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noun

Occultism n.

A certain Oriental system of theosophy.

Belief in occult powers or in supernatural forces other than the God of traditional religions, such as in magic, necromancy, alchemy, and astrology.

The study and alleged use of supernatural agencies as in magic, astrology, witchcraft, alchemy, necromancy, spiritualism (communication with the dead), and fortune-telling.

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Etymology of 'Occultism'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Occultism" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Occultism is that man is a Microcosm, in which is germinally (potentially) contained everything that exists in the Macrocosm of the universe. [An unproved hypothesis.] As the will and thought of that universal and divine internal power, which ...

— Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 - Volume 1, Number 9 • Various

... If her passion for chemistry was giving way to a budding taste for decadent, symbolical verse, it was because one evening, whilst discussing Occultism with Hyacinthe, she had discovered an extraordinary beauty in him: the astral beauty of Nero's wandering soul! At least, said she, the signs of it ...

— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola

... fashion is not so set against the idea of a God as it was. The materialistic tide is "going out," and we shall see that there is some truth in the view which holds that the incoming tide is largely that of occultism, a thing disliked and despised—and indeed with some reason—by the materialistic school even more than it ...

— Science and Morals and Other Essays • Bertram Coghill Alan Windle

... speak, I myself know of an experience, of the most remarkable, to this day unexplained save by Spiritualism, Occultism, what you will! You shall hear! The case is one I conducted professionally some two years ago, though, of course, the events which I now tell in their proper sequence, came out only in the trial. I string them together for ...

— Uncanny Tales • Various

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