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- ==Eude in angelology and the occult== According to the occultist Johannes Trithemius (1462–1516), Raphael is one of the seven angels of the ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 05:15, 17 July 2022
- to publish works such as Theosophy and Occult Science and to lecture on ... the Beasts Within: The Encyclopedia of the Occult, the Esoteric, and the Supernatural ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction. ... Isaac Asimov in his anthology Tales of the Occult (Asimov, 1989). ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- While in Cairo she formed the Societe Spirite for occult phenomena ... acquaintance of A.P. Sinnett. In his book Occult World he describes how she ...24 KB (3,559 words) - 13:46, 27 October 2022
- Bill Ellis. Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular ... *Ellis, Bill. Lucifer ascending: the occult in folklore and popular ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
- of its association with magic and the occult and they do not recognize ... practices, adopted by Jews engaged in the occult and syncretism as early as ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- of Christian mysticism with the occult tradition. Between 1607 and ... Nazism destructive ideology, supported in occult knowledge ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 19:19, 16 December 2022
- in medieval Jewish mystical esoteric and occult sources. There are no references ... Freake, and Donald Tyson. Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Llewellyn Publications ...18 KB (2,679 words) - 23:31, 19 October 2023
- Georg Luck, Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds ... *Luck, Georg. Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (St. Martin ... Research Society and an authority on the occult during the early twentieth ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Bill Ellis, Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular ... *Ellis, Bill. Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- I. Due to his interest in magic and the occult, he also devoted much of ... himself deeply into the study of various occult disciplines, including alchemy ...34 KB (5,268 words) - 02:25, 9 February 2023
- It is speculated that this was due to some occult papers having been found ... intensively used source for modern western occult and magical writing. As a ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 14:46, 12 February 2022
- undermined by her participation in occult practices and her dealings with unclean forces. It served as the basis for Sergei Prokofiev's ...7 KB (980 words) - 19:56, 27 April 2020
- with investigations of mysticism and the occult, which occupied that later ... freemasonry, as well as on aspects of the occult and mysticism. He presented ...23 KB (3,410 words) - 08:45, 23 July 2023
- *Milbourne, Christopher. ESP, Seers & Psychics: What the Occult ... *Milbourne, Christopher. Mediums, Mystics & the Occult. Thomas ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 12:32, 21 January 2023
- Naturalism and Renaissance Magic," in Occult and Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ...8 KB (1,231 words) - 15:57, 6 November 2022
- writer who was fascinated by the occult and in 1891 founded his own ... The library is also rich in occult documents. These include the original ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- - a short work that coins the well-known occult maxim: "As above, so ... macrocosm and microcosm, is ubiquitous in occult and magical circles, emerging ...42 KB (6,476 words) - 10:52, 22 January 2024
- amulet, mystical diagram supposed to possess occult powers" Monier-Williams, 1899, p. 845 and Apte, 1965, p. 781. Additionally, some tantric ...9 KB (1,275 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- later studies have emphasized his reliance on occult and alchemical traditions. He was intimately acquainted with Aristotelian logic and philosophy ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 02:30, 16 December 2022
- has formed the basis of most Western occult practices.Stephan Hoeller ... wrote a number of works on magic and the occult, including the well known ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- at the age of 18 he was admitted into the occult society Fraternitas Rosicruciana ... the foundation of his medical treatise, Occult Medicine and Practical Magic. ...39 KB (5,837 words) - 11:35, 6 September 2022
- In occult circles, distinctions are sometimes made between crows and ... may in part be due to the long-standing occult tradition of associating ...26 KB (3,938 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- the time of the Middle Ages, the term took on an occult connotation, and was sometimes used to describe a meeting place for secret groups and societies. ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 02:11, 15 January 2023
