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[Michael Poloukhine]

> [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"?