The Dimension of Depth

The realm of the esoteric, properly understood, is the dimension of depth. It is to analytical, rational consciousness what dreaming is to waking consciousness. The realm of the esoteric is the realm of ideas in all their living intensity, which can only be fully encountered not in concepts, but in living symbols.

To be an esotericist, then, is to ... See more

the symbolic world of dreams is an encounter with ideas conveyed in their full potency. The symbols in dreams are not meant to convey concepts, but unmediated experiences. An encounter with a symbol in a dream is an encounter with the noumenon of an idea—the thing-in-itself. It is an experience of intimate encounter with something alive , something... See more