- for studying celestial bodies that occult it. In the 1950s and 1960s ... occasionally, planets—can transit or occult the nebula. Although the ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- Christopher, Mediums, Mystics and the Occult (Ty Crowell Co., 1975, ISBN ... *Randi, James. An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the ...22 KB (3,512 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- myth, giving it currency for Western occult enthusiasts. Later esoteric writers further emphasized and elaborated on the concept of a hidden ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- a time when the subject was considered to be an occult science. In this book he executed drawings comparing human and animal faces, a theme later developed ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 21:28, 4 December 2023
- keeping all possibilities open, including that the occult or magic (paranormal) could be possible. For Bacon and other early scientists such as Isaac ...34 KB (4,921 words) - 18:30, 13 February 2024
- of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0312151195 *Rosenberg, Daniel. 2000. [http://cabinetmagazine ...13 KB (1,841 words) - 07:04, 23 August 2023
- resulted in a fascination for alchemy and the occult. However, he also had some concern for the welfare of the commoners of France, and included non-aristocrats ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 00:35, 5 December 2023
- of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (James Randi Educational Foundation). Retrieved January 6, 2008. In 1965, Rhine retired ...13 KB (1,908 words) - 01:09, 8 February 2023
- the Thule Society, a völkisch (folk) occult-mystical organisation, but ... * Goodrick-Clarke , Nicholas. The Occult Roots of Nazism: The Ariosophists ...23 KB (3,538 words) - 17:39, 22 December 2022
- Henry Cornelius Agrippa, his Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy ; Of Geomancy. Magical Elements of Peter de Abano. Astronomical Geomancy. London: Askin ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 05:30, 24 November 2022
- undermined by her participation in occult practices and her dealings with unclean forces. The novel served as the basis for Sergei Prokofiev ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:49, 1 June 2023
- teacher. The eighteenth century English occult writer Francis Barrett claimed Apollonius to be "one of the most extraordinary persons that ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 15:49, 11 August 2023
- quot;hex sign." Those that support the occult nature of the signs assert that the term "hex" derives from the Pennsylvanian German word ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 11:51, 22 January 2024
- of China. They were shamanistic masters of the occult and esoteric skills, and advocates of religious ideas and practices which included communicating ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- people in his day who were involved with the occult and spiritualism after losing their faith in Christianity were dedicated to Budge's works. ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- dreams, and his doctoral dissertation was on the occult. After breaking with Freud, Jung deliberately allowed this part of his nature free expression ...15 KB (2,390 words) - 22:33, 7 January 2024
- can also tell modern readers much about "the occult" during Chaucer's time, especially in regards to astrology and the astrological lore ...31 KB (5,016 words) - 15:32, 30 April 2023
- with magical properties. Various occult systems associate each archangel with one of the traditional seven luminaries — the Sun, the Moon, ...17 KB (2,515 words) - 02:14, 9 January 2023
- removes negative feedback from a previously occult pituitary adenoma (benign tumor), which starts growing rapidly and produces extreme levels of ACTH ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- a poet, a numismatist, and a dabbler in the occult. He had been a sub-chanter at Bristol Cathedral and master of the Pyle Street free school, near ...14 KB (2,111 words) - 18:41, 30 April 2023
- number is congruent with the number of siddhi or occult powers held in the Dharmic Religions. In Tibetan Buddhist art they are often depicted together ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 20:06, 21 April 2023
- began to move away from medicine and towards the occult. Following popular trends, he wrote an almanac for 1550, for the first time Latinizing his ...27 KB (4,102 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- and the Renaissance: Intellectual History and the Occult in Early Modern Europe. Washington, DC: The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1988. 302-310. ...15 KB (2,409 words) - 12:46, 6 November 2021
- lead the human race astray (through idolatry, the occult, etc.) until the final Judgment Day. In addition to Enoch, the Book of Jubilees (7:21 ...15 KB (2,395 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- by which he meant all claims to occult or mystical knowledge American Heritage Dictionary, 2000, s.v. "Agnostic." such as that spoken ...18 KB (2,675 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- material is directly derivative of two occult bestsellers—The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, by Levi H. Dowling; and The Mystical Life ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 21:31, 20 March 2024
