Books about the Occult and esoteric Spiritual traditions have been freely available and in plain sight for 100 years or so.
The New York Weiser bookstore and publisher opened in 1926.
Devorss began in 1929
Llewellyn began in 1901
Watkins in London opened in 1893
The Theosophical Society established bookstores all over the world.
Gary Lachman has studied this "underground" tradition in great detail. His book Secret Teachers of the Western World describes the influence of such.
Another more recent publisher of such books is Inner Traditions - Bear & Co
Jeffrey Kripal has also written about this "underground" in plain sight tradition too.
That having been said there is nothing remotely Transcendental about the Christian "truth" claims. There are of course all kinds of taboos against anyone becoming to "mystical"
Books about the Occult and esoteric Spiritual traditions have been freely available and in plain sight for 100 years or so.
The New York Weiser bookstore and publisher opened in 1926.
Devorss began in 1929
Llewellyn began in 1901
Watkins in London opened in 1893
The Theosophical Society established bookstores all over the world.
Gary Lachman has studied this "underground" tradition in great detail. His book Secret Teachers of the Western World describes the influence of such.
Another more recent publisher of such books is Inner Traditions - Bear & Co
Jeffrey Kripal has also written about this "underground" in plain sight tradition too.
That having been said there is nothing remotely Transcendental about the Christian "truth" claims. There are of course all kinds of taboos against anyone becoming to "mystical"
Very fair. I think it's undertaught that tragedy and comedy quite literally come from dionysian cults. That's the basis of most modern secular art.