occultism

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Recent Examples of occultism The article, which contains little that would be unfamiliar to anyone conversant with some of the more influential twentieth-century texts on yoga and occultism, concludes with accounts of meditations Crowley allegedly undertook between January and April 1901. Stewart Home august 22, Literary Hub, 22 Aug. 2025 In modern pop culture, vampires have strayed away from occultism and are often depicted through a Christian lens, being repelled by crucifixes and sunlight. Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Mysticism and occultism spread rapidly in the dying days of the Russian empire. Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025 That is to say that occultism is less concerned with faith or facts, but rather with fancy. Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for occultism
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Noun
  • Spirits of Resistance Stowe Center for Literary Activism, 77 Forest St., Hartford The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center offers tales of radical history, civil rights and spiritualism in the 19th century in an intimate setting with the storytelling happening over cocktails and tea.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2025
  • While Sammie struggles to find acceptance before his father and his father’s religion, African spiritualism provides safety and knowledge.
    Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 5 May 2025
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  • As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The portrayal of witchcraft in the 21st century is expansive and multi-dimensional.
    Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Putting It All Together AI might feel like magic, but it’s powered by structure, not sorcery.
    Abhesh Kumar, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • One of the buzziest debuts of the fall is this riveting dark fantasy in which a woman with missing memories must survive a world of necromancy and alchemy.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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