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
- 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
