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occultism|əˈkʌltɪz(ə)m, ˈɒkʌlt-| [f. occult a. + -ism.] The doctrine, principles, or practice of ‘occult’ science (magic, theosophy, etc.: see occult a. 4); mysticism.
1881A. P. Sinnett Occult World (1883) 3 It is chiefly in the East that occultism is still kept up—in India and in adjacent countries. 1886St. James's Gaz. 25 Sept. 6/1 Occultism was, indeed, a necessary concomitant of polytheism. 1895Thinker VII. 541 Occultism deals with forces of nature not generally known. |