occult

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In music, we’ve seen chart toppers from artists such as Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Nas X, and Sam Smith and Kim Petras play with occult imagery.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

"You have an entire landscape of uncertainty and vulnerability and you have this 1,000-year-old tapestry of spells and medicines and occult knowledge that just has seeped into the Burmese consciousness."

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

“No other community on the face of the globe has given rise to half as many mystic, philosophical, psychological, occult, consciousness-raising, therapeutic and alternative creeds as 20th century L.A.,”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

To stop Mocata from using Simon to bring about an apocalypse, Rex and the Duke enlist their own occult knowledge against evil spirits, mind-control, demonic horses and the Devil himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Some nights, groups of church members, concerned about the increasing interest in the occult, gathered outside the house to protest.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock