Sentence:  To succeed routinely at mind-reading or telekinesis or love charms would result in no learning, no amusement, no spiritual growth (for a companion parable, check out Bill Murray's Groundhog Day). We would be stuck in a <WSD>warp</WSD> ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.