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the oldest form is the verb to occult, a back formation from occultation

Middle English occultacion, from Latin occultātion, metaphor. "concealment, interruption of light from a celestial body"
from occultare "to prevent from being seen, conceal, keep secret" + -tion, suffix of verbal action

as an adjective, 1530s, "secret, not divulged"
from Latin occultus, occulta "hidden, concealed, secret"

occult adjective
used with the
  • deliberately obscured lore of universal laws and natural processes
  • the primary difference between occult and arcane is that oc-cult describes a more systematic concealment as to generate and gradually augment a power differential;
    occult is, in essence, oc-cult;
    oc- is an assimilated form of ob- before -c-;
    ob- is from Latin ob (prep.) "in the direction of, in front of; toward, to, at, upon, about; in the way of; with regard to, for the sake of";
    cult is "a system of worship"


    occult refers to the purposeful concealment of essential lore - for the benefit of the cult
  • matters thought to involve the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers, or involving secret knowledge
occult adjective
  • not revealed, secret
  • not easily apprehended or understood
  • hidden from view, concealed
occult verb
  • to shut off or hide from view or exposure

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Specific examples and quotes of occult

“There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult.”

Paulo Coelho


“Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.”

Aleister Crowley

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~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
classic definition
artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
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