Occult science
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'''Occult science''' is the systematic research into or formulation of [[occult]] concepts in a manner that follows - in its method or presentation - the way [[natural science]] researches or describes phenomena of the physical world.
The idea of Occult Science appears in 19th century occultism, especially [[Theosophy]], beginning with [[Blavatsky]] (who distinguished it from the "true Occultism" of Theosophy), and was further developed by both [[Rudolf Steiner]], who wrote a book of the same name and developed a complex system of "spiritual science" known as [[anthroposophy]], and [[Alice Bailey]].
Steiner's ''Occult Science'', published in [[Berlin]] in [[1910]], was a sequel to his earlier work ''Theosophy'', and deals with the evolution of man and the cosmos, as well as referring to the attainment of [[clairvoyance|supersensible knowledge]].
Through the influence of Alice Bailey, the idea of occult science is frequently used in association with [[astrology]], especially [[esoteric]] astrology.
Kabbalah and Tarot have also been described as Occult sciences; [[Papus]] (Gerard Encausse)'s book originally published in French in [[1889]] as ''Le Tarot des Bohémiens: Le plus ancien Livre du monde'', was translated into English in [[1910]] as ''The Tarot of the Bohemians: The Absolute Key to Occult Science''.
The idea of Occult Science is also a general part of the [[New Age]] movement.
==References==
* H.P. Blavatsky, "[http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/OccultOrExactScience Occult or Exact Science?]" ''[[The Theosophist]]'', April-May 1886
* ---"[http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/OccultismVersusTheOccultArts.htm Occultism versus the Occult Arts]", ''[[Lucifer (magazine)|Lucifer]]'', May 1888
* Rudolf Steiner, ''Occult Science'',
==External links==
* [http://www.rsarchive.org/Books/GA013/English/ Rudolph Steiner archive]
[[Category:Theosophical philosophical concepts]]
[[Category:Esotericism]]
[[es:Ciencias ocultas]]
[[ro:Ştiinţă spirituală]]