Talk:Esoteric knowledge

I don't see any reason why we shouldn't merge Esoteric knowledge and Occult (and probably esotericism). If these articles need to be differentiated more strongly then we need to write text that does this.

Occult has a different connotation. Esoteric knowledge is simply information that is "true" but by some circumstance not general, for example, precisely how to make a small H-bomb, or the sort of knowledge a veteran taxidriver has of a city. Esotericism, on the other hand, consists of attaching significance to a body of knowledge which is at variance with general knowledge; although it may be neither secret or true. User:Fredbauder

Agree: true and deeper... --GalaazV 04:37, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Request for your aid dealing with actions from a user against Religious, Spiritual and Esoteric articles

User:Baphomet. is damaging Wikipedia: he his trying to label Religious articles as Superstition (from a POV view of positivism, that he calls Science). At the article Reincarnation he just went on to add to category "Superstition" and later on without discussion put a POV msg in the article. Please see the discussion page between both of us Talk:Reincarnation#Superstition.

Through the use of a Culture created by extremism in Science, he is clearly trying to do the job that the Inquisition did in the Middle Ages in a Culture created by extremism in Religion. He is damaging Wikipedia in a subtle invious way!

Please see also the Alert message I have created at Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts#September_4, Thank you! --GalaazV 20:25, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]