[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

occultism \occult"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

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[3] : 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

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