Associations to the word «Occultism»

Wiktionary

OCCULTISM, noun. The study of the supernatural
OCCULTISM, noun. A belief in occult powers and the hope of controlling them

Dictionary definition

OCCULTISM, noun. The study of the supernatural.
OCCULTISM, noun. A belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope