occultism
- n the study of the supernatural
- n a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control
- In Italy, it is not so much the quantity as the quality of occultism that has changed.
- The Mai Mai, who believe in magic and occultism, began cutting open people's stomachs even before killing them to take parts of their bodies for fetishes.
- Throughout his life, Freud dabbled with occultism and telepathy.