thaumaturge
Worker of wonders
A thaumaturge is a worker of miracles or magic—someone who performs wonders.
The word appears in fantasy literature and role-playing games to describe a type of magician, and occasionally in religious contexts for saints credited with miraculous acts.
It carries a formal, archaic flavor: The villagers regarded the old healer as a thaumaturge.
Wielder of arcane power
- wizardPractitioner of sorcery
- warlockMale practitioner of dark magic
- enchanterOne who uses magic
- necromancerSummoner of the deceased
conjurer · spellcaster · curse · enchantment · bewitchment · spell · charm · familiar
One who performs miracles
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- divineOf or from gods
- saintCanonized holy person
- healerOne who restores health
intercession · benediction · grace · resurrection · beatification · sanctity · holiness · providence
Practitioner of ancient arts
- adeptHighly capable, well-versed
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- esotericAccessible to few
- occultistPractitioner of mystical arts
hermetic · grimoire · ritual · ceremony · incantation · invocation · evocation · sigil
Performer of visual deception
- prestidigitatorPractitioner of legerdemain
- mentalistSupposed thought reader
- escapologistPerformer who defeats restraints
- HoudiniFamous escape artist
sleight-of-hand · misdirection · levitation · vanishing · transformation · spectacle · performance · showman
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- augurOne who reads omens
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
diviner · prophet · clairvoyant · scryer · tarot · runes · astrology · palmistry
Middle size or state
- séanceSpirit communication ritual
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- clairaudientPerceiving supernatural sounds
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
ectoplasm · manifestation · apparition · specter · phantasm · haunting · poltergeist · revenant
sorcerer
Wielder of arcane power
necromancer · conjurer · spellcaster · curse · enchantment · bewitchment · spell · charm · familiar · warding
wonder-worker
One who performs miracles
healer · intercession · benediction · grace · resurrection · beatification · sanctity · holiness · providence · revelation
magus
Practitioner of ancient arts
occultist · hermetic · grimoire · ritual · ceremony · incantation · invocation · evocation · sigil · pentacle
illusionist
Performer of visual deception
- prestidigitatorPractitioner of legerdemain
- mentalistSupposed thought reader
- escapologistPerformer who defeats restraints
Houdini · sleight-of-hand · misdirection · levitation · vanishing · transformation · spectacle · performance · showman · assistant
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- augurOne who reads omens
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
sibyl · diviner · prophet · clairvoyant · scryer · tarot · runes · astrology · palmistry · geomancy
medium
Middle size or state
- séanceSpirit communication ritual
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- clairaudientPerceiving supernatural sounds
spirit · ectoplasm · manifestation · apparition · specter · phantasm · haunting · poltergeist · revenant · disembodied
shaman
Indigenous spiritual healer
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
otherworld · dreamtime · ancestor · possession · exorcism · herbalism · sacred · tribal · drum
witch
Practitioner of dark arts
voodoo · mambo · juju · brujería · hex · jinx · charm · potion · poppet
thaumaturgecharlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
fraud · faker · mountebank · impostor · quack
thaumaturgescientist
One who studies nature
rationalist · materialist · empiricist · skeptic · naturalist