Talk:Western esotericism

message: Arnlodg (talk) 17:36, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: *Thanks, but unfortunately you can't wholesale paste in text from an academic paper, as that is a non-transformative copyright violation. Best thing to do is link to it as a reference then any interested readers can know where to go to find it. CrowCaw 18:00, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference-intellectual ideas-lead paragraph 

message: Changed content tittle to: Western esotericism as "rejected knowledge"; please read the short paragraphs and see if you agree; thanks,Arnlodg (talk) 18:48, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed content tittle: Esotericism as "rejected knowledge" 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Mason word. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:48, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Mason word" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: I believe the podcast to be a useful and solid resource that matched the guidelines on external links. , have you actually looked at it? All the original episodes list relevant academic publications, and the interview episodes are even more resolute. What exactly would be questionable?--MASHAUNIX 19:39, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  SHWEP 

message: To the IP editor who recently tried to mangle the article:
Rabbi Johannan Alemanno, of his own free will, taught Kabbalah to Giovanni Pico della Mirandola in the 15th century. Pico taught it to Johann Reuchlin. Both of them Christianized it. Since that time, Kabbalah has been Judeo-Christian. It was not "appropriated" but was received from a Rabbi who chose to teach it to Christians. So please take your non-neutral POV elsewhere. Thanks. Skyerise (talk) 14:06, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yes, it's Judeo-Christian for a long time, no "appropriation" 

message: Hello, I think that the current lead image may be too indistinct or obscure to properly sum up the article at a glance and I instead propose the Seal of Theosophy (right) as the new lead image.
The main elements are an Ouroboros, a Star of David and an Ankh, which I think will both demonstrate the diversity of ideas grouped together under the umbrella of "western esoteric", and will also make for an all-around more evocative and memorable image to associate the article with. No matter how relevant the Kabbalah diagram may or may not be to the wider tradition it is entirely dependent on the text to establish that relevance, it does not have any independent aesthetic value the way a seal like this one does.
The motto would also be really nice to put way at the beginning here, as on a more subjective note I find "There Is No Higher Religion Than Truth" to be very evocative in its own right in addition to being a good summation of one of the only shared themes of the wider esoteric movement I can identify. Orchastrattor (talk) 22:23, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead image 

message: So, anyone editing pages like this one is "promoting unscientific claims"? Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 08:31, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Let's see: the IP has added category "Deception" - the word is not even present in the article. The word "superstition" occurs only once in the article, saying it was a view in the 18th century. They add "fringe theory", but the word "fringe" does not occur in the article, etc. Per WP:CATV, any category added to an article must be discussed in the article and supported with citations. IP cannot just category bomb the article based on their personal beliefs. Every category must be directly proven in the article with citations. Skyerise (talk) 10:17, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Unscientific claims"