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Recent Examples of occultism
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.
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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
Part gothic romance and part love letter to the thriving 90s Mexico City film industry, Moreno-Garcia's slow-burn thriller blends Mexican horror cinema with the horrors of Nazi occultism.
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
The last of those contributed to a feverish and largely apocryphal fascination with Nazi occultism that lingers to this day, thanks in no small part to the way the Indiana Jones franchise picked up on it.
—Gerry Canavan, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
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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
Part gothic romance and part love letter to the thriving 90s Mexico City film industry, Moreno-Garcia's slow-burn thriller blends Mexican horror cinema with the horrors of Nazi occultism.
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
The last of those contributed to a feverish and largely apocryphal fascination with Nazi occultism that lingers to this day, thanks in no small part to the way the Indiana Jones franchise picked up on it.
—Gerry Canavan, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occultism
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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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This provided her with income, but her true life's work drew on af Klint's interest in spiritualism and mysticism.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Jan. 2025
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Although your great-grandmother would probably roll over in her grave at the notion of microwaving bacon, or would possibly accuse an air fryer of witchcraft and throw it in the river, these more modern methods have a bevy of fans.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2025
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There, a plaque remembers Anne Glover, an Irish servant who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The act was short and provided few details about what constituted witchcraft, sorcery or necromancy.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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Lawrence-Mathers not only shows the bonds between religion and sorcery but examines the sheer beauty of the manuscripts involved, from illumination to illustration.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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After her death, Morgan even resorted to necromancy, reviving the People’s Princess (now embodied by Elizabeth Debicki) as an apparition who soothes a disconsolate Charles (Dominic West) and makes peace with a grieving but resentful Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
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Part of my aversion arises from my own hidebound premodern Calvinist outlook, in which death is no laughing matter and necromancy is forbidden by God (see Deuteronomy 18:9-13).—
Barton Swaim,
WSJ,
26 Oct. 2023
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“Occultism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occultism. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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