occultism

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At Halloween, the focus is on death, occultism and nightmares.

From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2023

“Angels become a very big deal” for long-time practitioners who’ve made occultism their primary focus, said Hunter, an angel-loving occultist.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2023

Smashing Pumpkins’ forthcoming album, “Cyr,” out Friday, is a roving 20-song double album that courses with currents of ’80s synth-pop and darkwave occultism — tailored most fittingly for the darkest days of the year.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2020

“A kind of secular mystery cult, God-building was another part of the late-19th-century European current in which occultism and science marched hand in hand,” Gray writes.

From New York Times • May 8, 2011

Astronomy, history, philosophy and the mysterious, incoherent works of alchemy and occultism were finally appealed to, but likewise failed to satisfy me.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri