Esoteric Christianity

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by 17th Angel

I would say, that perchance these are christians ... not wishing to turn from their god, they hold on to christianity but, they want that little more .... They want that ritualistic mystical style in their religion, which christianity obviously isn't ...

Hi 17th –

Couldn't help myself on this one ... you'll find the process of stripping the Mystery out of Christianity began with the Reformation ... and the modernising and liberal tendency has done its damage even in my own Tradition, which is now under process of repair.

But if someone wants the 'real McCoy' in terms of a Liturgy ordered to the Mysterion (rather than a 'happy-clappy' celebratory self-congratulation), then look at a full-blown Latin Rite, or perhaps even better, an Orthodox (Greek or Russian) Synaxis ... a constant tradition for 2,000 years ... I know of people converted on the spot by the experience, for many a spiritual awakening so profound and so instantaneous as to be almost visceral.

The problem is not that it isn't there ... there problem is that people don't know how to find it, and often the answers in books, and the 'whoo-hoo' glamour of the 'esoteric' seems a short cut to what basically requires a hard work and a metanoia ... or in the case of conversion, metanoia and hard work ...

Thomas

[Bruce Michael]

Originally Posted by AndrewX

Welcome to CR, Bruce Michael!

Many people here are quite interested in Esoteric Christianity. I'm the taijasi of the above posts, for instance.

Could you elaborate on what Esoteric Christianity means to you?

Namaskar,

~andrew

Shalom Br. Andrew,
I would be pleased to elaborate on what Esoteric Christianity means. I would first suggest that there be a forum here devoted to it rather than just a thread.
Christianity is esoteric. There really is no such palaver as exoteric Christianity.


Greetings,
Br. Bruce