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In modern pop culture, vampires have strayed away from occultism and are often depicted through a Christian lens, being repelled by crucifixes and sunlight.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025 -
Mysticism and occultism spread rapidly in the dying days of the Russian empire.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Both ancient and modern pieces are curated into exhibits about sorcery, motherhood, or high-fashion gowns.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
17 Apr. 2025
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His putting is and will always be capable of sorcery.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Contemporary accounts describe Antoine as a pious person, initially committed to Catholicism, then to spiritualism.—
Emilien Hofman (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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By the time Alexander expired, in a fog of lunatic spiritualism, in 1825, his empire was the largest the world had ever known, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the far side of the Pacific Ocean, from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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Similar fears haunted Europeans and British Americans during the early modern period; one need only consult the witchcraft paintings of Francisco Goya, which show covens of half-naked women killing babies, eating people, and cavorting with the Devil.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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Did Reggie Miller partake in some sort of basketball witchcraft and bestow the team locker room with his come-from-behind powers?—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Disney has been dabbling in digital necromancy ever since Rogue One, which featured a recreation of Peter Cushing's likeness as Grand Moff Tarkin.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The end of an era Happily for sacrificial bats and young cousins all over Europe, necromancy was waning by the end of the 18th century.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
18 Dec. 2024
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Ramsay is a filmmaker of undeniable formal wizardry and a fearless explorer of psychological rupture.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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The Hood is a mystical villain, and somehow, Williams will need to figure out how high-tech wizardry can combat outright magic.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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This, of course, will be a film projector, complete with platters that contained film—the material that, when light was passed through them, enabled the magic contained inside them to be projected onto the big screen.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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From there, viewers are treated to fleeting glimpses of Elphaba working her magic, Glinda adorning herself with a glittering crown and a peek at some menacing flying monkeys.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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The park features columns of rock, also known as hoodoos, and sits about 130 miles northwest of St. George, Utah, the website shows.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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But soon Bryce’s legendary hoodoos—sedimentary spires formed by erosion—will come into view.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
2 May 2025
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“Hexerei.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hexerei. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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