thaumaturgic
Performing supernatural feats
Thaumaturgic means relating to the performance of miracles or magic.
The word describes powers, abilities, or practices associated with wonder-working: thaumaturgic rituals, thaumaturgic healing.
It appears in religious, occult, and fantasy contexts, often with a tone of reverence or archaism.
A thaumaturge is one who performs such wonders.
Performing magical incantations
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
evocation · invocation · grimoire · sigil · enchantment · hex · charm · curse
Producing miraculous effects
- divineOf or from gods
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- numinousSpiritually awesome, beyond ordinary
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
prodigious · inexplicable · anomalous · unearthly · marvelous · astonishing · phenomenal · unfathomable
Practitioner of sorcery
- wizardPractitioner of sorcery
- sorcererWielder of arcane power
- warlockMale practitioner of dark magic
- magusPractitioner of ancient arts
wonder-worker · mystic · occultist · adept · hierophant · shaman · cunning folk · enchanter
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- alembicDistillation apparatus
- crucibleVessel for extreme heat
quintessence · calcination · distillation · sublimation · tincture · nigredo · magnum opus · elixir
spellcasting
Performing magical incantations
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
summoning · evocation · invocation · grimoire · sigil · enchantment · hex · charm · curse · divination
wonderworking
Producing miraculous effects
- divineOf or from gods
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- numinousSpiritually awesome, beyond ordinary
transcendent · prodigious · inexplicable · anomalous · unearthly · marvelous · astonishing · phenomenal · unfathomable · beatific
mage
Practitioner of sorcery
magus · wonder-worker · mystic · occultist · adept · hierophant · shaman · cunning folk · enchanter · conjurer
transmutation
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- alembicDistillation apparatus
crucible · quintessence · calcination · distillation · sublimation · tincture · nigredo · magnum opus · elixir · hermetic
thaumaturgicmundane
Commonplace, lacking excitement
natural · scientific · physical · material · naturalistic
thaumaturgicordinary
Standard, unremarkable
commonplace · prosaic · unremarkable · banal · everyday