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chthonic
THAW-nik
adjective
to dwell beneath the earth; to dwell in the underworld
1983Terry PratchettThe Colour of MagicWhat was in fact happening, as the wizard knew, was that as the abused spirit of Bel-Shamharoth sank through the deeper chthonic planes his brooding spirit was being sucked out of the very stones into the region which, according to the discworld's most reliable priests, was both under the ground and Somewhere Else.1992Terence McKennaFood of the Gods...that chthonic realm reserved for forgotten religions.2001William H. Keith and Keith LaumerBolo StrikeI feel sure that entering the Caernan underworld and confronting the Enemy in his yet untouched chthonic strongholds will be necessary…

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afflatus
e-FLAY-tes
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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