The Occult in Aquinas' Day

In aquinass day, a cult had a neutral meaning. It just meant something we don't really know much about. In the 20 first century, in the middle ages, it was thought that the things on earth are made of the or classical elements - air, earth, fire and water. Also, the elements were not thought of as being made of atoms. Opinion was divided though, about what the stars and planets were made of. And so they were originally called planetes in greek, which means wanderers. But since the heavenly bodies endlessly moved in their orbits seemingly without change, they were thought to be incorruptible. Outside the spheres was an area known as im er