The Anthropological Dimension of Contemporary Esoteriology: Toward Integration into Philosophical Anthropology
Anthropological Measurements of Philosophical Research December 30, 2025 Y. O. Shabanova
Contemporary esoteriology can be philosophically and anthropologically justified as an academic discipline that reveals the spiritual and ontological nature of humans within post-secular, Metamodern culture. Its anthropological potential lies in forming a "new spirituality"—an individually oriented, non-denominational spiritual experience enabling holistic self-knowledge amid social, moral, and military crises. Major areas of its anthropological dimension include existential, moral-value, communicative, socio-cultural, and psychoanthropological domains, with key functions of meaning-making, compensatory, integrative, and resilience. The approach shifts focus from studying doctrines to analyzing humans as subjects of spiritual self-transformation, proposing anthropological esoteriology as an integrative science combining academic reflection with spiritual practices. This expands classical philosophical anthropology by integrating direct spiritual experiences into scientific understandings of human nature.