... on an alleged or esoteric knowledge of the world of spirits and unknown forces. The wide range of beliefs and practices that are generally held to be occult includes alchemy, a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the discovery of a universal cure for diseas and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life; divination the art or practice that ... access to an external mystical force beyond the ordinary human sphere; witcthcraft, the human exercise of unknown supernatural powers for antisocial, evil, or for good and curing purposes. In the me...

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