"Alternative history" and other esoteric fields.

Just a (sort of) simple question. What is your attitude toward esoteric beliefs, that is, beliefs that there are truths that either lie outside of science (the paranormal), or hidden knowledge from, say, prior advanced civilizations that is either consciously or more likely unknowingly kept from us due to great catastrophes or some cycle of human progress then regress which largely destroys/hides the wisdom of earlier golden ages?

I'm not asking because I believe or don't believe. I won't tell you that. What I am interested in is your belief or at least open-mindedness toward truths other that orthodox science. Or is the scientific method THE best philosophy and has rendered mysticism like religion and speculative history obsolete? Are mysteries like the age of the Sphinx and the purpose of the Pyramids at Giza, and similarities in myths (like a great flood) and technology across the ancient world mere coincidence, technological inevitabilities, or proof of something going on that we have yet to account for with our modern exploration techniques?

What about other mysteries like the fate of the Ark of the Covenant, King Solomon's treasure, the Knights Templar finding various objects in and beneath the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the idea of Jesus surviving the crucifixion or at least impregnating Mary Magdalene so that one King Marovee could be born in France and found the Merovingian line of Kings? The Priory of Sion existing to keep that knowledge alive in the face of Catholic oppression? The Freemasons being up to various secret things, most of them no good? Illuminati, New World Orders, Rosicrucians, HAARP and Tesla-based WMDs, alien visitation, David Icke's reptilian world leaders, and so on? If you believe ANY of it (and I'm not passing judgment on whether you should), where do you draw the line?

Again, I ask only because I am curious. I will not reveal my opinions on such matters under any circumstance for the time being and just want to gauge the proportions of what some would call gullibility and some would call open-mindedness to all possibilities. What about astrology, tarot, i-ching, palmistry, phrenology, eneagrams, mystery schools passed down from the ancients concerning sacred geometry, zero-point energy, magic, genetics, even immortality? What about reincarnation? Transcendent meditation, acupuncture? The existence of a soul? How is belief in the paranormal different from claiming that quantum reality makes any rational sense?

State your beliefs, opinions, disbeliefs, or whatever you want in the comments section. I am only gathering data and will not ridicule or praise anyone.