Sentence examples for occult practices from inspiring English sources

But you yourself seem interested in the kabbalah, alchemy and other occult practices explored in the novel.

She sees a renewed interest in tarot cards and other occult practices as a direct reaction to that kind of secular extremism.

Witches, who say their religion has more to do with nature worship than with dark, occult practices, say it is time for the case to fade away.

Until the twentieth century, educated Indians and Westerners alike tended to disdain the occult practices denoted by the term "hatha yoga".

The Menace behind the Magick and Chick tracts like "The Nervous Witch," which attempts to link reading Harry Potter as a gateway to occult practices.

In the pro-monarchic account of the rise of Saul, Samuel is an obscure village seer (with distinct evidence of occult practices).

With its whiffs of occult practice and brow-furrowed calculation, that title could apply to Mr. Gilmore's entire body of work.

Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) featured scenes of occult practice mixed with documentary footage and rock-and-roll performances; its synthesizer soundtrack was composed and performed by Mick Jagger.

The sky burials, the tunics made from human skin, the poems about charnel grounds and the Knoxville Body Farm ("the only place in the world where cadaver-insect symbiosis can be observed through all its cycles") give this book the air of a dark, forbidden compendium, a handbook for occult practice.

Sen. Al Franken, Minnesota Democrat, found humor in the governor's admission and asked if the experience was part of some bizarre occult practice.

What began as a personal interest evolved into a serious occult practice with art that continues to reflect Madara's experimentation with ways to combine the digital world with the supernatural.