The Manuscripts give the specific outlines of the Grade Rituals of the Order and prescribe a curriculum of graduated teachings that encompass the Hermetic Qabalah, astrology, occult tarot, geomancy, and alchemy.

The term occult is also used as a label given to a number of magical organizations or orders, the teachings and practices taught by them, and to a large body of current and historical literature and spiritual philosophy related to this subject.

His bandmate Sadorass calls the same ideology a consequent development of blood and soil ( völkisch way ), diverse occult teachings and the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche in connection to Darwin's evolution theories.

A subtle body is one of a series of psycho-spiritual constituents of living beings, according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings.

This group, still in existence, today avoids mention of Randolph's interest in sex magic, but his magico-sexual theories and techniques formed the basis of much of the teachings of another occult fraternity, The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, although it is not clear that Randolph himself was ever personally associated with the Brotherhood.

This included occult teachings, " esoteric " psychology and healing, astrological and other philosophic and religious themes.

In interviews with the Glasgow's Daily Record in September 2010 and the UK's The Independent in October 2010, McGee stated he had lost interest in music and was more interested in the esoteric and occult teachings of Aleister Crowley and Peter J Carroll.

wrote: “ We are not infallible, all-foreseeing ‘ Mahatmas ’ at every hour of the day .” As he explained: “ An adept — the highest as the lowest — is one only during the exercise of his occult powers .” In fact, according to the Theosophical teachings, the higher the adept, the less we are likely to hear from him:

According to occult teachings the astral plane can be visited consciously through astral projection, meditation and mantra, near death experience, lucid dreaming, or other means.

Most occult and esoteric teachings are in agreement that seven planes of existence exist, however many different occult and metaphysical schools label the planes of existence with different terminology.

According to occult teachings the astral plane can be visited consciously through astral projection, meditation and mantra, near death experience, lucid dreaming, or other means.

According to some occult teachings, all souls are born on the divine plane and then descend down through the lower planes, however souls will work their way back to the divine plane.

These include Atkinson's teachings on Yoga and Oriental philosophy, as well as New Thought and occult titles.

The first edition of this work, containing more than 700 pages of in depth teachings into the major themes of the occult science, was dedicated to a knowledgeable lecturer of the occult field called Rudolf Steiner, to whom Max Heindel felt greatly indebted.

The Armanen-Orden is a neopagan esoteric society and religious order reviving the occult teachings of Guido von List.

Writes Michael Barkun, " His messages from the Venusians sounded suspiciously like his own earlier occult teachings.

Esoteric Christianity refers to the study of the occult or mystic esoteric knowledge related to the inner teachings of Christianity.

Franz Anton Mesmer held that trance and healing were the result of the channelling of a mysterious " occult " force called " animal magnetism ".

At the start of the series, Morpheus is captured by an occult ritual and held prisoner for 70 years.

Meetings were held irregularly, and many plans for occult experimentation were

The number is congruent with the number of siddhi or occult powers held in the Indian Religions.

In a paper presented at the conference on " New Age in the Old World " held at the Institut Oecumenique de Bossey, Céligny, Switzerland, Melton presented his views on the New Age movement, stating that it led to a dramatic growth of the older occult / metaphysical community, and created a much more positive image for occultism in Western culture.

The church held an extensive library of occult literature.

These interpretations have been denied by company officials, and no evidence linking the company to any occult organization has ever been presented.

The story is presented by Le Fanu as part of the casebook of Dr Hesselius, whose departures from medical orthodoxy rank him as the first occult doctor in literature.

In Switzerland, the city of Geneva was commonly associated with the occult at the time, particularly by Catholics, because it had been a stronghold of Protestantism, and many of those interested in the esoteric travelled from their own Roman Catholic nations to Switzerland to purchase grimoires or to study with occultists.

His reading lists, as recorded in his diary, were dominated by antisemitic pamphlets, German myths, and occult tracts.

Germanic mythology, reinforced by occult ideas, became a substitute religion for him.

In these cases it is termed Thyrotoxicosis Factitia ( L, facticius: artificial or self-induced ); it is also known by other terms such as exogenous thyrotoxicosis, alimentary thyrotoxicosis or occult factitial thyrotoxicosis.

I do not allege that this condition is induced through the transmission of a magnetic or occult influence from my body into that of my patients ; nor do I profess, by my processes, to produce the higher supernatural phenomena of the Mesmerists.

The JREF sponsors The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offering a prize of US $ 1, 000, 000 to eligible applicants who can demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.

These elements were often taken to reflect Page's interest in the occult, which resulted in accusations that the recordings contained subliminal satanic messages, some of which were said to be contained in backmasking: claims generally dismissed by the band and music critics.

However, absorbed by their pursuit of occult power and esoteric knowledge, they often neglected and even abused humanity.

* Journal of Thelemic Studies-the first non-partisan, academic journal investigating the occult tradition of Thelema, founded by Aleister Crowley

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn has been credited with a vast revival of occult literature and practices and was founded in 1887 or 1888 by William Wynn Westcott, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers and William Robert Woodman.

Rational skeptics argue that numbers have no occult significance and cannot by themselves influence a person's life.

Neopagan movements emerged in Europe during the 19th and early 20th centuries, influenced by the wider occult movement ; these included Thelema, Wicca and Adonism.

In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e. g. an " occult bleed " may be one detected indirectly by the presence of otherwise unexplained anemia.

" By the eighteenth century these unorthodox religious and philosophical concerns were well defined as ' occult ', inasmuch as they lay on the outermost fringe of accepted forms of knowledge and discourse ," They were, however, preserved by antiquarians and mystics.

They may view the occult as being anything supernatural or paranormal which is not achieved by or through God ( as defined by those religious denominations ), and is therefore the work of an opposing and malevolent entity.

The word has negative connotations for many people, and while certain practices considered by some to be " occult " are also found within mainstream religions, in this context the term " occult " is rarely used and is sometimes substituted with " esoteric ".

In Rabbinic Judaism, an entire body of literature, collectively known as Kabbalah has been dedicated to the content eventually defined by some as occult science.

" In this text called The Grimoire of Pope Honorius, he supposedly discusses the value of occult knowledge in the Church, and how by summoning or raising demonic entities, one could learn to control them.

He was more intrigued by occult learning such as astrology and alchemy, which was mainstream in the Renaissance period, and had a wide variety of personal hobbies such as horses, clocks, collecting rarities, and being a patron of the arts.

More recently historians have re-evaluated this view and see his patronage of the arts and occult sciences as a triumph and key part of the Renaissance, while his political failures are seen as a legitimate attempt to create a unified Christian empire, which was undermined by the realities of religious, political and intellectual disintegrations of the time.