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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne