The Esoteric dimension of human existence

Abstract

In this article, the author offers his own approach to the study of the phenomenon of esotericism. The concept of the esoteric path of V.M. Rozin is used as a specific point of repulsion. The author offers his own, expansive understanding of esotericism, which shows the presence of “internal” and “external” ways in the implementation of various ideal design directions. Various kinds of socio-cultural organizations in this sense have their own esoteric dimensions, their own variants of esotericism. The fundamental problem here is the ratio of esoteric and exoteric dimensions of socio-cultural systems. A special theme is the correlation of esoteric worlds of different nature and scale. Here the author comes to the fundamental problem of the correlation of cultural worlds as objectified esoteric worlds, to the problem of the conflict of cultures and the formation of the post-cultural strategy of modernity as a response to the challenge of this conflict. Modernity in this perspective becomes a transition from “cultural” socio-cultural architecture to “post-cultural-intercultural”. Within the reality of modernity, the author highlights the problem of “secular esotericism” associated with the formation of a culture of “passing through earthly reality”.