Often referred to as “Speculative Philosophy”, and sometimes “Metaphysics”.
In today’s world, it covers many fields of interest, often a combination of Philosophy, Religion, Mysticism, Yoga, Astrology, Reincarnation etc.
The common denominator of all these and similar subjects is an idealistic sense that secret knowledge may benefit human life on earth. At the universities where this is taught, you will find yogis, mystics, astrologers, spiritual healers, self-help teachers etc.
The belief is that there are many paths that a human being may travel on the way to find ‘Truth’.
They use an old proverb that says this: ‘No matter what path you take, it is My Path; no matter where one walks, it leads to Me.’
There was a school of mysteries in Ancient Egypt, which claimed to have the ‘secret knowledge’. This secret knowledge is now claimed to be held by The Bridge of freedom movement, Movement I AM, Summit lighthouse and others.
They claim, [and I quote], “Someone should support, correct, divine vibration. Someone should store the consciousness constantly conformable to the God. Only from this point of accord with God is it possible to estimate many events on the earth now, and to understand that which has already been given earlier...”