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means The study and practice of 'hidden' knowledge and supernatural forces — magic, divination, and secret wisdom believed to lie beneath the visible world.
from From Latin occultus, 'hidden, secret, concealed' — the past participle of occulere, 'to cover over.' The word entered wider use in the 19th century as a label for a loose family of esoteric practices — alchemy, astrology, ceremonial magic, Kabbalah-influenced mysticism — that claimed access to forces ordinary science couldn't see. The root sense never changed: occultism is, quite literally, the business of what's covered up.
- literal meaning
- from latin occultus, simply hidden knowledge
- golden age
- peaked victorian era, alongside seances and top hats
- famous flop
- aleister crowley wrote spells, still paid rent late
- modern form
- astrology apps are occultism with better UX