spiritual guide
Advisor for seekers
A spiritual guide is a person who helps others navigate matters of faith, inner growth, or religious practice.
The term covers formal roles—priests, gurus, shamans—and informal ones, like a mentor who offers wisdom during difficult times.
She considered her grandmother a spiritual guide.
The phrase sometimes refers to a spirit or entity believed to offer guidance from beyond the physical world.
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- guruRevered authority figure
- holy manPious religious devotee
- wise womanFemale with profound understanding
- teacherOne who instructs others
mystic · prophet · angel · priest · diviner · wisdom · inner voice · higher self · imam · ancestor · healer · meditation · monk · bodhisattva · nun · curandero · mentor · confessor
- confidantsconfidant, trusted friend, best friend, advisor, counselor
- role modelsrole model, idol, hero, exemplar, paragon
- gurusguru, swami, zen master, lama, preceptor
- sagessage, wise man, wise woman, wise elder, seer
- Sufismtariqa, fana, sufi, Sufism, dervish
- Guru Traditionsparampara, disciples, master, darshan, ashram
spiritual guidematerialist
Values physical over spiritual
financial advisor · career counselor · rationalist · therapist · life coach
spiritual guidetempter
One who lures astray
corruptor · the devil · false prophet · demon · devil