Society, Culture, and General Planetary Traits
There were ethical/metaphysical concerns about where the line is between machine and sapient being and what they might do if robots/programs became advanced enough (think battlestar galactica), so that and ai development have been deliberately curtailed.
Plus Sign, (A2,B3,C4)
My ability in the metaphysical realm is a deep connection to the dreaming. i can do what many of my people have only spoken of in myths and legends. i can see 'possible outcomes.' follow?" "yeah. god that was intense."
Roaring seaward
Many of them professed to believe in a sort of animism -- that every plant and stone had some metaphysical aspect to it, and that they were all connected in some fashion.
Daemon - Chapter 2
Callen explained it as more of a metaphysical manifestation of sheer will. whatever that meant. "clear your mind and focus purely on the manifestation of your will."
Penultimate (Chapter20 Book8)
metaphysical, if you will." "christ, and i thought time travel was complicated." conner returned to the room with the computer tablet. "you guys ready to find out the secrets of the universe or whatever?"
Extinction 1 - Of Fathers and Sons
In my research i have discovered that these artifacts carry traces of emotional strength compounded into a metaphysical state, such as that of hope."** "it's just magic dad, come on," jacob rolled his eyes.
Team Valiant Mysteries of the East Chapter 10: Ascendance
He then conjured several metaphysical shards all around him and lashed out with psyshock, hurling them at minato while he turned to face him. the lucario continued to smirk as he watched the shards fly at him. "now that's just precious."
Team Valiant Arc 9.5 Chapter 2: Abhiseka
After a few moments of deep breathing and clearing his mind, he felt something… something metaphysical - he couldn’t feel it _on_ his body, but all around it, and within himself.
Midline Shift 37 - Facility XR-1
"bereft of all help, massacred in an attack by unknown assailants...hhhhhhh...a metaphysical prison trapped within a quantum singularity.
So Shall He Consume Me 5 - In Search of the Secret Spell
The light was being sucked in by a web-like fluid, a strange metaphysical ooze crawling across the soft feeble glint like an oil smear as the scream was constant, like the root of a mandrake.
Team Valiant: Torolf Memorial Tournament Pt 3
Turning his illusions into… metaphysical projections. every one of them was as real as himself."
The Starface
The saving grace was that she had a nice library in the living room, a big group of cabinets devoted to reference books and textbooks of varying subjects, from the metaphysical to the physical sciences.