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mystic
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The Maelstrom, by Neff
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One was brown and the other blue, leading many students to theorize that the unusual feature was related somehow to her gifts in mystics.†
Chpt 1

mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
And apparently—in spite of the fact that she was not yet thirty—Hazel Benson Boon had recently joined Rowan's most venerable faction of Mystics, the Promethean Scholars.†
Chpt 1
While the Mystics and scholars fairly bent beneath their glittering magechains, the Red Branch never displayed any insignia other than the small tattoo at their wrists.†
Chpt 1
For Mystics, however, Bram was Stradivari—a virtuoso of magic whose results could not be duplicated by later generations despite every effort to divine his methods.†
Chpt 2
How had a shipwrecked orphan come to claim Solas's Gwydion Chair of Mystics by the age of twenty?†
Chpt 2
Like Elias Bram, David was a true sorcerer, a prodigy whose genius with magic often allowed him to bypass the ancient formulae and incantations that were a Mystic's tools in trade.†
Chpt 2
And it was months before Max realized that the quiet girl who shadowed his every step was a Mystic of uncommon ability.†
Chpt 2
In addition, our own Agents and Mystics will be spread very thin; the majority of our army will consist of refugees who have little to no training.†
Chpt 2

mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
We have an exam tomorrow and they want to be Mystics, not Agents like yours truly.†
Chpt 4
Even before Astaroth's edicts, most Mystics considered summoning taboo," he said.†
Chpt 5
Tell Mina or my grandfather to help if the builders or Mystics are overtaxed.†
Chpt 5
He grieved for his old Mystics teacher.†
Chpt 11
There were at least fifty other beds in the main ward, and each was occupied with an Agent or Mystic who had been wounded in the line of duty.†
Chpt 11
"I didn't think you'd make it," croaked one aged Mystic through her bandages.†
Chpt 11
Cupping Toby, Max walked past many windows behind which Mystics were peering at various objects or even creatures suspended within glass orbs that held swirling vapors or shimmering lights of every color.†
Chpt 11

mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
At Max's knock, one of the Mystics glanced up, did a double take, and hurried over to open the door.†
Chpt 11
"A very nasty one," confirmed the Mystic, a graying middleaged woman wearing glasses.†
Chpt 11
"Testing its sensitivity to various concentrations of Blood Petals and Zenuvian iron," replied the Mystic.†
Chpt 11
Max nodded and took another gander at the hideous creature before leaving the Mystic to her work.†
Chpt 11
Third and Fourth Year Mystics.†
Chpt 11

mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
Lucia Cavallo was not only a paragon of Mediterranean beauty and a gifted Mystic, but she was also haughty, opinionated, and notoriously demanding of her friends.†
Chpt 12
Sarah took command of an entire company while Lucia and Cynthia served as the battalion's Mystics.†
Chpt 13

mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
I'm a Mystic, you idiot," retorted Lucia proudly.†
Chpt 13
"We're also going to need more Mystics," Sarah added, looking puzzled at the hare's sudden departure.†
Chpt 13

mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
"Mystics are in high demand these days," said Max.
Chpt 13 *
Some were armored and mounted on horseback; others wore Mystics' robes and were positioned in a perimeter around the illuminated fountain.†
Chpt 15
The glowspheres dimmed and zoomed back to their Mystic.†
Chpt 15
It was difficult to locate the Director amid the hundreds of people and creatures bustling about: Promethean Scholars, Mystics of various specialties, Agents, older students, innumerable domovoi, and a sandstone shedu boasting four unblinking faces.†
Chpt 15

mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
I'm tempted to reassign it to a battalion that has more experience and Mystics support.†
Chpt 15
And how many Mystics scattered among that number?†
Chpt 15
The witches have been studiously collecting the remains of every mystic, shaman, and sorcerer they can get their hands on—the remains of anyone they believe has trafficked with the spirit world or possessed knowledge that they value.†
Chpt 15
Very few Fifth Years could claim official Agent or Mystic status, and the honor was far greater than the ever-humble Omar would admit.†
Chpt 16
"And how are the Mystics in your battalion?" inquired David, casually examining his fingernails.†
Chpt 16

mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
Clutching the pinlegs, David nodded and hurried out, joining the rapid exodus of Agents and Mystics.†
Chpt 17
Most apparent was the wind, which was now howling in off the ocean as Rowan's Mystics summoned and gathered it to them.†
Chpt 17
Hundreds of people were busily engaged—Mystics gathering atop casting towers, refugees heating iron shot and cauldrons of pitch, archers setting up their quivers behind stone merlons.†
Chpt 17
He pointed to one of the tall octagonal towers where the specialized Mystics could be seen linking hands in an open chamber at the top.†
Chpt 17
"Aeromancers," said Max, pointing to another tower, where Mystics were summoning the wild winds from the sea and directing them like orchestra conductors.†
Chpt 17
While Lucia and Cynthia were wearing Mystics robes, Sarah was dressed for combat.†
Chpt 17
For the rest of the morning, they walked along the rows and looked at the names the Mystics had carved in clean white granite.†
Chpt 19
Whenever Max came upon one, he touched the obelisk and spoke their name aloud: John Buckley, Rowan Academy, Sixth Year; Jesse Chu, Rowan Academy, Fifth Year; Laurence M Renard, Senior Instructor; Annika Kraken, Department Chair of Mystics.... Each sounded a different note in his soul.†
Chpt 19

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(1) (mystic)
a person who seeks or claims to have direct spiritual insight beyond ordinary understanding; or describing an experience that feels deeply spiritual, mysterious, or otherworldly

In common usage, mystic is more likely to be used in reference to a practitioner of a less mainstream religion than a more mainstream religion -- possibly because the former is more mysterious to the writer.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

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