occult practice
Hidden mystical tradition
Occult practice refers to activities involving hidden or supernatural knowledge—divination, astrology, magic, spiritualism, or communication with spirits.
The term covers rituals and traditions claiming access to forces beyond ordinary perception: tarot reading, séances, spellcasting.
Religious and skeptical perspectives often view occult practices with suspicion or outright condemnation.
She dabbled in occult practices during college.
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
- black magicEvil supernatural practice
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- blood ritualCeremony using bodily fluid
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
sorcery · dark arts · divination · tarot · palm reading · séance · spirit guide · spell · incantation · conjuring · necromancy · alchemy · sigil · grimoire · candles · pentagram · mysticism · esoteric
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
occult practiceorganized religion
Structured communal belief systems
established church · Christianity · Islam · Judaism · churchgoing
occult practicescientific method
Structured process for investigation
evidence-based practice · empiricism · materialism · secular humanism · naturalism
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