sorcerers
Casters of spells
Sorcerers are practitioners of sorcery—people who wield supernatural or magical powers.
The word carries connotations of dark or forbidden arts, distinguishing sorcerers from benign magic users like wizards or mages in fantasy contexts.
The sorcerers conjured storms to sink the fleet.
In figurative use, a sorcerer is anyone with seemingly magical abilities: He was a sorcerer with numbers.
Mythical British sorcerer
- MorganaSorceress's given name
- CirceMythical witch, island-dweller
- MedeaMythical infanticidal sorceress
- ProsperoExiled magical duke
Gandalf · Saruman · Voldemort · Jafar · Maleficent · archmage · dark lord · apprentice
Practitioner of sorcery
- warlockMale practitioner of dark magic
- necromancerSummoner of the deceased
- enchanterOne who uses magic
- magusPractitioner of ancient arts
shaman · witch · druid · conjurer · summoner · illusionist · thaumaturge · occultist
Concealed from view
- esotericAccessible to few
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- prophecyForetelling of future events
clairvoyance · seance · telepathy · aura · astral · ethereal · otherworldly · forbidden knowledge
Performing magical incantations
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- hexMalevolent incantation
curse · summoning · necromancy · divination · transmutation · evocation · illusion · charm
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- elixirMythical healing draught
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- homunculusArtificial miniature human
quintessence · alembic · crucible · tincture · calcination · sublimation · distillation · magnum opus
Merlin
Mythical British sorcerer
- MorganaSorceress's given name
- CirceMythical witch, island-dweller
- MedeaMythical infanticidal sorceress
Gandalf · Saruman · Prospero · Voldemort · Jafar · Maleficent · archmage · dark lord · apprentice · staff
wizard
Practitioner of sorcery
- warlockMale practitioner of dark magic
- necromancerSummoner of the deceased
- enchanterOne who uses magic
magus · shaman · witch · druid · conjurer · summoner · illusionist · thaumaturge · occultist · witchdoctor
occult
Concealed from view
- esotericAccessible to few
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
prophecy · clairvoyance · seance · telepathy · aura · astral · ethereal · otherworldly · forbidden knowledge · dark arts
spellcasting
Performing magical incantations
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
hex · curse · summoning · necromancy · divination · transmutation · evocation · illusion · charm · ward
transmutation
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- elixirMythical healing draught
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
homunculus · quintessence · alembic · crucible · tincture · calcination · sublimation · distillation · magnum opus · aqua regia
- magicwizard, wand, witchcraft, mage, magic spells
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- legendsKing Arthur, Robin Hood, Hercules, Merlin, Excalibur
- infernohellfire, hellscape, brimstone, sulfur, limbo
- occultistswitches, wizards, warlocks, mages, necromancers
- Urban Fantasyvampires, werewolves, witches, faeries, demons
sorcerersmuggles
Non-initiates to specialized knowledge
mortals · ordinary people · commoners · mundanes · laypeople
sorcerershealers
Those who treat ailments
white witches · paladins · clerics · exorcists · saints
sorcerersscientists
Systematic knowledge seekers
rationalists · skeptics · empiricists · physicians · naturalists
- sorcerer's stoneMythical alchemical substance
- evil sorcererMalignant wielder of magic
- sorcerer's apprenticeMagician's student in training
- The Sorcerer's ApprenticeEnchanted servant overwhelmed story