as in mystic
impossible to prove, understand, or explain by either the senses or intelligence
Survivors of near-death experiences sometimes report mystical visions of the afterlife.
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Recent Examples of mystical
Intuitive hits and magical synchronicities could flood into your mind during the first week of May, as your cosmic ruler Venus will meet with dreamy planet Neptune in your mystical twelfth house of subconscious.
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Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
This mystical chakra governs our awareness, intuition, and foresight.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Luke recruits his sister, Charlotte, played by Natalie Portman, in the latest official trailer for Guy Ritchie’s action adventure thriller for Apple TV+ to help reveal the mystical spring behind the legendary Fountain of Youth by using clues hid in paintings by six master artists in the 1600s.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Naveena Denim Mills took a mystical approach to describing denim’s past, present and future with novelty tarot cards that described the mill’s collections.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025
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Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
This mystical chakra governs our awareness, intuition, and foresight.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Luke recruits his sister, Charlotte, played by Natalie Portman, in the latest official trailer for Guy Ritchie’s action adventure thriller for Apple TV+ to help reveal the mystical spring behind the legendary Fountain of Youth by using clues hid in paintings by six master artists in the 1600s.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Naveena Denim Mills took a mystical approach to describing denim’s past, present and future with novelty tarot cards that described the mill’s collections.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystical
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According to Nutritionists By Brianna Peters In an era when nearly everything feels politicized and uncertain, these mystic tools offer something precious: a means of reconnecting with ourselves.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the West, she’s been sanctified, but also portrayed as a sinner, a nun, a mystic, and Jesus’ wife.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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There were lots of articles on protecting yourself from psychic attacks; some of them were way out there.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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Ramsay’s filmmaking is undeniably powerful, engulfing us in the sick stew of Grace’s mind while flooding the soundtrack with music from Lou Reed, David Bowie, and the Cocteau Twins (Ramsay has always been an apt picker of songs that tell the psychic story of her films’ protagonists).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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Each week, Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale would drive into a new locale, discover that a murder had taken place, and solve it using her uncanny ability to recognize when people are lying.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2025
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The weekly Colombo-esque whodunnit follows Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a woman whose uncanny ability to spot a lie routinely gets her in trouble.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
8 May 2025
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The family adventure show is set at mysterious Crookhaven School where high achieving young crooks from across the world are secretly selected to hone their skills in disciplines such as deception, crimnastics, forgery and infiltration.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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Dipping in and out of this book over a few months might inspire a new reverence for the mysterious human body.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
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Because these systems rely on machine learning, their inner workings are often proprietary, unexplainable and beyond meaningful public accountability.—
Nicole M. Bennett,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2025
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Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the footage, only to discover a shocking secret that’s overtaking their small-town Texas community.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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Ghosting, a supernatural thriller written by Brian DeCubellis and K.S. Bruce and to be directed by Brian DeCubellis, which is now casting; and The Confidence Men, based on the book by Margalit Fox, whose screenplay was adapted by Jez Scharf (Bodkin), and which is currently targeting a director.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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This supernatural short takes place in London in 1757 where a visionary writer locked in an insane asylum is targeted by the Devil to compose a specific poem that will allow him to lord over the Earth and its inhabitants.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 May 2025
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“Mystical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mystical. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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