occult | ?'k?lt |
noun (the occult)
supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena: a secret society to study alchemy and the occult.
adjective
1 of, involving, or relating to supernatural, mystical, or magical powers or phenomena: a follower of occult practices similar to voodoo.
• beyond the range of ordinary knowledge or experience; mysterious: a weird occult sensation of having experienced the identical situation before.
• communicated only to the initiated; esoteric: the typically occult language of the time.