the occult

noun

: supernatural powers or practices and the things (such as gods, ghosts, and magic) that are connected with them
He's a student of the occult.
religion, mythology, and the occult

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The church has also been known for events such as inviting people to burn items the church relates to witchcraft and the occult. Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Nosferatu is summoned from the occult niche of the Eggers universe viewers are now familiar with: remnants of The Lighthouse (2019) and The Northman (2022) ooze through the Gothic gloom and nauseating eroticism. Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024 But horror shows are a hard sell especially on broadcast networks like NBC (Hannibal might have taken up all the oxygen there) and the occult series never got picked up for a second season. Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024 Following some early works in the 1910s, like 1913’s The Vampire, in which vampires appeared more as femme fatales rather than supernatural blood drinkers, filmmakers looked to sources like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and to myth and the occult for inspiration. James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the occult 

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