what is meant by'occult powers'?

Answer 1

occult means hidden. In the medieval times occult was construed to mean magical and usually not beneficial.

Answer 2

The Occult
For the purposes of this course, the occult religious expression contains, but is not limited to:

the worship of SELF as the supreme will

a belief that Satan is a Christian invention designed for controlling people

the conjuring and manipulation of supernatural Influences, agencies, or phenomena for one’s own purposes and gain

Occultism is endorsed in movies, in video games, on TV and in literature as:

creatures that have both human and non-human form and characteristics

beings with paranormal (psychic) powers who call upon some strange god(s) to fill themselves with special supernatural powers.

people who are normal but can change into a different being by calling upon an element in nature (air, fire, earth, water, ethers)

People involved in the occult come from all professional walks of life and are usually very educated, wealthy and powerful people:

Doctors

Lawyers

Judges

Politicians

Police Officers

Priests and Rabbis

Federal Enforcement Agents

Professors

Independent Business People

http://www.crossroad.to/ask-peter/def-occult.htm

Answer 3

Occult powers refers to using supernatural means to obtain either information about the future (tarot cards, crystal balls, etc...)or past event(like when the police use a psychic to determine something about a crime scene), contact the spirit world like in a seance, or to float about in the astral plane IE astral projection. A quick look at Buffy The Vampire Slayer would probably be one TV show that is full of examples.

Answer 4

Sometime used in place of Psychic powers.....ability to 'see' with the 'mind'....usually in terms of occurrences of the past and future....

Answer 5

powers out of the ordinary

Answer 6

dis-sect the word: oc/cult. oc is latin for occular, we know what cult means. therefore, occult means a group of people who see things the same way and act on them in the same way.

Answer 7

THE WORD OCCULT REFERS TO THINGS WHICH ARE COVERED OVER, THINGS WHICH ARE MYSTERIOUS, CONCEALED, OR HIDDEN. TO BE INVOLVED IN THE OCCULT IS ATTEMPTING TO GO BEYOND THE 5 SENSES FOR GAINING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.

DEUT.29:29 SAYS THE SECRET THINGS BELONG TO THE LORD OUR GOD, BUT THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE REVEALED BELONG TO US AND TO OUR CHILDREN FOREVER, THAT WE MAY DO ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW.

Classically the word "occult" means hidden or secret teachings and practices. But "by `secret' it is not meant that the positions taken are not available in most instances. Rather, the beliefs and practices are secret in the sense that performance of the rites is considered to be effective only when performed by those who are deeply initiated in the lore of the cult," Like its new age counterpart one cannot explain it biblically but can only attest by experience. They become pragmatic if it works its fine , never mind what the bible has to say.

science cannot explain Occult power but classifies and research's it as paranormal cosmic power. Its power source is not of God, nor is it natural latent in the human psyche, although it is explained as such .

IN DEUT. 18:10-12 GOD STRICTLY FORBIDS BELIEVERS TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE OCCULT. THERE IS NO CHRISTIAN FORM OF FORTUNE TELLING, ASTROLOGY, Ouji board, visualization, or astral travel, channeling, angelic communication or talking to the dead. The biggest danger is that these concepts are christianized for acceptance , the names are changed so one does not know immediately what they are engaged in. As a Christian They can then practice unknowingly what is forbidden .There is no truth to the statement that everything Satan has is a counterfeit. While it is true he does counterfeit many practices he also invents many too.

OCCULT PRACTICES PROMISE TO GIVE AN EXPERIENCE OF EXTRA POWER. THIS COMES THROUGH THE MAGAZINES, AND NEWSPAPERS ADVERTISING THE POWERS OF THE MIND, WITH SOME RINGS OR CRYSTALS TO GAIN CONTROL OVER THEMSELVES, THEIR LIVES THINGS AROUND THEM, AND OTHERS ! THIS IS WHAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE INTO THIS ACTIVITY. YET ONCE THEY GAIN THIS POWER, THEY BECOME SUBJECT TO IT, PRISONERS TO THE ONE THING THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD HELP SET THEM FREE.

OCCULT PRACTICES CAN BE PASSED ON TO THE 3rd and 4th GENERATION IN FAMILIES, BY SEEKING OUT THE OCCULT ARTS AND KNOWLEDGE, OR POWER; WE ARE REFUSING THE TRUE GOD AND ARE INDIRECTLY REPLACING HIM WITH WORSHIP AND ALLEGIANCE TO ANOTHER GOD.

EX.20:3-5 TELLS OF OUR PUNISHMENT FOR DOING THIS.

DEUT.29:26 TELLS US THAT THE ISRAELITES WENT AFTER AND SERVED OTHER GODS AND WORSHIPPED THEM, GODS THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW AND THAT HE THE LORD HAD NOT GIVEN TO THEM.

MANY CAN BE SUFFERING TODAY THROUGH DEMONIC OPPRESSION AND CONTROL BECAUSE OF THEIR PARENTS, GRAND PARENTS, OR GREAT GRAND PARENTS INVOLVEMENT IN THE OCCULT. IF AS A CHRISTIAN WE ARE AWARE OF SOMEONE IN OUR FAMILY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PRACTICE, WE SHOULD PRAY A PRAYER OF RENUNCIATION TO BREAK THE CONTROL OR OPPRESSION PASSED ON IN THE GENERATIONS. THIS IN NO WAY IS A PROMOTION FOR GENERATIONAL CURSES. IT IS A WAY TO MAKE SOMEONE AWARE OF A SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE THAT CAN OPPRESS THEM AND PLAGUE THEM HINDERING THEIR WALK WITH THE LORD.

SPIRITS CANNOT JUST ENTER OR, TAKE CONTROL OF A PERSON. OCCULT PRACTICES ALMOST ALWAYS REQUIRE A MEDITATIVE, OR PASSIVE STATE. BY DOING THIS WE ARE ALLOWING THEM CONTROL, EMPTYING OURSELVES, NEUTRALIZING OUR MIND IS THE EASIEST WAY TO ALLOW ANOTHER TO HAVE CONTROL.

Deut. 18:10-15 "There shall not be found among you anyone w ho makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses ,divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts-,a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead (Necromancer). For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before you. You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so. The Lord you God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to Him." (Prophecy of the Messiah Jesus) "There shall not be found among you anyone w ho makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses ,divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts-,a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead (Necromancer). For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before you. You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so. The Lord you God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to Him." (Prophecy of the Messiah Jesus)

These are the biblical terms defined, those involved in these practices may not see themselves described as this nor call themselves by such terms.

DIVINATION-- (Hebrew ‘qecem’) THE ART THAT SEEKS TO DISCOVER HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE. TO DETERMINE BY LOT OR MAGIC, TO FORETELL THE FUTURE--PROPHESY. TO DISCOVER KNOWLEDGE BY OCCULT OR SUPERNATURAL MEANS (SAME AS A SOOTHSAYER FORETELLS THE FUTURE (Deut. 18:10; I Sam 15:23; Jer. 14:14; Ezek. 13:6; 23; 21:21). -- (Hebrew ‘qecem’) THE ART THAT SEEKS TO DISCOVER HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE. TO DETERMINE BY LOT OR MAGIC, TO FORETELL THE FUTURE--PROPHESY. TO DISCOVER KNOWLEDGE BY OCCULT OR SUPERNATURAL MEANS (SAME AS A SOOTHSAYER FORETELLS THE FUTURE (Deut. 18:10; I Sam 15:23; Jer. 14:14; Ezek. 13:6; 23; 21:21).