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1
Etymology
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1.1
Philosophical usage
2
Conceptual development
3
Definition
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3.1
As a universal secret inner tradition
3.2
As an enchanted world view
3.3
As higher knowledge
3.4
As rejected knowledge
4
History
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4.1
Late Antiquity
4.2
Middle Ages
4.3
Renaissance and Early Modern period
4.4
18th, 19th and early 20th centuries
4.5
Later 20th century
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Academic study
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5.1
Emic and etic divisions
6
In popular culture
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