- published: 08 Apr 2015
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The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g. an "occult bleed" may be one detected indirectly by the presence of otherwise unexplained anemia.
The word has many uses in the English language, popularly meaning "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", usually referred to as science. The term is sometimes popularly taken to mean "knowledge meant only for certain people" or "knowledge that must be kept hidden", but for most practicing occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual reality that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences. The terms esoteric and arcane can have a very similar meaning, and the three terms are often interchangeable.
The term occult is also used as a label given to a number of magical organizations or orders, the teachings and practices taught by them, and to a large body of current and historical literature and spiritual philosophy related to this subject.
Let's pray tonight
But why?
No angels left to hear our cry
Take my hand and lead me through this night
Hold me tight.
You stand alone again this night watching stars dancing on knives
Your tears fall on barren ground where no love was ever bound
And this dark angel fell from the sky a requiem
A last kiss before you – before you say goodbye
We're but lovers of our afterlife
Again we walk a lonely road of bitterness and sorrow
Again our hearts beat like they're one
In strange highways where lies dead tomorrow
We're dead tomorrow
Lovers of our lives
Our afterlives.