The word "occult" (or "hidden") has traditionally referred to an ancient perennial wisdom involving mysterious powers pursued and practiced in secret. Reflecting a recent change in attitude, however, the 1980's brand of occultism is out in the open, having gained wide acceptance and respectability in mainstream America.*------------------------------------/
* Hunt, Dave; McMahon, T.A.. America: The Sorcerer's New Apprentice (p. 6). The Berean Call. Kindle Edition.
David Charles Haddon Hunt (September 30, 1926 – April 5, 2013) was an American Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He was in full-time ministry from 1973 until his death. The Berean Call, which highlights Hunt's material, was started in 1992.[1] From 1999 to 2010, he also hosted Search the Scriptures Daily radio ministry alongside T.A. McMahon.[2] Hunt traveled to the Near East, lived in Egypt, and wrote numerous books on theology, prophecy, cults, and other religions, including critiques of Catholicism, Islam, Mormonism, and Calvinism, among others. Hunt's Christian theology was evangelical dispensational and he was associated with the Plymouth Brethren movement.[3] | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hunt_(Christian_apologist)