Search results for "Occult" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
