occultist

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She also purported to be the reborn “Madam Blavtski,” likely referring to Russian mystic Helena Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophy occultist movement.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2023

“Angels become a very big deal” for long-time practitioners who’ve made occultism their primary focus, said Hunter, an angel-loving occultist.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2023

Abel believes the movie, shot in 1961, is cursed; in the middle of filming, Wilhelm Ewers, a German emigré and occultist who co-wrote the screenplay, died in a mugging.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023

A disciple of the occultist Aleister Crowley, Mr. Anger referred to cinema as an “evil force.”

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

In the time of Pompey, the senator Nigidius Figulus, who was an ardent occultist, expounded the barbarian uranography in Latin.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz