally considered to be the only surviving remnant of the Second Temple from the era of the Roman conquests; there are said to be esoteric texts in Midrash that mention God's promise to keep this one remnant of the outer temple wall standing as a memorial and reminder of the past.

Kappabashi-dori

These shops sell everything from knives and other kitchen utensils, mass-produced crockery, restaurant furniture, ovens and decorations, through to esoteric items such as the plastic display food (sampuru, derived from English sample) found outside Japanese restaurants.

Keser

Airplay for tracks from Esoteric Escape and Robo Ghost also included BBC Radio Scotland, Xfm, Radio K in Minneapolis, United States, Static Airwaves, Canada and Leith FM, Edinburgh.

Kūkai

Meanwhile, Kukai's new esoteric teachings and literature drew scrutiny from a noted scholar-monk of the time named Tokuitsu, who traded letters back and forth in 815 asking for clarification.

Lyudmila Zhivkova

In connection with her esoteric interests, she designated 1978 "Roerich Year", having encountered like-minded scion of Russian émigrés Svetoslav Roerich in India in 1975.

Mahavairocana Tantra

Vajrabodhi, an Indian monk famous for translating esoteric rituals into Chinese language

Nerys Hughes

She also guest-starred in the metaphorical and esoteric Doctor Who story "Kinda" (1982) as the scientist Todd, alongside actors Peter Davison, Richard Todd and Simon Rouse; and

Patrick Lundborg

A permanent alternative spiritual culture of the West is outlined as Lundborg follows the impulse from Eleusis through the Neoplatonism and pantheism of the Middle Ages, the rise of hermeticism and esoteric alchemy during the Renaissance, up to the highly visible psychedelic scenes of the modern world.

Phallus paintings in Bhutan

Phallus paintings in Bhutan are esoteric symbols, which have their origins in the Chimi Lhakhang monastery near Punakha, the former capital of Bhutan.

Predrag Dragić

His themes of interest are diverse and original, and his intellectual curiosity is a mixture of modern world poetry, philosophy of numbers, Christian esthetics, the works of Dostoevsky, Gogol and Andreyev, the history of European civilization, European esoteric writers, protohistory of Serbs and Slavs, the phenomenon of migrations and the Christian-Orthodox mysticism.

Richard L. Tierney

Tierney has written widely on a variety of esoteric topics, such as the legends concerning Mount Shasta and Amne Machin.

Rosier

Rosier does not appear in the Bible (or Apocrypha), and is not mentioned in the Catholic Encyclopedia or Britannica, but Rosier is recognized in esoteric tradition as a fallen angel (specifically a Dominion of the Second Sphere), and is considered the patron demon of tainted love and seduction.

Sacred Songs

In that interview Hall indicated that in 1974 he began a serious study of esoteric spirituality, reading books on topics like the cabala, the ancient Celts, and the traditions of the Druids.

Śubhakarasiṃha

Yixing belonged to the northern school of Chán Buddhism, but this was not seen by Chinese Buddhist culture as being fundamentally different from the esoteric teachings of Śubhakarasiṃha.

Tantric

Tantras, refers to numerous and varied scriptures pertaining to any of several esoteric traditions rooted in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy

Vladislav Khodasevich

The former contained the most important rendition of Orpheus theme in the Russian poetry, the esoteric Ballad.

Yockey

Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960), American esoteric philosopher and political theorist


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