- a believer in and practitioner of the occult, promoting alchemy and the ... castle in Prague, where he focused on the occult. Partly responsible for his ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- death, unrestrained hedonism, and occult practices, while mocking ... included tongue-in-cheek references to the occult, Pearlman came up with a ...41 KB (6,469 words) - 21:31, 26 December 2020
- Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600) was an Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist. He is known for his system of mnemonics ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 13:28, 15 December 2022
- ghosts, associating spiritism with forbidden occult activities (Deuteronomy 18:11). The most notable reference is in the First Book of Samuel (I Samuel ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- history, his so-called past lives. For those occult and religious traditions accepting the concept of reincarnation this is surely no leap of faith. ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- mucosa. However, the blood loss in the stools is occult blood loss (not visibly apparent). Hookworm is commonly called "larva migratoria ...16 KB (2,392 words) - 13:39, 2 February 2024
- magician, and today he is still associated with occult practices. Paracelsus himself rejected supernatural magic and instead emphasized the magical healing ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 07:39, 18 November 2022
- popular success, and a precursor to the 1970s occult explosion, which included the box office smash, The Exorcist (1973) (directed by William Friedkin ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 14:21, 7 February 2024
- (1893) France ridiculed belief in the occult, and in fr|Les Opinions de Jérôme Coignard (1893), France captured the atmosphere of the ...18 KB (2,551 words) - 20:05, 29 June 2023
- deeply influenced by neo-Romanticism and occult/mystical philosophy. When ... Pound, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, and the Occult. McGill-Queen's University ...34 KB (5,360 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- and wrote scholarly articles on acoustics, occult sciences, Roman theatre decoration, and ancient instruments. He wrote a philosophical work ...18 KB (2,898 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- towards Neopagan religions and the "occult," many United States schools have sought to prevent students from displaying the pentagram ...20 KB (3,104 words) - 07:21, 23 November 2022
- revived. He replaced the ether with occult forces based on Hermetic ... suggested that had he not relied on the occult idea of action at a distance ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- *Milbourne, Christopher. 1970. ESP, Seers & Psychics: What the Occult Really Is. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. ISBN 0-690-26815-7 *Mishlove, Jeffrey ...23 KB (3,205 words) - 11:26, 11 March 2023
- *Nine Unknown Men were, in occult legend, custodians of the sciences of the world since ancient times. * Many mathematical magic tricks have a ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- as a young man he became fascinated with the occult and, along with his brother Cecil, experimented with Ouija boards. Autobiography, Chapter IV. ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- * Devereux, George, [ed.], Psychoanalysis and the Occult. New York ... in Grim P. Philosophy of Science and the Occult. Albany, NY: 1990. ...46 KB (6,384 words) - 01:27, 12 April 2023
- Purohit Swami. Theosophical beliefs and the occult formed much of the basis of his later poetry, which some critics attacked as lacking intellectual ...21 KB (3,324 words) - 15:42, 6 May 2023
- along with a general openness to psychic and occult phenomena in the 1970s, led to a decade of increased parapsychological research. During this time ...25 KB (3,499 words) - 11:26, 11 March 2023
- by popular figures in the Theosophy movement, occult, and the growing New Age phenomenon. Robert Todd Carroll, (2005) [http://skepdic.com/atlantis ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- be the protector of those arts too, and of the occult in general. Chemistry and medicines linked the rod of Hermes with the staff of the healer Asclepius ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- #039;s Bookstore. This bookstore specialized in occult and osteopathic works, and he may have consciously or otherwise absorbed much of this material ...23 KB (3,585 words) - 18:08, 12 February 2024
- Category:Psychologists Mesmer, Franz [[Image:Franz_Anton_Mesmer.jpg|thumb|300 px|Franz Anton Mesmer]] Franz Anton Mesmer (May 23, 1734 – March ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 16:24, 29 October 2022
