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Recent Examples of occultism
The politics of the left and right both had their accompanying musical currents, from the stern worker folksingers of the Italian Communist Party to far-right bands inspired by occultism and the organic rural fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
Part gothic romance and part love letter to the thriving 90s Mexico City film industry, Moreno-Garcia's slow-burn thriller blends Mexican horror cinema with the horrors of Nazi occultism.
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
The last of those contributed to a feverish and largely apocryphal fascination with Nazi occultism that lingers to this day, thanks in no small part to the way the Indiana Jones franchise picked up on it.
—Gerry Canavan, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
Well before the rise of punk and heavy metal, Anger was juxtaposing music with bikers, sadomasochism, occultism and Nazi imagery.
—Hillel Italie, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
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Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
Part gothic romance and part love letter to the thriving 90s Mexico City film industry, Moreno-Garcia's slow-burn thriller blends Mexican horror cinema with the horrors of Nazi occultism.
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
The last of those contributed to a feverish and largely apocryphal fascination with Nazi occultism that lingers to this day, thanks in no small part to the way the Indiana Jones franchise picked up on it.
—Gerry Canavan, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
Well before the rise of punk and heavy metal, Anger was juxtaposing music with bikers, sadomasochism, occultism and Nazi imagery.
—Hillel Italie, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occultism
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This provided her with income, but her true life's work drew on af Klint's interest in spiritualism and mysticism.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Jan. 2025
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It’s also been a treat to page through the visual and physical embodiments of spiritualism (pun intended)—the clothing, playbills, the Ouija boards, and rabbits in hats that remain from generations of seekers.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Dec. 2024
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Franklin’s immediate ancestors grew up in a world where the fear of witchcraft led to tragic consequences.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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The leadership of folks like Book and the Trans Folk Witch is especially significant considering the long history of exclusion within witchcraft.—
Emma Cieslik,
Them,
1 Nov. 2024
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Unknown Armies This idiosyncratic modern magic game from Atlas Games plays like a gritty reboot of other games about sorcery.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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The fact that Desmond injures himself badly in pulling off this sorcery endears him to Corrino all the more, which of course puts Valya in a deeper fix.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2024
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After her death, Morgan even resorted to necromancy, reviving the People’s Princess (now embodied by Elizabeth Debicki) as an apparition who soothes a disconsolate Charles (Dominic West) and makes peace with a grieving but resentful Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
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Part of my aversion arises from my own hidebound premodern Calvinist outlook, in which death is no laughing matter and necromancy is forbidden by God (see Deuteronomy 18:9-13).—
Barton Swaim,
WSJ,
26 Oct. 2023
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“Occultism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occultism. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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