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- Occult - a. - Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.
- Occult - v. t. - To eclipse; to hide from sight.
- Occultation - n. - The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.
- Occultation - n. - Fig.: The state of being occult.
- Occulted - a. - Hidden; secret.
- Occulted - a. - Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.
- Occulting - n. - Same as Occultation.
- Occultism - n. - A certain Oriental system of theosophy.
- Occultist - n. - An adherent of occultism.
- Occultly - adv. - In an occult manner.
- Occultness - n. - State or quality of being occult.
- Talismanical - a. - Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.
- Occultly - adv. - In an occult manner.
- Diviner - n. - A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things.
- Moly - n. - A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Cabal - n. - Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala
- Magical - a. - Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.
- Cipher - v. t. - To write in occult characters.
- Incantation - n. - The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment.
- Magic - a. - A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.
- Magical - a. - Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle.
- Cabala - n. - A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.
- Diviner - n. - One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.
- Charm - v. i. - To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.
- Cabalistical - a. - Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.
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