Modern conceptions are based on Neo-Druidic movement in the Victorian age, and the term was later adopted by many RPGs as a kind of nature mage. Druids filled the role of a priest, lawmaker, historian and medicine man in Celtic culture.

Druid вЂ“ A priest of the pre-Roman celtic religion.

Sometimes just any mage (i.e: one who conjures magic).

Conjurer вЂ“ Either a synonym of Summoner, or an entertainer or minor prestidigitator.

Bokor вЂ“ A voodoo witch for hire who deals with both good and bad spirits.Originally meant someone who knew a secret of a manufacturing process. Arcanist вЂ“ A practitioner of magic, often a craftsman of magical objects.It developed into a mystical system later on, and has been popularised by recent fantasy literature to mean one who creates potions.

It evolved into attempts to transmute metal in the early middle ages. Originally a scientific and philosophical view, early alchemists were scientists and philosophers who sought to learn about the makeup of the world.

Alchemist вЂ“ From Arabic al-kД«miyДЃ, itself from a Greek name for Egypt.

One synonym at a time, it might stop you calling everyone a mage! A to L of Synonyms for Mage When developing your magic system, hopefully these synonyms will help you refresh your next writing project.

I thought it might be useful so everyone else can, at a glance, see some of the different archaic, foreign or just easily forgotten words for mage. Sometimes it doesnвЂ™t fit the feel youвЂ™re going for, and sometimes you just want to use a synonym to spice things up. I put together this resource ages ago for my personal reference. If you write much fantasy, you know the feeling of trying to come up with terms for your magicians, mages or witches.

Another term for mind magic