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afflatus
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noun
inspiration; divinely inspired
1890Andrew LangHow to Fail in LiteratureOr you may wildly mix your metaphors, as when a critic accuses Mr. Browning of 'giving the irridescence of the poetic afflatus,' as if the poetic afflatus were blown through a pipe, into soap, and produced soap bubbles.1923Lucy Maud MontgomeryEmily of New MoonBut Emily wanted another verse to round the poem off properly and the divine afflatus seemed gone.1992Terence McKennaFood of the GodsThe divine afflatus of poetry is the gift of the entheogen.

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