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Recent Examples of occultism
Mysticism and occultism spread rapidly in the dying days of the Russian empire.
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
That is to say that occultism is less concerned with faith or facts, but rather with fancy.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
But Winthrop wasn’t the only figure in American history to see in occultism the possibility of imagining different ways of being, of human improvement.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
The politics of the left and right both had their accompanying musical currents, from the stern worker folksingers of the Italian Communist Party to far-right bands inspired by occultism and the organic rural fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
That is to say that occultism is less concerned with faith or facts, but rather with fancy.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
But Winthrop wasn’t the only figure in American history to see in occultism the possibility of imagining different ways of being, of human improvement.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
The politics of the left and right both had their accompanying musical currents, from the stern worker folksingers of the Italian Communist Party to far-right bands inspired by occultism and the organic rural fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occultism
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Contemporary accounts describe Antoine as a pious person, initially committed to Catholicism, then to spiritualism.—
Emilien Hofman (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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By the time Alexander expired, in a fog of lunatic spiritualism, in 1825, his empire was the largest the world had ever known, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the far side of the Pacific Ocean, from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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In this eerie tale about fear, lust, and female empowerment, the real question becomes whether this is an act of witchcraft—or a witch hunt.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Laura’s empty swimming pool comes in for a major metaphorical workout, and the film is dotted with memes and totems of a kind of witchcraft we’re never given the full decoder ring to.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
16 May 2025
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His putting is and will always be capable of sorcery.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Bassett’s sword and sorcery movie Red Sonja will be released by Samuel Goldwyn Films later this year.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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Disney has been dabbling in digital necromancy ever since Rogue One, which featured a recreation of Peter Cushing's likeness as Grand Moff Tarkin.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The history of necromancy is an interesting window into our past more broadly.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Occultism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occultism. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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