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The occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden". [1] In common usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", [2] usually referred to as science.
In Latin America, in the 1500s, when the archbishop of Santo Domingo and fifth bishop of Puerto Rico, Nicolás Ramos, recorded his recollections of ‘black brujos [male and female] who engaged with the devil in the shape of a goat and, every night in front of this goat, cursed God, Santa María, and the sacraments of the Holy Church ...
Sometimes referred to as la lengua de los orichas ("the language of the oricha"), [170] it is regarded as a divine language through which practitioners can contact the deities. [171] Although some practitioners are uncomfortable using it, [ 172 ] most initiates know tens or hundreds of Lucumí words and phrases. [ 170 ]
By 1994, the Satanic ritual abuse hysteria had died down in the US and UK, [91] and by the 21st century, hysteria about Satanism has waned in most Western countries, although allegations of Satanic ritual abuse continued to surface in parts of continental Europe and Latin America. [107]
The phrase refers to perfect transcription or quotation. verbatim et literatim: word for word and letter by letter: verbi divini minister: servant of the Divine Word: A phrase denoting a priest. Cf. "Verbum Dei" infra. verbi gratia (v. gr. or v. g.) for example: Literally, "for the sake of a word". Verbum Dei: Word of God: See religious text.
Vade retro satana (Ecclesiastical Latin for "Begone, Satan", "Step back, Satan", or "Back off, Satan"; alternatively spelt vade retro satanas, or sathanas), is a medieval Western Christian formula for exorcism, recorded in a 1415 manuscript found in the Benedictine Metten Abbey in Bavaria; [1] [2] its origin is traditionally associated with the ...
Greater and lesser magic (known also as high and low magic or collectively Satanic magic), within LaVeyan Satanism, designate types of beliefs with the term greater magic applying to ritual practice meant as psychodramatic catharsis to focus ones emotions for a specific purpose and lesser magic applied to the practice of manipulation by means of applied psychology and glamour (or "wile and ...
Rituals involving the phrase tend to be more likely to be mentioned in the press at Halloween. [17] "Ave Satani", the theme song for The Omen (1976), written by Jerry Goldsmith, which won him an Academy Award, [18] has a title which is intended to mean "Hail Satan" in Latin, in opposition to "Ave Christi". (The song contains other Latin phrases ...