Esotericism in Metaphysics

formulation apply in the subtle realms as they apply here in the physical.

6) That the linear time-space continuum may not apply in the higher dimensions as they do here.

7) That the mind is not the sole faculty of knowing.

8) That some metaphysical phenomena go way beyond our earthly concepts and the apprehension of the mind and are difficult to explain through conventional language.

9) That metaphysical phenomenon is repeatable even in controlled laboratory conditions should all the natural laws involved in the phenomenon’s manifestation be taken into account.

Science is aware that the physical world as we perceive it is an illusion and yet our senses delude us by informing us that it is real with the “power to affect us in some way.” If this is considered to be a criterion for “reality” then the “imaginary” worlds too are real for they likewise affect us in some manner, as psychologists would undoubtedly concur. Metaphysically and esoterically speaking, one vital question emerges for the student of initiatory teachings: are the existences of these other so-called imaginary worlds, these other “realities,” part of the “Gupta Vidya,” the secret doctrine that spiritual preceptors sought to reveal to humanity?

Gautama Buddha once referred to the amount of teachings that he revealed to the world by comparing them with the few leaves of a tree that he had clasped in his hand. The bountiful leaves, that he pointed out, still clinging to the boughs of the tree constituted that which was yet undisclosed to humanity. Several centuries later, almost at the end of his exoteric ministry, the Master Jesus said to his disciples that he had further

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