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The occult is a category of supernatural beliefs and practices, encompassing such phenomena as those involving mysticism, spirituality, and magic in terms of any otherworldly agency.
The dark side of the Force; Star Wars: Dark Forces, a 1995 video game and novelization; Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, the sequel to the 1995 video game and novelization; Dark Force, the Katana fleet, a fictional fleet in the Thrawn trilogy of Star Wars novels
Later, the term "daimon" was used by writers such as Homer (8th century BC), Hesiod, and Plato as a synonym for theos, or god. Some scholars suggest a distinction between the terms: whereas theos was the personification of a god (e.g. Zeus ), daimon referred to something indeterminate, invisible, incorporeal, and unknown.
The occult (from Latin: occultus, lit. ' hidden ' or ' secret ') is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mysticism.
"Deep state" is a calque of the Turkish word derin devlet (lit. ' deep state ').The modern concept of a deep state is associated with Turkey, a presumed secret network of military officers and their civilian allies trying to preserve the secular order based on the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from 1923. [3]
Bronze statue of the Assyro-Babylonian demon king Pazuzu, c. 800–700 BCE, Louvre. A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in media including comics, fiction, film, television, and video games.
Black magic (or dark magic) traditionally refers to the use of magic or supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes. [1] The links and interaction between black magic and religion are many and varied. Beyond black magic's historical persecution by Christianity and its inquisitions, there are links between religious and black magic rituals.
The player engaging a Dark Trooper. Dark Forces is a first-person shooter (FPS). The player controls Kyle Katarn from a first-person perspective, with a focus on combat against various creatures and characters from the Star Wars universe, although the game also includes environmental puzzles and hazards.