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Definition of Occult arts
1. Noun. Supernatural practices and techniques. "He is a student of the occult"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occult Arts
Literary usage of Occult arts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1888)
"SORCERY AND occult arts. FEW things are so indestructible as a superstitious
belief once fairly implanted in human credulity. It passes from one race to ..."
2. Studies in Occultism: A Series of Reprints from the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Aryan Theosophical Press (1910)
"... THE occult arts " I oft have heard, but ne'er believed till now, There are,
who can by potent magic spells Bend to their crooked purpose Nature's laws. ..."
3. The Theosophist by Theosophical Society (Madras, India) (1898)
"Occultism can be divided into theory and practice, but, is carefully distinguished
from the so-called " occult arts" and from " Magic. ..."
4. Extracts from the Va︢han, Including Answers by Sarah Corbett, Annie Wood Besant (1904)
"1 DIVISION LXXV THE occult arts QUESTION 301. What is the attitude of Theosophy
to astrology ? (1898.) GRSM—As THE VAHAN knows no one who has the authority ..."