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The term occultism derives from occult, itself adopted from the Latin word occultus, meaning “hidden” or “secret.” In medieval and early modern Europe this term had been used in reference...
The word 'occult' comes from the Latin occultus, meaning 'hidden'. In modern times the word is used for those sciences and arts involved with looking into the secret world which is supposed to lie behind the world of our familiar...
The new reality they sought was radically secular and stridently simple. The ideal was not the balanced complexity of the new American federation, but the occult simplicity of its great seal: an all-seeing eye atop a pyramid over the words...
Source: Fire in the Minds of Men by James H. Billington
Even figures associated with the rise of modern science and the modern world—Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton—were profoundly influenced by Hermetic ideas. Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, made a living as an astrologer, and Newton wrote more...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
My Friends Would Think I Was a Nut
When the human race learns to read the language of symbolism, a great veil will fall from the eyes of men.
The More You Change, the Less You Feel
And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same.
High Time We Made a Stand
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read.