occult sciences
Mystical knowledge systems
Occult sciences are fields of inquiry dealing with hidden or supernatural phenomena—astrology, alchemy, divination, magic, and similar practices claiming to reveal or manipulate forces beyond ordinary perception.
The term carries an air of mystery and esoteric knowledge, suggesting systems with their own internal logic even if rejected by mainstream science.
He spent years studying the occult sciences before dismissing them as superstition.
- kabbalahJewish mystical tradition
- tarotDivination card set
- crystal ballFortune-teller's viewing sphere
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- zodiac signsTwelve astrological birth symbols
grimoire · numerology · ceremonial magic · ritual magic · hermeticism · Golden Dawn · esotericism · ancient mysteries · scrying · palmistry · theosophy · neoplatonism · evocation · Agrippa · alchemy · mystical arts · I Ching · Rosicrucians
occult sciencesnatural sciences
Empirical study of matter and life
natural science · hard sciences · scientific method · physics · experimental science