mantic
Having foresight gifts
Mantic means relating to prophecy or divination.
The word appears mainly in academic or literary contexts discussing ancient practices: mantic traditions, mantic arts.
It also forms the suffix -mancy, which names methods of foretelling the future: necromancy (through the dead), chiromancy (through palm reading), cartomancy (through cards).
Predict through revelation
- prognosticateForetell future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
- foretellPredict future events
- vaticinateForetell through divine insight
portend · foreshadow · augur · oracle · revelation · soothsay · forebode · premonition
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- prophetessWoman who foretells events
augur · pythia · clairvoyant · diviner · psychic · medium · palmist · astrologer
Omen interpretation practice
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- tarotDivination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
geomancy · chiromancy · dowsing · numerology · runes · psychometry · hydromancy · pyromancy
Beyond scientific explanation
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
psychic · otherworldly · ethereal · spectral · uncanny · preternatural · eldritch · weird
Accessible to few
- occultConcealed from view
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- theurgyRitual invoking gods
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
hermetic · transcendental · numinous · sacred · ritual · alchemy · kabbalah · mystery
Overwhelming intense delight
- visionAbility to see
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- possessionState of owning
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
entranced · inspired · frenzy · delirium · shamanic · oracular · seized · transported
prophesy
Predict through revelation
- prognosticateForetell future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
- foretellPredict future events
vaticinate · portend · foreshadow · augur · oracle · revelation · soothsay · forebode · premonition · harbinger
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
prophetess · augur · pythia · clairvoyant · diviner · psychic · medium · palmist · astrologer · geomancer
augury
Omen interpretation practice
palmistry · geomancy · chiromancy · dowsing · numerology · runes · psychometry · hydromancy · pyromancy · bibliomancy
paranormal
Beyond scientific explanation
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- telepathyDirect mental communication
extrasensory · psychic · otherworldly · ethereal · spectral · uncanny · preternatural · eldritch · weird · unearthly
esoteric
Accessible to few
gnosis · hermetic · transcendental · numinous · sacred · ritual · alchemy · kabbalah · mystery · initiation
ecstasy
Overwhelming intense delight
- visionAbility to see
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- possessionState of owning
channeling · entranced · inspired · frenzy · delirium · shamanic · oracular · seized · transported · rapt
- oraclesoracle, sibyl, prophetess, seer, Delphi
manticempirical
Based on observation, not theory
rational · scientific · evidence-based · logical · analytical
- praying mantisPredatory insect with grasping forelegs
- mantis shrimpPowerful-clawed marine crustacean