mystical
Things that are mystical are magical or mysterious, possibly having to do with the supernatural or the occult.
If you like to read fantasy stories, then you've probably read about a lot of mystical people and events. The power of a wizard is mystical — that is, magical, and not real. Witches are mystical. The unicorn is a mystical animal. Religions tend to involve mystical events, like miracles. Magicians try to make audiences believe they have mystical powers. Mystical things aren't real, but in a story or magic act, they can be fun to imagine.
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having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
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relating to or characteristic of mysticism“mystical religion”synonyms: mystic
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relating to or resembling mysticism
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In this unflinching memoir, Elie Wiesel describes his experience as a young man imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. 2006 Hill and Wang edition.
In this nonfiction account, Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos trace the not-so-sweet history of sugar and its role in the slave trade.
In this fifth book of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, the almost-sixteen-year-old demigod discovers that his odds of defeating Kronos, Typhon, and their armies are being lowered by a spy at Camp Half-Blood.