The answer is that people don't ever think for themselves. If you say to them that something is occultist, or a cult, or a conspiracy theory, then that's what t

The answer is that people don't ever think for themselves. If you say to them that something is occultist, or a cult, or a conspiracy theory, then that's what they think, and they won't consider it. In reality, 'occult' belief systems like Thelema or even Satanism are far less mystical than mainstream religions like Christianity, with its con/transubstantiation etc.