Ones involved in wishful thinking?

• Summoned spirits
• Tutelary Roman deities
• The very bright
• Magicians' magazine since 1936
• They're brilliant (Var.)
• Brains
• Wish granters of myth
• Supernatural spirits
• The smartest among us (var.)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Genius \Gen"ius\, n.; pl. E. Geniuses ; in sense 1, L. Genii . [L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere, gignere, to ...