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mystical

adjective as in occult

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What may look online like a magical, mystical voice of secret wisdom may just be a guy hiding behind the Internet’s veil, trying to keep it all going, hoping it doesn’t spin out of control.

Like the ancient philosophers whose ideas of the universe predicted later discoveries, Chandrasekar expresses both mystical and scientific verities.

This show could have easily had Scarlet Witch battling baddies with powers like telekinesis in every episode, flying around the picket-fence fantasy hurling energy balls at some mystical villain.

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Paoletta echoed that sentiment, saying the guides know there’s a whiff of the mystical around their city, and “they enjoy showing people that it’s a real place, with real people, with interesting things happening there.”

In a study the same year that looked into personality traits, people who had had a mystical experience scored much higher for openness after the trip than they had before.

The unusual textures (santouri, ney, lyra, clarinets, voices) impart a mystical quality to this work.

The monomyth always begins with the hero in the normal world, but that world soon shifts to a mystical one.

It is about, his words, “mystical things happening to ordinary people.”

“My ancestors are guayusa,” posits Frederico, with a more mystical approach to the genesis theory.

The sale of magic beans and dolls and other mystical, Eastern tchotchkes had made me suspicious.

An Introduction, maestoso, followed by something mystical (Kents Prediction).

Another poet of the fifth century recommends the mystical charm as an antidote to diseases of cattle.

In other ways we see favourable traces of his earlier mystical associations.

The origin of religions is enshrouded in mystical darkness, and is a mere speculation.

And Nina, with her murkiness, was manifestly in love with this spiritual, this mystical young man.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mystical, such as: esoteric, magical, anagogic, arcane, cryptic, and hermetical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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