What hidden messages might other occult symbols convey? Are you ready to read the signs? Here, we decode five mystical ...

New Delhi [India], June 7: Many people think that occult science is something negative or related to black magic. But this is not true. The word "occult" only means something hidden or mysterious.

The ancient Egyptian belief in magic is as well known as the architectural wonders, gods and goddesses of Egypt itself. The early civilisation tried to use magic love spells to seduce people to derive ...

Remember that one episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Buffy’s watcher Giles has Willow spend the whole summer scanning his vast library of ancient occult books into the computer for the Scooby ...

Messages about a coming apocalypse that could be decoded through architectural measurements? Keys to secrets of the Bible found in Egypt’s Great Pyramid? These might seem like nonsensical notions far ...

This grand old country of ours is steeped in history and legend. But you Americans always assume we're a sensible race - a bit quiet, slow to change maybe, not given to absurd flights of fancy. How ...

This piece is excerpted from National Geographic's Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History. He’s the most famous magician to ever live, but few realize that Harry Houdini (1874–1926) began life ...