causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that causes events to happen

spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events

Destiny, Fate - the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"

unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"