What is the Occult?

by James Walker

The term "occult" is derived from the latin word occultus which means to cover up, to hide, or those things which are hidden or secret. When used in this paper the word "occult" means any attempt to gain supernatural knowledge or power apart from the God of the Bible. There are basically three types of occultism - Psychic discerment groups, Paganism and Spiritism.