Difference between Esoteric and Mysterious

ESOTERIC vs MYSTERIOUS: NOUN

Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
Relating to or being a small group with specialized knowledge or interests.
Not known by or suitable for the public; private.
Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of discussions of technical topics and of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.
Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select; confidential.
Understood only by a chosen few or an enlightened inner circle.
Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.
Confidential; private.
Intended for or understood by only a small group, especially one with specialized knowledge or interests: : mysterious.

Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Of an obscure nature
Of, relating to, or being a religious mystery.
Arousing wonder or curiosity, especially by being difficult to explain or understand.
Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; inexplicable; obscure; not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.
Of unknown origin
Having unknown qualities

Literally, inner: originally applied to certain writings of Aristotle of a scientific, as opposed to a popular, character, and afterward to the secret or acroamatic teachings of Pythagoras; hence, in general, secret; intended to be communicated only to the initiated; profound.
In embryology, endoblastic. See the extract.

Beyond ordinary understanding
Expressing, intimating, or implying a mystery: as, a mysterious look; his manner was very mysterious and important.
Partaking of or containing mystery; obscure; not revealed or explained; unintelligible.

Dark, Obscure, Sibylline, Cryptical, Deep, Secret, Mysterious, Mystic, Cabalistic, Occult, Cryptic, Mystical, Recondite, Arcane, Abstruse

Sinister, Mystery, Enigmatic, Cryptical, Deep, Esoteric, Incomprehensible, Secret, Occult, Mystifying, Inexplicable, Cryptic, Inscrutable, Mystic, Mystical

Dark, Obscure, Sibylline, Cryptical, Deep, Secret, Mysterious, Mystic, Cabalistic, Occult, Cryptic, Mystical, Recondite, Arcane, Abstruse

Sinister, Mystery, Enigmatic, Cryptical, Deep, Esoteric, Incomprehensible, Secret, Occult, Mystifying, Inexplicable, Cryptic, Inscrutable, Mystic, Mystical

This is hardly esoteric or limited to religion.
Esoteric or Tantric Buddhism, a form of Mahayana.
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Nor is intentional sexuality confined to esoteric traditions.
His Proclus is esoteric, dogmatic and often unintelligible.
Is dollar policy just an esoteric, econometric issue?
Esoteric decode of the Janelle Monet movie: Antebellum.
And these are not just esoteric academic discussions.
These Texts about Esoteric and Occult topics make a fascinating reading for occultists and the people intersted in esoteric alike.
And esoteric cosmology is the occult and esoteric teachings that involve elaborate cosmologies.

It is a terrible reality, mysterious and frightening.
The Gypsies are a mysterious and wandering race.
She rose, and the mysterious figure was gone.
Weekley finds it utterly mysterious and compares Fr.
Can you escape the mysterious village of Rolandorf?
Our modern airplanes make them no less mysterious.
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Libby decide on mysterious Marshall or successful Jackson?
Mysterious Plane Circled Over Portland Protests for Hours.
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