As a noun: Freedom of religion includes a person's right to believe in the occult if they wish.
As a verb: Their power was occult and the public was not aware of it.
As an adjective: Margie should spend less time with occult literature and more time with history.
He dabbled in the occult. she had an occult tumor.
The murderer was an occult worshipper.Horoscopes are entertainment, not occult study.
Much of his talk about the occult seems grounded in nothing but trick photography and folklore.
Typically followed by a "the" or "an."as in:David Koresh was the leader of an occult known as the branch dividians.Mary had an easily suggestible nature, falling prey to the occult at a young age.
Alchemy, spirituality, occult, and cosmology all use the symbol "All-Seeing Eye."
Occult means "things that are hidden." (My socks are often hidden.....very occult)
We can not recommend using occult for clearly dishonest purposes, however you could learn in advance which horse will win the next big race and put your money on it.
Horror fiction scares you... Occult fiction involves the paranormal or satanism. Horror might involve occult subjects, and Occult might scare you... so there is a lot of crossover. But that is the difference. There are Horror books that are definitely not occult and Occult books that are not horror. To read more about Occult and see more of the difference, please see the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult
Occult Medicine was created in 2004.
The Occult Review ended in 1951.
Occult Reich was created in 1974.
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