occultism

3 definitions found

occultism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Occultism \Oc*cult"ism\, n.
     1. A certain Oriental system of theosophy. --A. P. Sinnett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Belief in occult powers or in supernatural forces other
        than the God of traditional religions, such as in magic,
        necromancy, alchemy, and astrology.
        [PJC]
  
     3. The study and alleged use of supernatural agencies as in
        magic, astrology, witchcraft, alchemy, necromancy,
        spiritualism (communication with the dead), and
        fortune-telling.
        [PJC]

occultism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  occultism
      n 1: the study of the supernatural
      2: a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of
         bringing them under human control

occultism - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "occultism":
     bodilessness, ghostliness, immateriality, immaterialness,
     impalpability, imponderability, incorporeality, incorporeity,
     inextension, intangibility, nonexteriority, occult phenomena,
     otherworldliness, psychical research, psychicism, psychics,
     psychism, shadowiness, spirit world, spirituality, spirituousness,
     supernaturalism, the occult, unearthliness, unsubstantiality,
     unsubstantialness, unworldliness