Legend of Baloi: The esoteric level

Last week, we looked at the much-misunderstood concept of baloi (wizards, witches) from an exoteric level. ‘Exoteric’ means ‘obviated’ or ‘suitable for external dissemination’, and its antonym is ‘esoteric’ (arcane, secretive, meant to be understood by a few).

Lately, the meaning of ‘esoteric’ has also come to mean ‘abstract, academic, of little practicality’, but that is not the original meaning: it arose out of the extrapolation that because few people have the time, hunger for knowledge, and patience to pursue the difficult, code-enshrined ‘concepts’ of esoteric matters.  But in this series, we reveal that baloi – the real witches and wizards in terms of what people generally understand of them today – had real, practical knowledge; knowledge still shrouded in secrecy and mystery.

 But why would, or should, that knowledge remain secret? That is what we are going to find out. Suffice it to say, at this point, that the esoteric knowledge of baloi is still widely misunderstood to today – mainly because its true power lies in hidden abilities that, unlike so-called ‘magic’, cannot be seen with the naked eye.  Now, here is a problem. If we are not even allowed, as it were, to understand baloi at the exoteric level, then how will we even begin to grasp what they are at the esoteric level? In fact, one of the evident objectives of the exoteric baloi – that is, the elite of an ancient, pale-skinned race who once called themselves ‘the gud ones’ (the ‘gods’) i.e. the good/superior ones – is that their true ancientness, as well as their true history, must remain substantively unknown and suppressed…the focus and subject of ‘Forbidden Archaeology’. True boloi, on the other hand, is totally empowering: it frees us from their shackles; it is the aim and focus of Saviours like Jesus Christ …and – don’t worry – I will later explain why.

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