Lore Lucid Lexicon occult
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"
“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.”
“Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.”
| ~☉~ | 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 |
