spiritistic

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Adjective
  • The action is punctuated by flash-frame collages that bring earlier and later observations together in a tumble of associations and hint at the drama’s mystical, phantasmagorical essence.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
  • There was a certain mystical quality to it.
    Adam Duxter, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Nobody could have anticipated that the profound affection Neihardt shared with his wife—later described by biographers as one of the great love stories in American letters—would converge with his work on Black Elk and culminate in one of the most exotic cases in the history of psychical research.
    Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Cate Blanchett plays a mother in very rural Georgia (with an accent to match — everybody in The Gift is laying on the drawl) who seems to have psychic visions.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The Dera was founded in 1948 by the mystic Mastana Balochistani in the Haryana city of Sirsa, near the northern state’s borders with Punjab, India’s breadbasket, and the desert state of Rajasthan.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Although Nuccio is as down to earth as anyone could be, and definitely not a mystic, there can be no disputing his stature as a remarkable man.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Suffice to say that Zi’s condition may not be a physical issue or even a mental one but, rather, a metaphysical state.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Breaking down such a layered metaphysical concept with the relatively few words left in this review would be a fool’s errand, but suffice it to say that all of the math miraculously checks out.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Spiritistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritistic. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.

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