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Occult Symbols, Imagery, and Terminology
Occult Terms
A few terms related to the occult that we have used on this website.
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Metaphysics is also a blanket term for some of the more esoteric and occult knowledge such as astrology, numerology, gematria, chakras, psychic phenomena, afterlife, alchemy and the like. Also, if you look at common terms and ideas like gravity, photosynthesis, heat, cold, air, vibrations, etc., you notice that these ideals are beyond the physical but each interact with matter. Once again, everything can be looked at metaphysically.
In conclusion, metaphysics is really defined by the individual. I cannot stress enough that any idea, thing, subject, place, person, philosophy, and religion can be viewed as metaphysical or to have an energetic permeation. We have what we see with our eyes and then we have its essence or energetic imprint. The energetic component is metaphysics and metaphysics is everywhere! -S. Ali Myers, thirdeyeactivation.com/2013/01/what-is-metaphysics/-
Necromancy
Benny Hinn claims to consult the dead. It is NOT POSSIBLE to consult the dead. People involved in the occult believe they are speaking with loved ones who have passed on. They are deceived. It is demonic spirits speaking to them.
1. a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
2. magic in general, especially that practiced by a witch or sorcerer; sorcery; witchcraft; conjuration. [dictionary.com]
Numerology
→ The study of the occult meanings of numbers and their supposed influence on human life. [www.wordnik.com/words/numerology]
→ Any belief in the divine, mystical or other special relationship between a number and some coinciding events. It has many systems and traditions and beliefs. Numerology and numerological divination by systems such as isopsephy were popular among early mathematicians, but are no longer considered part of mathematics and are regarded as pseudomathematics or pseudoscience by modern scientists; Today, numerology is often associated with the paranormal, alongside astrology and similar divinatory arts. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerology]
Occult
1. of or pertaining to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
2. beyond the range of ordinary knowledge or understanding; mysterious.
3. secret; disclosed or communicated only to the initiated.
4. hidden from view. [dictionary.com]
Séance
An attempt to communicate with spirits. See necromancy.
Sorcery
→ Use of supernatural power over others through the assistance of spirits; witchcraft. [The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 09 May. 2009.]
→ the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world. [WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. 09 May. 2009.]
Tarot Cards
Voodoo
This includes such practices as sticking pins in a doll made in the image of a person, usually with some of that person's hair, fingernail clippings, and so forth incorporated into the doll. Hateful words are projected as the doll is stabbed over and over. -Pastor R.S. "Bud" Miller, Breaking Curses From Our Lives-
1. Also, vodun. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion.
2. a person who practices this religion.
3. a fetish or other object of voodoo worship.
4. a group of magical and ecstatic rites associated with voodoo.
5. (not in technical use) black magic; sorcery. Dictionary.com Unabridged, Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2014.
1. Also called: voodooism a religious cult involving witchcraft and communication by trance with ancestors and animistic deities, common in Haiti and other Caribbean islands
2. a person who practises voodoo
3. a charm, spell, or fetish involved in voodoo worship and ritual Collins English Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 10th Edition, 2009 © William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
A form of animism involving trances and other rituals. Communication with the dead is a principal feature of voodoo. It is most common in the nations of the Caribbean Sea, especially Haiti, where people sometimes mingle voodoo and Christian practices. The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition, Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Witchcraft
→ Magic; sorcery.
→ Wicca.
→ A magical or irresistible influence, attraction, or charm. [The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 09 May. 2009.]
→ The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits.
→ Power more than natural; irresistible influence. [Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. 09 May. 2009.]