occult science
Hidden mystical study
Occult science refers to the study of hidden or supernatural phenomena—astrology, alchemy, divination, magic, and similar disciplines that claim to reveal secret knowledge about nature or the cosmos.
The term was used seriously in earlier centuries but now carries connotations of pseudoscience or esoteric mysticism.
He devoted years to the occult sciences, convinced that ancient wisdom had been lost to modern rationalism.
- tarotDivination card set
- crystal ballFortune-teller's viewing sphere
- meditationFocused attention practice
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- akashic recordsSupposed universal knowledge storehouse
third eye · transmutation · gnosis · Hermes Trismegistus · secret doctrine · ritual · elixir of life · astrology · I Ching · numerology · spirits · philosopher's stone · invocation · spellcasting · black magic · white magic · dark arts · palmistry
occult sciencelaboratory research
Controlled scientific experimentation
natural science · experimental science · scientific method · physics · chemistry
occult sciencepublic knowledge
Facts anyone can access
common knowledge · popular science · published research · general education
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