Esoteric Orders: A Survival Guide
by
Eric V. Sisco
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(This is a work in progress and highly subject to change)
Section I: How to find an Esoteric Order
- Orders in the Age of the Internet
- Engaging the Community
- Fly-By-Night Mentors, and How To Fly Away From Them
- Making First Contact
- Observing the Chiefs (If You Can)
- The Claims to Fame, or the Question of Esoteric Grades
- Un-FAQ's, or Questions Not Frequently Asked, But Should Be
- A Quick Reference Guide to Logical Fallacies
- Learning the History
- Trust, but Verify
- Dues, or What Are You Really Paying Money For?
- The Ever-Burning Question of Lineage
- Initiation, and Why You're Asking The Wrong Question
Section II: Signs and Portents of a Toxic Esoteric Order
- Initiation, and When It's Right To Be "One-And-Done"
- Oaths of Secrecy and their Correct Context
- Delivering on the Claims
- Distinguishing Quality Esoteric Teachings From "Newage"
- Where Time and Effort are Spent
- Healthy Boundaries, or Let's Not Play Master and Servant
- Toxic Personality Profiles, or Disorders in the Order
- STD's, or Spiritually Transmitted Diseases
- Treatment of Community Members
- Treatment of Candidates
- Treatment of Current Members
- Treatment of Ex-Members
- Enemies of the Order, and Why They Don't Exist
- A Quick Reference Guide to Ethical Fallacies
- "For The Good of the Order"
- Blowing the Whistle in a Secret Society
Section III: How to Leave a Toxic Esoteric Order
- Reasons You Tell Yourself To Stay, and Why They're All Wrong
- How to Escape The Tower
Section IV: How to Rehabilitate and Walk the Path Again
- Cruelty, Desolation, Despair: How to Navigate the Nine of Swords
- Why You're Justified to be Jaded, and Why You Shouldn't Be
- The Rebound, and How To Avoid It
- (A 10-step recovery plan)
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