Kereke Ya Sephiri: A Study of a Secret Society in Botswana and South Africa

The difference between esotericism and exoterism is unlike the circles rectangles. It also not size relevance of a specific body knowledge in circulation. rather extent circulation, acceptance, understanding, meaning particular knowledge, philosophy, or worldview, over spiritual socio-political life diverse categories people society. infancy academic study esotericism, as well its interdisciplinary nature, militate against crystallization universally accepted definition term 'esotericism'. various definitions by researchers consistently relate to their research interests. In line with Faivre's concern forms thought esoteric movements (Faivre 1996), preoccupation that Versluis has gnosis generation (Versluis n.d), our Kereke ya Sephiri Botswana South Africa examines a) cultural religious contexts which Frederick Modise, gnostic his own right, generated underlying secret society, b) import content this visionary mystical revelation social lives members society1. Setswana term, (church secret, referring Christian-based society), African Botswana. principal interest lies quest identify fundamental tenets worldviews eclectic nature how philosophy relates orthodoxy day (Christianity instance). We do so concentrating on form thinking, engendered practices. Esoteric groups appear exist within voids. For reason, identifying syncretic (gnosis) these groups, we trace influences involved emergence consolidation philosophies. This shows always antithetic subversive dominant institutionalized Christianity.