Incantation vs. Occult — What's the Difference?

An incantation, a spell, a charm, an enchantment or a bewitchery, is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung or chanted.

The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing such phenomena involving otherworldly agency as mysticism, spirituality, and magic. It can also refer to supernatural ideas like extra-sensory perception and parapsychology.

A series of words said as a magic spell or charm

Mystical, supernatural, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena

Ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect.

Involving or relating to mystical, supernatural, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena

A formula used in ritual recitation; a verbal charm or spell.

(of a disease or process) not accompanied by readily discernible signs or symptoms

A conventionalized utterance repeated without thought or aptness; a formula

Cut off from view by interposing something

The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.

Of, relating to, or dealing with supernatural or magical influences, agencies, or occurrences

A formula of words used as above.

Available only to the initiate; secret or mysterious

Any esoteric command or procedure.

Beyond the realm of human comprehension; inscrutable

The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment.

Hidden from view; concealed

A formula of words used as above.

(Medicine) Detectable only by microscopic examination or chemical analysis, as a minute blood sample.

The repetitive invoking of old sayings, or emitting a wordy discourse with little or no meaning, to avoid serious discussion; obfuscation; as, to defend one's views with empty incantations.

Not accompanied by readily detectable signs or symptoms

A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

Occult practices or techniques

To conceal or cause to disappear from view.

(Astronomy) To conceal by occultation

To become concealed or extinguished at regular intervals

To cover or hide from view.

To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.

(medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.

Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.

Esoteric.

Supernatural affairs.

Hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown.

To eclipse; to hide from sight.

Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively;

Occult practices and techniques;

Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention;

Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished;

Hide from view;

Hidden and difficult to see;

Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding;