Alan Ball

In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get freaked out. I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it's horrifying. But that's just human nature.

American Director

Deborah Harkness

The occult sciences were simply ancient technologies for making the occult or unseen manifest in the world - whether that was the influence of the stars and planets, the mysterious meanings of lines inscribed in your palm, or forms of action at a distance like magic and spells.

American Novelist

Liberty Hyde Bailey

I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere they are visible yet everywhere occult.

American Scientist

Karl Marx

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

German Philosopher

Jason Ralph

I've learned a lot of sleight of hand and coin tricks, but as far as the occult is concerned, I have not dabbled. I'm sort of an internal skeptic about those things.

American Actor

Ernest Holmes

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.

American Theologian

Umberto Eco

Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.

Italian Novelist

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.

American Philosopher

David Copperfield

Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic.

American Entertainer

Shawn Ashmore

The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters.

Canadian Actor

Occult often implies mysterious knowledge or activities that mainstream culture may view with suspicion or intrigue.

Cultural Mystique

While 'occult' can have a dark connotation, it is not inherently negative and can just refer to hidden matters.

Not Always Negative

Occult is rarely used in scientific contexts and more often in literary or esoteric ones.

Not Scientific

The noun 'occult' refers to things beyond the normal range of knowledge, especially mystical or magical.

Beyond Normal

The occult can evoke both fascination and fear due to its association with the unknown.

Interest and Fear

Occult (noun) is often used by people with a specific interest in supernatural phenomena.

Specialized Use

To occult (verb) something can mean physically hiding or suggest making something unclear or difficult to see.

Not Just Literal

In astronomy, 'to occult' means one object in space passing in front of another, blocking it from view.

Astronomy Context

Using occult as a verb is rare and mainly found in specific or technical contexts.

Rare Usage

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