what are some other esoteric cults not jw;s or mormons but other smaller ones please?

Answer 1

potter's house

Answer 2

well, first of all, jws or mormons are not esoteric cults. they are minor religious groups that some people call sects, the knowledge they inpart not being closed to common people.

on the other hand, an esoteric group is one that considers that there is certain kind of higher knowledge (that they possess, of course) which cannot be provided to all people, but only to those who have passed through a process of initiation.

some of the esoteric groups include gnosticism, theosophy, some groups that call themselves methaphisical, the fourth way, and (i think) groups which are said to belong to the left-hand path such as the chaos magic and the like.

Answer 3

all religions are a cult, try a dictionary for that!

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cult  /kʌlt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuhlt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult.
3. the object of such devotion.
4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
7. the members of such a religion or sect.
8. any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.
–adjective
9. of or pertaining to a cult.
10. of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.
[Origin: 1610–20; < L cultus habitation, tilling, refinement, worship, equiv. to cul-, var. s. of colere to inhabit, till, worship + -tus suffix of v. action]

—Related forms
cultic, cul‧tu‧al /ˈkʌltʃuəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuhl-choo-uhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, adjective
cultish, adjective

Answer 4

Hindu
Islam
New Age
United church of God
see the book the Kingdom of the Cults by Martin

Answer 5

Before those you mentioned worry about getting offended, am I to assume that by cult you mean, someone who doesn't believe just like you?

Check out your local yellow pages, I'm sure you'll find plenty.