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Reclaiming a Misunderstood Word Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Say the word “occult” and most people picture candlelit basements, whispered incantations, and something vaguely dangerous lurking at the edge of reason. The image has been shaped less by history than by horror cinema, sensational headlines, and the cultural aftershocks of moral panic. The occult has become shorthand for menace. Yet the word itself tells…