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occultism
CIDE DICTIONARY
occultism, n.
- A certain Oriental system of theosophy. A. P. Sinnett. [1913 Webster]
- Belief in occult powers or in supernatural forces other than the God of traditional religions, such as in magic, necromancy, alchemy, and astrology. [PJC]
- The study and alleged use of supernatural agencies as in magic, astrology, witchcraft, alchemy, necromancy, spiritualism (communication with the dead), and fortune-telling. [PJC]
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occultism
bodilessness, ghostliness, immateriality, immaterialness, impalpability, imponderability, incorporeality, incorporeity, inextension, intangibility, nonexteriority, occult phenomena, otherworldliness, psychical research, psychicism, psychics, psychism, shadowiness, spirit world, spirituality, spirituousness, supernaturalism, the occult, unearthliness, unsubstantiality, unsubstantialness, unworldlinessAlso see definition of "occultism" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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