Mysticism, Esotericism, Exotericism, Occultism… Sorting Through the Spiritual Wilderness

A reader posted this recently on my Facebook feed:

I have a question, have you covered the differences between exoteric vs. esoteric spirituality? thanks. huge and vast topic…

My reply: it is a huge topic! But I said I’ll see if I can pull together at least a few thoughts for my blog.

She went on to offer these thoughts:

Please address the spectrum, mysticism’s role and the occult tangent. I look forward to it. I see material on the internet, theosophical, occult…

Yep, there’s a lot here. In the...