Occult Origins of European Esoteric Mysticism and Alchemy - ROBERT SEPEHR

Western esotericism is a term which categorizes a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements largely distinct from orthodox Judeo-Christian religion. The earliest recognized traditions were disseminated from the Eastern Mediterranean during Late Antiquity, where Hermeticism, Gnosticism, and Neoplatonism developed as schools of thought distinct from what became mainstream Christianity. Ancient History, Esoteric Mythology, Occult Mysticism Atlantis, Inner Earth, Ancient Occult Mysteries