- New Age interpretations, or Western occult analyses, as well as ancient Greek and Christian references. The chakras are described as being aligned ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- of his time, such methods were connected with the occult trends of hermeticism and alchemy. Some credit Bacon as having caused the secularization of ...23 KB (3,596 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024
- Spiritualism also differs from occult movements, such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn or the contemporary Wiccan covens, in that spirits ...26 KB (3,720 words) - 15:24, 27 April 2023
- Clara, (Clara Miller) was fascinated with the occult and often told her daughter bedtime stories of mystery and adventure. She encouraged the young ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 06:43, 16 June 2023
- Like many aspects of the occult and paranormal, crop circles soon became incorporated and exploited by pop culture. An example of this is the ...27 KB (4,030 words) - 06:27, 11 January 2024
- category:Image wanted {{Infobox Writer | name = Ian Lancaster Fleming | birthdate = 1908|5|28|mf=y | birthplace = Mayfair, London, England ...25 KB (3,815 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- deeply interested in supernatural power and the occult, wanted to acquire the Ark in order to rule the world. The Ark's location in the movie is ...29 KB (4,905 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- The Druze (Arabic: درزي, derzī or durzī, plural دروز, durūz; דרוזים , Druzim; also transliterated Druz or Druse) are a Middle ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 21:14, 30 January 2024
- Race, Extraterrestrials, and the Occult" in Debbora Battagilia, E.T. Culture: Anthropology in Outerspaces. Durham, NC: Duke University Press ...28 KB (4,265 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- began his first readings into mysticism and the occult, interests which were to preoccupy him for the rest of his life and which would find their ultimate ...29 KB (4,522 words) - 07:15, 5 April 2024
- viewed by natural scientists as an occult science or superstition. This separation accelerated through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ...33 KB (4,705 words) - 18:24, 19 August 2023
- on any supernatural, transcendent, or occult powers or phenomena. If something was observed in nature but no natural explanation for it was available ...72 KB (11,042 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- htm Factnet Report: Hubbard and the Occult] *[http://www.wiseoldgoat.com/papers-scientology/hubbard_fiction_of_lrh.html A complete resumé of ...33 KB (4,873 words) - 17:26, 25 January 2023
- Mircea Eliade (March 9, 1907 – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian, philosopher, theorist of religion, literary critic, and novelist notably ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла) (July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943) was a world-renowned Serbian-American inventor, ...61 KB (9,138 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- have links to perverse sexual practices and the occult. Her so-called lovers were, probably homosexual and were thus equally likely to be victimized ...31 KB (5,055 words) - 06:48, 28 July 2023
- de Nerval: The Queen of Sheba and the Occult," Nineteenth-Century French Studies IV(3) (1976): 244–257. * Lang, Andrew, [http://babel ...30 KB (4,372 words) - 21:54, 30 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology The Unconscious is a rich concept with a multi-faceted history. For Freud it began as ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- Race, Extraterrestrials, and the Occult." in Battaglia, Debbora. 2005. E.T. Culture: Anthropology in Outerspaces. Durham, NC: Duke University ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 01:37, 3 May 2023
- event is called occultation. Mercury and Venus occult each other every few centuries, and the event of May 28, 1737, is the only one historically recorded ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- some have called demonic in nature and more occult-like than Christian. Religious ecstasy in these movements has been witnessed in the form of squealing ...33 KB (4,676 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- fascination with Astrology and the Occult. Upon his accession as Padishah (Emperor), he began to re-organize the administration upon mystically ...33 KB (5,251 words) - 21:14, 11 January 2023
- falls in love with an amateur human dabbler in the occult, and attempts, in the guise of a young woman, to win his affections. The book served as inspiration ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- Gnosticism is a general term describing various mystically-oriented groups and their teachings, which were most prominent in the first few centuries ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- * Occult Chemistry. London: Theosophical Pub. House, 1919. * The Doctrine of the Heart. [1920] reprinted Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- believe it trivializes (and celebrates) “the occult” and what they perceive as evil. Many Christians ascribe no negative significance to Halloween ...37 KB (5,487 words) - 23:07, 3 August 2023
