angelic visitation
Divine messenger arrives
An angelic visitation is an appearance or encounter with an angel, typically understood as a supernatural being serving as a messenger from God.
In religious traditions, such visitations often deliver divine prophecies, warnings, or guidance—as when Gabriel appeared to Mary in the Christian nativity story.
The phrase carries connotations of awe and spiritual significance, though it sometimes appears in ironic or skeptical contexts: She described her near-death experience as an angelic visitation.
- divineOf or from gods
- divine messageCommunication from deity
- messengerOne who delivers communications
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- wingsLimbs for flight
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- LDS DoctrineD&C, Book of Mormon, revelations, sections, Joseph Smith
- religious delusionsmessiah complex, divine mission, savior complex, divine revelation, divine communication
- prophecyprophecy, prophet, seer, prophets, prophetess
- Elijahmantle, chariot of fire, whirlwind, ascension, ravens
angelic visitationhallucination
Perception without external cause
delusion · dream · fever dream · wishful thinking · imagination
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