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The Occult

The word occult has been derived from the Latin word occultus, which means hidden, secretive and private from public view. Therefore occult refers to knowledge or system, which is of secretive nature as against the visible, scientific and verifiable knowledge, which is accessible to every one. Occult may also refer to knowledge of the supernatural psychic powers.

In the times gone by, occult knowledge was considered a secretive knowledge and so it was obviously not available in the popular public domain. It remained a prerogative of a certain few privileged people who could be relied upon to maintain its sacred secrecy.

With the democratization and liberalization of knowledge, the meaning of occult has undergone a change. It is now explained as beliefs and practices that are beyond the understanding of ordinary people. They cannot be rationalized by the logical concepts of science. But the secretive character of the occult is no more considered sacred enough to be religiously preserved so as to remain confined to a few privileged people.

It may however be noted that certain occult beliefs which were considered inexplicable and looked down upon some time back, have proved their validity, accuracy and potential by scientific rationalization and they are no more considered as occult or irrational as such. For example, clairvoyance, telepathy, empathy are now subjects of active Para psychological studies and their actual scope and potential are being validated by the progressive research.

Going by the above definition, the subject of psychics comes within the domain of occult. Even today to a large extent, there are some practices that are yet too subtle or supernatural to be understood and authenticated by the laboratory research. However, the inability of the scientific research to rationalize the psychic practices cannot negate their true and effective potential.

Communication with the spirits was frowned upon the rationalists and scientists a few years back. The human body was considered only a soulless composition of certain elements and their dismemberment meant death. Now more and more scientists are accepting the existence of souls, their immortality and also soul of human being taking birth after the death. Communication with souls or spirits and their active participation in human affairs on earth is being accepted as practical facts of life.

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