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Occult

Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

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Esoteric 84% connected

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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Esoteric 84% connected

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Invisible 84% connected

Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible.

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Invisible 84% connected

Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible.

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Broader term 6

Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Conceal 76% connected

To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

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Overshadow 76% connected

To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Supernatural 74% connected

Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

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Supernatural 74% connected

Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

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Destiny 70% connected

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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Fate 70% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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Theurgy 70% connected

A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.

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Synonym 7

Eclipse 92% connected

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mysterious 92% connected

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehen…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mystic 92% connected

Alt. of Mystical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mystical 92% connected

Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Orphic 92% connected

Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

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Secret 92% connected

Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supernatural 92% connected

Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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