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The student corrects Jiang by saying occult originally means the hidden, and Jiang accepts that broader definition while still emphasizing Dante's traffic with esoteric references and conversations with demons and angels.
"Personally, based on my understanding, I would argue that the original meaning of the word occult is actually the hidden, and the occult can..."
"...But most people refer to it as just talking to demons and angels, okay? And clearly, Dante spends a lot of time talking to..."
"...What is the occult? The occult is basically talking to demons and angels, okay? And if you actually know the occult, you will understand..."
"...goes to heaven where he meets all these monsters and demons and angels. And he meets God himself. And then God gives him a..."
Paradise first appears as receptivity rather than rank, then the lecture widens into vows, memory, resurrection, original sin, and Jiang's culminating wager that God created humanity because perfection alone cannot imagine.
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