Nevertheless, a number of esoteric groups have continued to claim Bulwer-Lytton as their own, chiefly because some of his writings — such as the 1842 book Zanoni — have included Rosicrucian and other esoteric notions.

It is used in some esoteric languages including Unlambda.

A common characteristic of some of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis ( esoteric or intuitive knowledge ) is the way to salvation of the soul from the material world.

Gnostic and pseudo-gnostic ideas became influential in some of the philosophies of various esoteric mystical movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries in Europe and North America, including some that explicitly identify themselves as revivals or even continuations of earlier gnostic groups.

To eliminate any possible doubts, Nichiren decided to spend some time at Mount Kōya, the centre of esoteric Buddhism, and also in Nara, Japan ’ s ancient capital, where he studied the Ritsu sect, which emphasized strict monastic discipline and ordination. During this time, he became convinced of the pre-eminence of the Lotus Sutra and in 1253, returned to Seichoji.

The word has negative connotations for many people, and while certain practices considered by some to be " occult " are also found within mainstream religions, in this context the term " occult " is rarely used and is sometimes substituted with " esoteric ".

Recent studies have indicated that some Westerners accept the idea of reincarnation including certain contemporary Christians, modern Neopagans, followers of Spiritism, Theosophists and students of esoteric philosophies such as Kabbalah, and Gnostic and Esoteric Christianity as well as of Indian religions.

** A Ponzi scheme claims to rely on some esoteric investment approach and often attracts well-to-do investors ; whereas pyramid schemes explicitly claim that new money will be the source of payout for the initial investments.

Usually, an esolang's creators do not intend the language to be used for mainstream programming, although some esoteric features, such as visuospatial syntax, have inspired practical applications in the arts.

Below are some characteristic examples of esoteric programming languages:

While the Pandanallur style, Tanjore or Thanjavur, Vazhuvoor, Mysore, Kancheepuram were based on the art of rajadasis and are exoteric in nature, some others, like the Melattur style and Balasaraswati's style grew out of the devadasis ' distinctly different esoteric art.

Although the Tendai school in China and Japan does employ some esoteric practices, these rituals came to be considered of equal importance with the exoteric teachings of the Lotus Sutra.

They thus briefly achieved the best possible career offensive percentage in every category, including some esoteric categories such as " runs batted in per received pitch " ( 4. 000 ).

Whether this epithet refers to Don Alvarado's red hair, some esoteric quality attributed to him, or both, is disputed.

It is known that he had suffered several tragedies in his life, and had been persecuted to some degree for his cryptic esoteric writings about the future, reportedly derived through a use of a crystal ball.

His esoteric cryptic foreseeings have in some cases been assimilated to the results of applying the alleged Bible code, as well as to other purported pseudo-prophetic works.

Though esoteric and exoteric approaches are sometimes mixed, it is clear that some authors " are not concerned with material substances but are employing the language of exoteric alchemy for the sole purpose of expressing theological, philosophical, or mystical beliefs and aspirations.

Conversely, some branches of esoteric Christianity actively engage in magical practices.

Local national traditions as well as individual settings therefore could stand side by side, and from the very beginning a broad variety of artists practicing some kind of symbolic imagery, ranged between extreme positions: The Nabis for example united to find synthesis of tradition and brand new form, while others kept to traditional, more or less academic forms, when they were looking for fresh contents: Symbolism is therefore often linked to fanatastic, esoteric, erotic and other non-realist subject matter.

In some religious Taoist sects, those wooden practice swords have come to have an esoteric ritual purpose, claimed by some to metaphorically represent the discipline of an accomplished student.

Spare would grow to dislike Crowley, with some rumours arising within the British esoteric community that Crowley had actually made sexual advances toward the young artist, something Spare had found repellent, although these have never been proven.

This approach has, as well, led to some esoteric treatments: Franz Mesmer used to place his patients in a darkened room with music playing, then enter it wearing a flamboyant outfit and poke the " infected " body areas with a stick.

Coral reefs, whose polyps are rich in endosymbiotic algae, support some of the world's most productive ecosystems, and protect vegetation in tidal zones and on shorelines from strong currents and tides.

