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Recent Examples of occultism
The relationship between the Nazis and the occult wasn’t black or white, but according to historian Eric Kurlander, Nazism and various branches of occultism became noticeably intertwined almost immediately after the founding of the National Socialist German Workers Party in 1919.
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Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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 ‘Nosferatu’ Remake Pays Tribute To The Original Film’s Folkloric And Occultist Roots
In Robert Eggers’ film, there are many references to occultism, folklore and religion.
—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
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Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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 ‘Nosferatu’ Remake Pays Tribute To The Original Film’s Folkloric And Occultist Roots
In Robert Eggers’ film, there are many references to occultism, folklore and religion.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occultism
Noun
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And that scene is playing on a very tried and true form of spiritualism.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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Our late colleague Asher Peres, someone with little respect for spiritualism, once met someone of the opposite persuasion.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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This Swedish silent film examines the history of witchcraft through a combination of documentary-style explanation and dramatized segments.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
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Protagonist Jo’s mother disappeared when Jo was a teen, tainting her daughter with the stain of possible witchcraft.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Come to Eternia, the mythical home of flying dragon-like creatures, and swords, and sorcery, and spaceships — really, all the stuff a 12-year-old science fiction fanatic loves.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2026
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Directed by Travis Knight and based on the Mattel media franchise, the sword-and-sorcery epic stars Nicholas Galitzine alongside Camila Mendes, Jared Leto, and Idris Elba, launching in over 300 locations on Wednesday June 3.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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The movie, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary on May 3, showed us how to use our magic and morals to decide whether to embrace necromancy and the occult.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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Hedva’s practice cooks magic, necromancy, and divination together with mystical states of fury and ecstasy, and political states of solidarity and disintegration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Occultism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occultism. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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