...the word occult, despite conjuring images of devil worship, actuall…

Dan Brown
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...the word occult, despite conjuring images of devil worship, actually means ‘hidden’ or ‘obscured.’ In times of religious oppression, knowledge that was counterdoctrinal had to be kept hidden or ‘occult,’ and because the church felt threatened by this, they redefined anything ‘occult’ as evil, and the prejudice survived. ✨ The Lost Symbol. Ch. 6. Book by Dan Brown, 2009.
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