While many socialist currents advocated economic planning as an eventual substitute for the market for factors of production, some define economic planning as being based on worker-self management, with production being carried out to directly satisfy human needs, and contrast this with the concept of a command economy of the Soviet Union, which they characterize as being based on a top-down bureaucratic administration of the economy in a similar fashion to a capitalist firm.

The islands had no native trees when discovered but there is some ambiguous evidence of past forestation, that may be due to wood being transported by oceanic currents from Patagonia.

German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by dialects ( e. g. Alemannic ).

The only way this differs from some currents in anarcho-syndicalism is that, according to De Leonist thinking, a revolutionary political party is also necessary to fight for the proletariat on the political field.

That happens with Birkeland currents, which flow from distant space into the near-polar ionosphere, continue at least some distance in the ionosphere, and then return to space.

There is some disagreement about this, and several other authors have noted that there are fossil penguin species that contradict this hypothesis and that ocean currents and upwellings are likely to have had a greater effect on species diversity than latitude alone.

Skeptics such as Milbourne Christopher have found that some cases of poltergeist activity can be attributed to unusual air currents, such as a 1957 case on Cape Cod where downdrafts from an uncovered chimney became strong enough to blow a mirror off of a wall and knock things off shelves.

While some forms are capable of independent movement and can swim hundreds of meters vertically in a single day ( a behavior called diel vertical migration ), their horizontal position is primarily determined by the surrounding currents.

The occurrence of red tides in some locations appear to be entirely natural ( algal blooms are a seasonal occurrence resulting from coastal upwelling, a natural result of the movement of certain ocean currents ) while in others they appear to be a result of increased nutrient loading from human activities.

" In this first-ever large-scale study ( 347 subjects ), Sackeim and colleagues found that at least some forms ( namely bilateral application and outdated sine-wave currents ) of ECT " routine " lead to " adverse cognitive effects ," including global cognitive deficits and memory loss, that persist for up to six months after treatment, suggesting that the induced deficits may be permanent.

It wanted to unite the various French far-right currents, and initially brought together Le Pen's nationalist group, Roger Holeindre's Party of French Unity, Georges Bidault's Justice and Liberty movement, former Poujadists, Algerian War veterans, and some monarchists, among others.

The warm ocean currents that enter the bay from the larger Gulf of St. Lawrence result in some of the warmest saltwater on the Atlantic coast north of the state of Virginia.

Tidal currents are generally weak, except at the mouths of some rivers and certain channels.

Shorter time scales mostly arise from currents in the ionosphere ( ionospheric dynamo region ) and magnetosphere, and some changes can be traced to geomagnetic storms or daily variations in currents.

These two currents although some times antagonistic currently complement each other, as both emphasise the self-realisation of the individual.

In some installations, there may be two live conductors which carry alternating currents in a three wire single-phase circuit.

All along the coast, but mostly in the northernmost part of it, interaction between the water-laden air coming from the sea via southerly winds, some of the strongest of any coastal desert, and the dry air of the desert causes immense fogs and strong currents.

All non-superconducting materials offer some resistance and warm up during electric currents.

Fronts of some pyroclastic density currents are fully dilute ; for example, during the eruption of Mount Pelée in 1902 a fully dilute current overwhelmed the city of Saint-Pierre and killed nearly 30, 000 people.

An influential thinker, some of Fourier's social and moral views, held to be radical in his lifetime, have become main currents in modern society.

There is some dispute about the dangers, that the geography of the place is naturally risky with the rocks and fast moving currents — yet an Aboriginal legend exists giving it the context of a historic curse.

Indeed, some aquatic mammals ( such as seals ) probably make the most use of their whiskers in detecting water currents, which enables them to follow the path of an object that ' swam ' ahead several minutes past and even to discriminate the species and / or size of the fish responsible for the trail.

The Bay occupies the sweeping arc of coastline between the wave-cut platform of Jurassic Blue Lias at the northern tip of the Quantock Hills and the cliffs of Carboniferous Dolomites and Limestone at Brean Down which project into the Severn Estuary and provide some degree of protection from the erosive tidal currents.