| Common themes addressed in esoteric cosmology are [[emanation]], [[Involution (metaphysics)|involution]], [[Spiritual evolution|evolution]], [[Epigenesis (creative intelligences)|epigenesis]], [[Plane (cosmology)|planes of existence]], hierarchies of [[List of deities|spiritual beings]], cosmic cycles (e.g., [[cosmic year]], [[Yuga]]), [[Yoga|yogic]] or spiritual disciplines, and references to [[altered states of consciousness]]. Examples of esoteric cosmologies can be found in modern [[Theosophy]], [[Gnosticism]], ''[[The Urantia Book]]'', [[Tantra]] (especially [[Kashmir Shaivism]]), [[Kabbalah]], [[Sufi cosmology|Sufism]], [[Surat Shabd Yoga|Surat Shabda Yoga]], [[Anthroposophy]], the [[Fourth Way]] teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky and in ''[[The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception]],'' the Third Testament, a work of ''[[Martinus Thomsen]],'' as well as the book ''"[[God Speaks]]"'' by [[Meher Baba]]. | | Common themes addressed in esoteric cosmology are [[emanation]], [[Involution (metaphysics)|involution]], [[Spiritual evolution|evolution]], [[Epigenesis (creative intelligences)|epigenesis]], [[Plane (cosmology)|planes of existence]], hierarchies of [[List of deities|spiritual beings]], cosmic cycles (e.g., [[cosmic year]], [[Yuga]]), [[Yoga|yogic]] or spiritual disciplines, and references to [[altered states of consciousness]]. Examples of esoteric cosmologies can be found in modern [[Theosophy]], [[Gnosticism]], ''[[The Urantia Book]]'', [[Tantra]] (especially [[Kashmir Shaivism]]), [[Kabbalah]], [[Sufi cosmology|Sufism]], [[Surat Shabd Yoga|Surat Shabda Yoga]], [[Anthroposophy]], the [[Fourth Way]] teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky and in ''[[The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception]],'' the Third Testament, a work of ''[[Martinus Thomsen]],'' as well as the book ''"[[God Speaks]]"'' by [[Meher Baba]]. |