Keith Thompson - Philip Gardner - Manly P Hall -
12,822. The powerful but misguided esoteric movements of today such as Freemasonry and the Illuminati hold to the belief that the Jesus of Christianity is in reality a representation of the Sun or astrological personification, and that Christianity is a later distortion or forgery that plagiarised from previous cults. This is why you see so many attacks upon Christianity in our day. (Christian & Freemasonry & Illuminati & Esoteric & Mystery School) Keith Thompson, Where the Rabbit Hole Ends
71,472. The word itself is derived from the Greek eis meaning into or within. According to most dictionaries the word means simply something taught to the few or initiated: it is elements of secrecy and inner traditions associated with it. The esoteric elements of the world are those books you read where you know there is more depth. The teaching of secret societies and the many layers of understanding. The hidden truths of the Bible and other religious texts. Wisdom literature. Mystery religions and of course the Gnostics. Philip Gardner, The Ark, The Shroud & Mary, documentary & book
71,473. The direct descent of the essential programme of the Esoteric Schools was entrusted to groups already well-conditioned for the work. The guilds, trade unions, and similar protective and benevolent Societies had been internally strengthened by the introduction of a new learning ... These were men of ‘towardness’, those suns of tomorrow, whose symbol was a blazing sun rising over the mountains of the east. Manly P Hall, Masonic Orders of Fraternity