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unusual facts about esotericism


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.

Godfrey Higgins

Wouter Hanegraaff who has written a detailed history of esotericism has written that Higgins had no interest in either occultism or esotericism.

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

Kenneth Grant

In 1972, Grant published the first book in his "Typhonian Trilogies" series, The Magical Revival, in which he discussed various historic events in Western esotericism and also encouraged future interest in the subject.

Massimo Scaligero

Massimo Scaligero, born Antonio Sgabelloni in Veroli, Italy (1906–1980) an Italian spiritual teacher, esotericist and anthroposophist.

Oswald Wirth

He studied esotericism and symbolism with Stanislas de Guaita and in 1889 he created, under the guidance of de Guaita, a cartomantic Tarot consisting only of the twenty-two major arcana.

Treadwell's Bookshop

Treadwell's Bookshop is an esoteric bookshop in Bloomsbury, central London.

Wouter Hanegraaff

(ed. with Jeffrey J. Kripal), Hidden Intercourse: Eros and Sexuality in the History of Western Esotericism.


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