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All students of the occult are acquainted with the idea of the elemental essence, that strange half-intelligent life which surrounds us in all directions, vivifying the matter of the mental and astral planes.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or dealing with supernatural influences, agencies, or phenomena.
  2. adjective Beyond the realm of human comprehension; inscrutable.
  3. adjective Available only to the initiate; secret: occult lore. See Synonyms at mysterious.
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  • “Someone about death?” “I guess she's not here yet.” We listened to Shelly introduce Simon Ark as a well-known writer and student of the occult, her voice carrying clearly through the kitchen door. —  ElleryQueen'sMysteryMagazine,February2003
  • Behind the occult area were several rows of bookshelves holding one of the largest selections in town of books on the occult, the paranormal, and the mystical. —  Butcher, Jim - Dead Beat (v1.0) (html).html
  • The section on tools of the occult is especially timely for our generation - occult-influenced media, entertainment, computer games, books, cartoons, visualization tools, and meditation. —  Windows to My Soul
  • I think that the fact that is the global elite believe in the occult, that is the reason we need to understand the occult, we need to know our foe better than we know our friend. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • One minute Michael's whole scheme ought to be discouraged; his belief in the occult was a thing to be suppressed; it was dangerous and unhealthy. —  There was a King in Egypt
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  1. Latin occultus, secret, past participle of occulere, to cover over; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French occulte = Spanish oculto = Portuguese Italian occulto, from Latin occultus, hidden, concealed, secret, obscure, past participle of occulere, cover over, hide, conceal, from ob, over, before, + calere, in secondary form celare, hide, conceal: see cell, conceal.
  2. = French occulter = Spanish ocultar = Portuguese occultar = Italian occultare, from Latin occultare, hide, conceal, freq. of occulere, past participle occultus, hide: see occult, adjective
 

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