> [Arlo] > My point is that (IMO) the Occidental tradition has spawned > the most aggressively anti-esoteric responses in this history.
MP: ??? Did you mean that to be "anti-*exoteric*"? Roman Catholicism for instance has become distinctly esoteric so far as to insist its mass be practiced in a language only its preists (and a few itinerant philosphers) still understand. How much more esoteric can you get? Eastern Orthodox Christianity on the other hand, a distinctly "Oriental" version of Christianity (and a near twin of RC from a theological standpoint given RC/OC was the first Christian schism) has its liturgies served in the language of the culture in which it is found (and its all over the world) in the style of that culture, emdedding cultural traditions as part of the feast celebrations, etc... pretty anti-esoteric as I see it. Both Christian and nearly alike theologically, but entirely different mostly due to an Occidental/Oriental historical divergence. And its the Occidental that is by far the more esoteric in its practice. Or are we hitting another semantic roadblock on my part with "esoteric" and "exoteric"? Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
