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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.
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.
In this July 1997 still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent moon in this predawn occultation.. An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them.
Diagram of a cyclone in the early stages of occlusion in the Northern Hemisphere. In meteorology, an occluded front is a type of weather front formed during cyclogenesis.The classical and usual view of an occluded front is that it starts when a cold front overtakes a warm front near a cyclone, such that the warm air is separated (occluded) from the cyclone center at the surface.
Alchemy; Satanism: Alchemical symbols for sulfur, associated with the fire and brimstone of Hell. The third pictured, alchemical for black sulfur, is also known as a 'Leviathan Cross' or 'Satan's Cross'.
Nightmare (1800) by Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard. Demonology is the study of demons within religious belief and myth.Depending on context, it can refer to studies within theology, religious doctrine, or occultism.
The ambient occlusion map (middle image) for this scene darkens only the innermost angles of corners. In 3D computer graphics, modeling, and animation, ambient occlusion is a shading and rendering technique used to calculate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting.
72 seals from The Lesser Key of Solomon. The term sigil derives from the Latin sigillum (pl. sigilla), meaning "seal". [2] In medieval magic, the term sigil was commonly used to refer to occult signs which represented various angels and demons which the practitioner might summon.