occultism

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Recent Examples of occultism Pynchon’s daunting masterpiece, a white whale of a Great American Novel, is stuffed with pun-tastic songs, rocket science and World War II-era occultism. John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025 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 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
Noun
  • Thomas Ady, the 17th century author of a skeptical treatise on witchcraft A Candle in the Dark appears to refer to Vincent without naming him directly.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a deep sadness to Mika Moon, a witch who has been raised to hide her magic, and there’s also sadness to witchcraft in general in this world, in which any one with magic is orphaned.
    Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In this Fixed sign, Mars’ sorcery is much like a surgeon or a chemist, cutting deep to unveil what’s lingering beneath the surface.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Sheibani and McCraney know that the way to bring out the sorcery of a play layered in myth and ritual is not to weigh it down.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Draco and Hermione become Kaine and Helena, England becomes Paladia, the dark arts become necromancy, and Harry Potter becomes Luc Holdfast.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • 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

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