Wouter J. Hanegraaff

esotericism

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  In esotericism: Academic uses

  …largely with the Dutch historian Wouter J. Hanegraaff, treats it as a historiographical concept. Hanegraaff has characterized esotericism as a category for the “rejected knowledge” of Western society, one that encompasses those traditions that have been opposed both by mainstream religious authorities and by dominant scientific paradigms and therefore relegated…

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