what is occult
The occult (from the Latin word occultus clandestine, hidden, secret) is knowledge of the hidden.In common English usage, occult refers to knowledge of the paranormal , as opposed to knowledge of the measurable , usually referred to as science.ccult qualities are properties that have no known rational explanation; in the Middle Ages, for example, magnetism was considered an occult quality. Newton's contemporaries severely criticized his theory that gravity was effected through action at a distance, as occult.