Occultist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈkʌltɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Occultist is a noun meaning A person who practises or studies occultism; a practitioner of, or person learned in, the occult.
Meaning
A person who practises or studies occultism; a practitioner of, or person learned in, the occult.
Example Sentences
Albertus Magnus, the thirteenth century philosopher and occultist, states that coriander, valerian, and violet are love producing herbs.
In the early 1930s, he fell under the spell of a wife-beating, alcoholic, Austrian occultist called Karl Maria Wiligut and a Dutch prehistorian called Herman Wirth, whose views further fed his fantastical illusions.
Word Forms
- occultists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mystic, obscurantist, cultist, esotericist, esoterist, obscurant.
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