“Plato felt he had literary rivals, and this may explain this somewhat odd combination of esoterism, protreptic and apology in a literarily brilliant form.”

“He masters quite a few techniques in the fields of spirituality, oriental esoterism and occidental occultism.”

“Its shape is a pure platonic solid, a dodecahedron, a geometry often associated with philosophical theories, esoterism and sci-fi culture.”

“But snobbery aside, could it be that a fashion for interrogatory esotericism does not stop with dusty academics?”

“Why write esoterically if one is obliged openly to announce the point of one's esotericism?”

“What is crucial for understanding Strauss and Straussians like Zuckert is why Strauss thinks esotericism is an answer to historicism.”

“That was the time when my uncle went to Tibet and I was learning the secrets of esotery from my second teacher Velibor Rabljenovich.”

“The story just ended up being a perfect vehicle for mentioning any piece of bizarre esoterica that I fancied and seemed to fit.”

“For the last year or so I've been very hermitish, reading bizarre occult books and other esoterica.”

“Does he immerse himself in gambling esoterica, lightly outwitting the fools who flock to the tables to give away their money?”

“General esotericists will prefer meditation and prayer as the means of unraveling the mystery.”

“That of the esotericists, or of the aspirants and the disciples of the world.”

“They are esotericists and are considered heretical by the Khomeinists.”