tryptographer wrote:
Just avoid inappropriate terms (in this context) like occult, research, '600 times' - it only discredits your book imho!
Be very cautious about the difference in intrinsic meaning between occult and esoteric.
From etymology online:
occult (adj.)
1530s, "secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of occulere "cover over, conceal," from assimilated form of ob "over" (see ob-) + a verb related to celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- (1) "to cover, conceal, save." Meaning "not apprehended by the mind, beyond the range of understanding" is from 1540s. The association with the supernatural sciences (magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.) dates from 1630s.
esoteric (adj.)
1650s, from Greek esoterikos "belonging to an inner circle" (Lucian), from esotero "more within," comparative adverb of eso "within," from PIE *ens-o-, suffixed form of *ens, extended form of root *en "in." Classically applied to certain popular and non-technical writings of Aristotle, later to doctrines of Pythagoras. In English, first of Pythagorean doctrines.
What is esoteric need no covering over to sustain the mystery of an inner truth which may be able to be corroborated in science, but only those in the inner circle, witness how the inner truth is paired with the scientific investigation.
What is occult, likely got covered over, thus suggests uncovering such may debunk.
Esoteric belongs with a set of three words, "exoteric", "mesoteric", and "esoteric", each describing a circle of knowledge defined by marriage of experiential understanding, with taught knowledge. The exoteric circle is the one in which Spirit beings need be recognized to substantiate entry. The mesoteric circle is the one in which the flow of knowledge is understood as able to be received more, when given more. The esoteric circle can't be defined outside of entry into, which makes it seem suspicious of course. However these three circles are defined within many indigenous knowledge systems, and critical to the more ancient systems of scientific investigation I described in a previous post.
Of course folk who base their belief, or bow to the mainstream western mindset basing belief, in Western science, will quibble about meaning, since the deeper issue with Western science, (deeper than the fallacy of the vacuum), is the lack of timely marriage between experiential understanding defined by experimental observation being repetitive, and internal exoteric observation of corroboration from the point of view of Spirit beings. Obviously, if anybody sustains the quibble that Spirit beings existence is subjective since it can't be substantiated by modern Western scientific method, they won't believe in the deeper sciences of old.
Modern western science is what it is, no denying that, but since it becomes used by persons who were hell bent on disputing reality, it was that too.
a mother a daughter a lover of life, an exorcist of addictions if ere in need of the strife, and at bottom line a wife, I might well be a bore, yet have no doubt, I stand among the poor, and beg not what for, that hat hath at, nobody's mind fell too flat