# Esoteric

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**Esoteric** (broadly meaning 'known only by a small number of people' or, by extension, 'highly mystical or theoretical', more loosely 'impractical, over-complicated', also 'clandestine, secretive'), most often refers to any of several traditions of **esoterica** or [esotericism](/source/Esotericism_(disambiguation)) – occult spiritual beliefs and practices.

*Esoteric* may also refer to:

## Beliefs

- [Eastern esotericism](/source/Eastern_esotericism)
- [Western esotericism](/source/Western_esotericism) - [Outline of Western esotericism](/source/Outline_of_Western_esotericism)
- [Esoteric Christianity](/source/Esoteric_Christianity)
- [Vajrayana](/source/Vajrayana), Esoteric Buddhism - [Chinese Esoteric Buddhism](/source/Chinese_Esoteric_Buddhism)
- [Esoteric interpretation of the Quran](/source/Esoteric_interpretation_of_the_Quran)
- [Esoteric neo-Nazism](/source/Esoteric_neo-Nazism)
- [Esoteric Hinduism](/source/Esoteric_Hinduism)

## Music

- [*Esoteric* (album)](/source/Esoteric_(album)), a 2009 album by Skyfire
- [Esoteric (band)](/source/Esoteric_(band)), an English funeral doom band
- [Esoteric (rapper)](/source/Esoteric_(rapper)) (born 1978), American rapper
- [The Esoteric](/source/The_Esoteric), an American metalcore band
- [Esoteric Recordings](/source/Esoteric_Recordings), a British independent record label - [*Al Haig Trio* (Esoteric)](/source/Al_Haig_Trio_(Esoteric)), a 1954 album, on the Esoteric label, by Al Haig; it is sometimes referred to (in a clear enough context) simply as *Esoteric*
- [The Esoterics](/source/The_Esoterics), an American choir

## Other uses

- [Esoteric programming language](/source/Esoteric_programming_language), an experimental programming language not intended for serious use; in a clear enough context, it might be referred to as *an esoteric*
- [Esoterica (medication)](/source/Esoterica_(medication)), an ointment

## See also

- [Esoterik](/source/Esoterik) (born 1980), Australian rapper
- [Esotericism (disambiguation)](/source/Esotericism_(disambiguation))
- [Exoteric](/source/Exoteric), opposite of *esoteric*

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