In european occult studies, people tend to throw around the word Kabbalah as a general word for an esoteric study. Many occultists will refer to the Islamic Kabbalah or the Hermetic Kabbalah, despite these things having nothing to do with the actual Jewish Kabbalah.
"I wonder if there are any alternative terms?" I think to myself. "I know Fulcanelli writes about alchemical history a lot, I bet he can give me historical examples of less problematic terms!"
Fulcanelli:
