Using Second Order Terms in Western Esoteric Traditions

The danger of heuristic terms being imported back into the mouths of people in antiquity or in other cultures. Different esoteric thinkers will often have very different conceptions of what magic is, and by using the same word for our second order term, as the sources use in a different first order context, we risk confusion. One of the most fascinating aspects of the Western esoteric traditions is the persistent attempts that are made to normalize magic.