Sentences with phrase «occulted by»

Since it lies very close to the ecliptic, Lambda Sagittarii is occasionally occulted by the Moon and, more rarely, by planets.

Like several other stars in Sagittarius, Albaldah is near the ecliptic and can occasionally be occulted by the Moon and planets.

To maximize the number of sources occulted by the Moon, a highly eccentric orbit (e ~ 0.93) with a 90.6 hr period and an inclination of 73 ° was chosen.

The host star is active, with dark spots that are frequently occulted by the planet.

(Watch how rarely one is occulted by a passing satellite.)

As such, the object = x is inevitably occulted by the forms of representation (categories, concepts and laws) under which the actual, extensive, contrasting «phenomena» are thinkable, and by which their behavior is explained.

Not exact matches

The occult were those trapped by the god of this world.

And the same is true of those custom - fitted spiritualities — «New Age,» occult, pantheist, «Wiccan,» or what have you — by which many of us now divert ourselves from the quotidien dreariness of our lives.

Theosophy was an occult cocktail made of Gnostic, Egyptian, and Hinduistic ingredients and topped off by a good shot of the Aryan myth.

Her book is also about an entertainment icon that has been attacked by fundamentalists, Buffy has been assailed for championing occult figures like vampires and slayers and for its openness about adolescent sexuality.

While others were always ready to evoke the occult and supernatural in their efforts to explain the most difficult crimes, it was this balding and unassuming Catholic priest who invariably solved the mystery by means of the most everyday, commonplace observations.

Even as a film critic, it seemed like a bad idea recommending a film praised by the occult for possibly showcasing a pro-witchcraft message.

In «My Shamanic Healing» (August / September), Matthew Schmitz attempts to account for the rise in popularity of occult practices by doing some first - person reporting.

Scientology roots are in Hubbard science fiction writings and techniques he supposedly stole from the occult organization the OTO, which at the time was run by Aleister Crowley in the UK and Hubbards contact was John aka Jack Whitesides Parson who ran the the Agape Lodge in Los Angeles.

I'm a Christian now, but I was raised by an astrologer who dabbled in the occult, who never married, but was a man hater.

And the carry - over of such ideas into the priestly legislation, the natural custodian of concepts of, and dealings with, the occult, is well illustrated by such a ritual as that of the heifer whose neck was broken in an untilled valley where ran a perennial stream, every detail of which declares its magical character (Deut.

Only by performing an occult statistical manipulation called «ordered probit estimates» do the authors manage to tease out any trend at all, and it is a tiny one: «Women were one percentage point less likely than men to say they were not too happy at the beginning of the sample [1972]; by 2006 women were one percentage more likely to report being in this category.»

«If the violence, abuse, intimidation and the use of the occults during the parties» primaries are anything to go by, then I think we are moving towards the very edge for Election 2016,» Dr Aning said.

«If the violence, abuse, intimidation and the use of the occult during the parties» primaries are anything to go by, then I think we are moving towards the very edge for election 2016,» Dr Aning said.

With this, two new phenomena have been discovered: the fast flares in the early light curve seen from days 9 - 15 (which have no proposed explanation) and the optical dips seen out of eclipse from days 41 - 61 (likely caused by raised rims of the accretion disk occulting the bright inner regions of the disk as seen over specific orbital phases).

Episodic encephalopathy due to an occult spinal vascular malformation complicated by superficial siderosis

Phytoestrogens After Breast Cancer Endocr Relat Cancer 2001 (Jun); 8 (2): 129 — 134 In breast cancer survivors, most physicians avoid HRT because of concern regarding the potential promotion of growth of occult malignant cells by estrogens, due to the estrogen dependence of breast cancer.

There is an urgent need for new technologies to detect these occult infections that are not apparent by standard quantitative PCR DNA testing methods, in order to prove or disprove the important disease associations that have been suggested.

Upgrade from Occult 0 to Occult 4 by using seven White Titanite Chunks at any Blacksmith or with a Weapon Smithbox.

on the occult dating from 1775 which is held by the Wellcome Library.

On the big - screen, Carpenter recently wrapped production on THE OCCULT, directed by Christian E. Christansen.

An adult tale of political intrigue and occult weave together to create a grand world and story and by the time you finish you will be ready for dishonored 2.

Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar («Modus Anomali,» «A Copy of My Mind») continues his excursions into fantasy with «Satan's Slaves,» an impressive remake of the 1982 occult thriller about a troubled family being terrorized by demons and zombies.

