The study of how groups of people united by hidden or secret knowledge organize themselves, establish hierarchies, and develop their own bizarre social norms. It examines why Freemasons love aprons, why occult orders have such complicated initiation rituals (mostly to see who really wants it), and why every secret society eventually develops the same internal politics as a community college student council. Esoteric social sciences reveal that no matter how transcendent your hidden wisdom, you will still have arguments about who gets to be in charge of the newsletter.
Example: "A study in esoteric social sciences observed that in a group of 50 people claiming to channel ascended masters, 47 of them believed their master outranked everyone else's master. The remaining three were masters themselves and refused to participate in the study, citing 'higher priorities.'"
by Nammugal February 14, 2026
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