Academic study of Western esotericism

Western esotericism is an academic discipline of research, scholarship, and education that focuses on the history of Western esotericism. == Origin and development == Prior to the first academic interest in the topic of Western esotericism, Arthur Edward Waite (who was a Freemason and member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia) had written extensively on the topic from a traditionalist, religionist, and generalist perspective.

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