Sadako vs Kayako is written and directed by veteran Japanese horror filmmaker Kôji Shiraishi, of the films Ju - Rei: The Uncanny, Dead Girl Walking, Noroi: The Curse, Ghost Zombie, Grotesque, Occult, Teketeke 1 & 2, Shirome, Chô Akunin, Cult, Foe 1 & 2, and A Record of Sweet Murderer previously.

Add the irreverence of inter-dimensional antics, an incompatible buddy dynamic and an offbeat branch of law enforcement, and the parallels are further cemented; so too, in the threatening of the world's fate by an intricate occult scheme, and the need to protect the Earth's ordinary inhabitants from both the knowledge and consequences of such unusual goings on.

It's apparently used by one of the home invaders in an occult ritual to summon a demon or some silly thing like that.

Being teenage boys, they're far too intrigued by the boobs on display to fret over the obvious occult ritual taking place, but when Anna is subsequently murdered, they decide to attempt some amateur late - night sleuthing, with predictably unpleasant results.

Now he made another utterly confident excursion into the past and into the occult arcana of Englishness and Victoriana: a study of the final years of the painter JMW Turner, played with relish and sympathy by Timothy Spall.

Made by Canadian filmmaker Adam MacDonald (Backcountry), the occult nightmare film is about a girl who puts a curse on her mother for fun, but it suddenly becomes all too real as an evil presence known as Pyewacket begins to make itself known, tormenting both of them.

It stars Nicolas de Gunzburg (a Russian aristocrat who bankrolled the film, appearing under the alias Julian West) as an occult - obsessed young man who visits a French village haunted by a vampire.

And so it comes to pass in a picture in the mold of such horror franchises as «Final Destination» and «The Ring»: A group of young people falls prey to an occult curse that knocks them off one by one.

You play as the great Van Helsing's son, Van Helsing, in a world overflowing with the occult surrounded by the marriage of science and magic that could be considered fantasy steam punk.

Ichabod Crane rises from the dead in the 21st century and is pursued by the headless horseman, with lots of other occult and supernatural plot twists and nifty CGI.

He had been hired to rid the dark city, once ruled by monsters of the occult, of a monster of science: one Professor Fulmagatti.

This year alone, they released six of the most inventive, quality offerings out there: two terrifying survival thrillers, Damien Power's devastating and brilliant Killing Ground and Sam Patton's lesser but still - worthy Desolation; Sean Byrne's masterful tale of artistic obsession and satanic possession The Devil's Candy (all three even harder to endure because the featured families in peril are so human and likable); A Dark Song, an unnerving occult thriller in which a woman hires a medium to help make contact with her dead daughter; and House on Willow Street, which, similar to last year's horror highlight Don't Breathe, sees a house robbery — led by a woman with a mission, played by modern scream - queen Sharni Vinson — go terrible wrong, but this time in a more supernatural way.

Capable of unspeakable evil, the actual doll exists locked up in an occult museum in Connecticut — visited only by a priest who blesses her twice a month.

Thankfully, Nikola Tesla's epic battle against the occult creatures summoned by none other than H.P. Lovecraft is a ton of fun so let's start shooting!

For fans of historical mysteries: Read A Study in Revenge by Kieran Shields, which begins when police deputy Archie Lean is called on to view a crime scene in Maine, 1893 — strange occult symbols are drawn near a corpse.

His novels and short stories feature aspects of the occult and paranormal, a passion engendered by childhood reading of books about paranormal investigations.

Laura's debut novel The Little Seer was a Top 5 Kindle Bestseller for free titles in Christian Suspense and Occult / Supernatural, and it was hailed by reviewers and readers as «riveting» as well as «moving and lyrical.»

By the way, I'm thrilled to say the Kindle edition of the book has been on amazon.com «s «Best Seller» list in the «Occult» category for over 8 weeks!

After I self - published my first speculative supernatural Christian suspense novel under «Christian suspense» and «occult / supernatural» I found that there were readers out there for it, but I had to find them by categorizing the novel the right way and doing online promotion and becoming involved with groups that were interested in the same topics, and this was all over the place.

But then the good guys protect their city by setting wards — which is normally an occult practice.

Many cardiologists now recommend that those breeds that are commonly affected be screened early in life and at least annually for «occult» (hidden) cardiomyopathy by wearing a Holter monitor for 24 hours to detect arrhythmias.

Consequently, occult disease can be diagnosed by tests using monoclonal antibodies to circulating adult antigens (ELISA or latex agglutination).