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Definitions of occult in various dictionaries:
noun - supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
noun - supernatural practices and techniques
verb - cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
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Originally meaning "concealed", it now refers to the supernatural |
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occult practices and techniques |
become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished |
Available only to the initiate secret: occult lore. See Synonyms at mysterious. |
Hidden from view concealed. |
Not accompanied by readily detectable signs or symptoms: occult carcinoma. |
Occult practices or techniques: a student of the occult. |
Beyond the realm of human comprehension inscrutable. |
Medicine Detectable only by microscopic examination or chemical analysis, as a minute blood sample. |
To become concealed or extinguished at regular intervals: a lighthouse beacon that occults every 45 seconds. |
Astronomy To conceal by occultation: The moon occulted Mars. |
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The term occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden". In common English usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", usually referred to as science. The term is sometimes taken to mean knowledge that "is meant only for certain people" or that "must be kept hidden", but for most practicing occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual reality that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences. The terms esoteric and arcane can also be used to describe the occult, in addition to their meanings unrelated to the supernatural. * The term occult sciences was used in the sixteenth century to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic. The term occultism emerged in nineteenth-century France, where it came to be associated with various French esoteric groups connected to Éliphas Lévi and Papus, and in 1875 was introduced into the English language by the esotericist Hel |