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prophecies
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the divine power or spiritual gift of foretelling future events through inspiration or revelation from a sacred source
- Biblical figures like Ezekiel demonstrated true prophecy powers by experiencing manipulated altered states revealing God's messages for Israel.
- Psychics claim natural intuitive prophecy talents permitting them to channel mystic premonitions of things yet to manifest.
- Seers employ transcendental prophecy gifts seeing into possible futures outside normal perception via trance states and omen interpretation.
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a statement about events that have not yet occurred but are believed to be inevitable or possible, especially one made by a divine person
- The prophecy foretold that the chosen one would come and defeat the dark lord plaguing their people.
- Researchers studied Maya calendars and hieroglyphs for any prophecies about the world's ending.
- She claimed to have visions granting glimpses of future disasters, though few took her prophecies seriously.
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