Talk:Esoteric Christianity
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[edit] Esoteric Christian userbox
The userbox Template:User Esoteric Christian was recently deleted withou any notice or prior warning in accordance with the biased materilistic ideology that, as if a mirror/reflex of our society behaviours, runs through the majority of Wikipedia's editors — from Science to Religion themes — twisting to their own will, and in a collective way, the encyclopedia's policies. It was a sad moment that made me realize that there's nothing more I might or should contribute here. Below the images intimately related to the Esoteric Christian article and userbox:
The userbox's motto: "Esoteric Christian is not a label or the number of followers; it is the way of living Life: it is what we truly are within ourselves."
 The Golden Wedding Garment, a symbolical representation |
 The Christian Cross |
 The Pentagram circumscribed |
Regards, --Viriathus 01:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Translationese
Could someone clean up the English on this otherwise highly stimulating article? It feels like chunks of it have been put through an internet translator or something. Needs a look. ThePeg 2.8.2006
[edit] Scrap it or retitle it!
Though the author(s) do not acknowledge it, much of the history presented here is considered speculative or mythical by scholars of history and esotericism. For example, the claim is made that Rosicrucianism began in the 14th century, yet scholars typically regard its start with the 17th century appearance of the Fama Fraternitatis. The claim is then made that this is about when the "age of Alchemy" started, yet alchemy had already been widely in practice for several centuries at least.
Here's another example: "Jesus, according to the Esoteric Christian tradition, was a high Initiate educated by the Essenes...." In fact, there is no single tradition that qualifies as "The" esoteric Christian tradition. Esoteric Christianity is a very rich and diverse field of study and practice, with significantly different expressions popping up in various times and places with little or no direct connection to others. The author(s) of this article may wish to tie the major expressions of Christian esotericism into one preferred model, and then speculate upon the convoluted historical connections necessary to make it sound plausible, but that is a poor excuse for NPOV representation of esoteric Chrisitianity.
The theological and escatalogical flavor of this article suggests that the author(s) are writing from perspective almost entirely limited to ideas from the Theosophical Society, Anthroposophical Society, and the Rosicrucian Fellowship. Uneducated readers are likely to get the impression that these are the only views of Christian esotericism. If this article continues in the current form, then it needs to be retitled to reflect its bias. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.237.136.153 (talk) 17:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
