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Definition of occult : 1. Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.
2. To eclipse; to hide from sight.

Synonyms:

cryptical, privy, dark, cabalistic, transcendental, underground, abstruse, occult arts, incomprehensible, unavowed, magical, unfathomable, cryptic, obscure, hole-and-corner, mystical, esoteric, supernatural, private, arcane, unseeable, secret, hugger-mugger, eclipse, mystifying, unfathomed, invisible, recondite, undercover, secluded, hush-hush, cloak-and-dagger, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, puzzling, orphic, knowledge, deep, confidential, hidden, dominate, clandestine, explain, enigmatic, surreptitious, overshadow, inexplicable, inscrutable, unknown

Usage examples:

• Not suspecting the occult devices which worked in her stepmother's heart, Helen meekly acquiesced, with the reply, " I shall obey." - "The Scottish Chiefs", Jane Porter.
• He did not blame any one but himself for the catastrophe of his life, but he often spoke, in spite of himself, like a man who from the very beginning had been under some occult influence. - "The Captives", Hugh Walpole.
• In a Southern State a drought was attributed to its occult influences, and the people, infatuated with the idea, levelled the wires to the ground. - "The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees", Mary Caroline Crawford.