occultist

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She also purported to be the reborn “Madam Blavtski,” likely referring to Russian mystic Helena Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophy occultist movement.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 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

A disciple of the occultist Aleister Crowley, Mr. Anger referred to cinema as an “evil force.”

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

Thelema originated with the British occultist, magician and writer Aleister Crowley, who said its precepts were dictated to him by the voice of a being named Alwass.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2022

The arts necessary for study to the practical occultist are, in addition to those prescribed in speculative occultism, a knowledge of the qualities of drugs, vapors, minerals, electricity, perfumes, fumigations, and all kinds of anæsthetics.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)