ESOTERIOLOGY AS A FORM OF SPIRITUAL EPISTEMOLOGY IN THE AGE OF METAMODERN
Epistemological Studies in Philosophy Social and Political Sciences December 30, 2025 Юлія Шабанова
Esoteriology should be understood as a specific form of spiritual knowledge that addresses inner, transformative dimensions of human cognition, distinct from classical epistemological models based on objectivity and empirical verification. This knowledge is participatory, symbolic, and initiatory, requiring not just intellectual comprehension but transformation of the knowing subject. The article situates esoteriology within postsecular culture and the Metamodern paradigm, where it mediates between rational reflection, symbolic imagination, intuitive insight, and existential experience. Esoteriology is not marginal or irrational but a historically rooted, methodologically complex field engaging with limits and possibilities of human knowledge. It offers alternative modes of knowing that complement scientific and rational paradigms, especially in contexts of existential uncertainty and collective trauma.