Occult

rituals or actions employed to manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces

The occult () is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mysticism. It can also refer to paranormal ideas such as extra-sensory perception and parapsychology.

Paranormal events are purported or imagined phenomena described in popular culture, folklore, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as being beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding. Notable paranormal beliefs include those that pertain to extrasensory perceptions (for example, telepathy), and the pseudosciences of ghost hunting, cryptozoology, and ufology.

19th century religious movement based on the belief that one can communicate with the spirits of the dead

alt=Refer to caption|upright=1.2|thumb|An illustration of Agartha within the hollow Earth, from Walter Siegmeister's 1960 book Agharta Agartha (variously spelled as Agharta, Aghartta, Agharti, among many other spellings) is a legendary kingdom said to be on the inner surface of the Earth. Though the story has many different versions, Agartha is usually said to be in Central Asia and led by a powerful figure sometimes called the King of the World, who secretly influences the surface. Later versions connect it to the belief in a hollow Earth. The idea of Agartha has been a popular subject in eso

alt=|thumb|A Baul from Lalon|Lalon Shah's shrine in Kushtia, Bangladesh thumb|upright|Ektara, a common musical instrument of Bauls

Works by Newton now seen as non-scientific

aphorism associated with sacred geometry, Hermeticism, and the Tarot