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OCCULT

"secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret."

“The world is not prepared yet to understand the philosophy of Occult Sciences – let them assure themselves first of all that there are beings in an invisible world, whether ‘Spirits’ of the dead or Elementals; and that there are hidden powers in man, which are capable of making a God of him on earth.”

~ H. P. Blavatsky. 1831 - 1891

ESOTERIC

intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

The first records of the word esoteric come from the mid-1600s. It comes from the Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, meaning “inner.” Esoteric information is that which can only be understood by an inner circle of people, such as those with in-depth knowledge of an obscure subject.

"All the great world religions, though divided by the superficial differences of their exoteric creeds, unite in their esoteric knowledge. It is this Secret Doctrine, which all the faiths of the world share in common, that interests all sincere students of religion. The quest of essential wisdom is the great work of life."

~ Manly Palmer Hall. 1901 - 1990

“Occult Philosophy means love of wisdom, and the lover of wisdom is a seeker for knowledge; he desires to know the secrets of nature and the mysteries of spirit life, which may be found at the very foundation of his own soul. Occultism means the wisdom of truth, in other words the self-realization of God in the soul of man. It is not “man” but the God in man who knows his own divine self, and it therefore does not rest with the will and pleasure of man to become a disciple, but this depends on the awakening of the spirit in him. Materialism argues and deducts, speculates, makes additions and multiplications, and by logical reasonings seeks to prove that for such or such reasons this or that cannot be otherwise than so or so; but true wisdom requires no arguments, no logic or reasoning, because it is already the self-knowledge of the One from whom all other things are deriving their origin. It is the highest and most exalted kind of rationalism, for there can be nothing more rational than to know the divine fountain of All and become All Powerful.”

~ Lauron William De Laurence. 1868 - 1936

Oil painting by Sebastian Haines