1·Interest in the occult tended toward ceremonial magic rather than witchcraft.
对神秘学的兴趣趋向于仪式性魔术而非巫术。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Trying to find out the future using occult methods is an act of rebellion, an intentional act of defiance against God.
试图用神秘学的方法找到未来就是一个不服的举动，一个故意挑战上帝的举动。
3·The pentagon is an infinite occult symbol - it is the center of a pentagram and a pentagram fits perfectly inside a pentagon.
五角大楼是一个无限的神秘学像征-它是一颗五角星的中心，及五角星完美地嵌入一个五边形。
4·They may be very artistic or sensitive or involved in occult or psychic matters.
他们可能极具艺术气质，或者非常敏感，又或对神秘学或心理层面的问题很有研究。
1·Religious and occult predictions, however, boast no causal logic whatsoever.
但是，宗教和神秘的预言没有任何因果逻辑。
2·Since his death, various occult organizations have adopted him as a model figure or even as a powerful deity.
自从他死后，各种各样的神秘组织把他当作模范甚至是一个强大的神。
3·Even though the occult may be happening all around us we are not to turn to it.
即使神秘学可能会发生在我们周围，我们无力改变它。
4·However, in many other instances controversy is weak and almost laughable such as the opposition to the Harry Potter books on the grounds that they inspire children into the occult.
然而，在很多别的情况下，争议却很少，几乎感到好笑。譬如说，和哈利·波特的书相反，它们激发了孩子们对神秘事物的兴趣。
5·By its very nature the occult is hidden from view, concealed... available only to the initiate... secret.
很自然，神秘是隐藏在视野里的，藏匿的…仅对新来者产生效应…的秘密。
1·Mobile phones are killing off ghosts, a British expert who has spent years researching the occult said.
一个研究超自然现象多年的英国专家说，手机能驱鬼。