What is your definition of Occult?

From that wonderful wise Wikipedia...


The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden".[1] In the medical sense it is used commonly to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g. an "occult bleed."[2]

The word has many uses in the English language, popularly meaning "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable",[3][4] 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.[5] The terms esoteric and arcane can have a very similar meaning, and the three terms are often interchangeable.[6][7]

Occultism is conceived of as the study of the inner nature of things, as opposed to the outer characteristics that are studied by science.

I was doing so well until I re-read it 'occult bleeds' Brrrrr no thanks got one of them.
But occult IS a term that seems to got slipped into misuse and it is a really good word,I think the main problem is the 'cult' at the end of the word and with all the 70s cults that's when it went out purely by association - maybe? (Just checked I wrote cult and not something else to describe members of 70s cults).