mysticism
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- noun
- /ˈmɪstɪˌsɪzəm/
- And she has just written this book about the African mysticism and connection to spirituality.
- Eastern mysticism
- Jewish mysticism
- appreciation of mysticism
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Watch on YouTubeThis is like similar to the Eastern, you know, mysticism of karma and stuff like that.
- This is like similar to the Eastern, you know, mysticism of karma and stuff like that.
- So they say in, you know, Vedanta and Hindu mysticism, that your truest innermost self is God.
- So I'd imbibed this bad photocopy version of Eastern mysticism.
- And this episode hasn't come out yet, but I, I spoke to someone who's studying Sufi mysticism.
- We got to talk to Deepak Chopra this year and he pulls back the curtain on mysticism.
- And then there's nowhere to hide this mysticism in theology.
- So I think it's the language of, of, of mysticism.
- And my thesis was that comedy, logic and mysticism are three ways of approaching this.
- So he writes about mysticism and psychoanalysis, and he's just like a really funny, weird guy.
- But we discovered also give people information, sound scientific information and let science be the contemporary language of mysticism.
Examples
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He became Rumi's mentor on the path of Muslim mysticism, the path of Sufism.
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The difficulty of estimating the influence of mysticism on the evolution of Lonergan's thought is real.
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"I think they came to believe that there was a mysticism associated with it all.
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So we attributed those things to mysticism, to stories.
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We have a kind of a mysticism around the barrier of our skin.
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I, I think it comes from a tradition where mysticism or revelation as, as the source of, of truth is accepted.
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A bit of Eastern mysticism is a great antidote to the commercial rat race.
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The belief system is deeply rooted in eastern mysticism and the occult.
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We see here the poet's interest in his heritage: the influence of folklore and mysticism.
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Many artists explore mysticism as a way to express their connection to the divine.
Synonyms
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A concern with the inner life and connection beyond physical things
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A branch of Islam that focuses on an inner search for God through prayer and meditation
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A group of spiritual and magical beliefs from old writings about Hermes Trismegistus
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A spiritual practice that seeks a direct personal experience of God or the sacred
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Belief that religious writings have hidden spiritual meanings
Antonyms
- Specialized
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The belief that only physical things are real and minds come from them
- Formal
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The belief that reason and logic give true knowledge more than feeling or experience
Compounds
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A spiritual practice that seeks a direct personal experience of God or the sacred
How Spiritual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mysticism shares the same root as mystery, which means 'secret' or 'hidden'. So mysticism is about seeking a direct experience of the hidden or the divine, often through deep prayer, quiet reflection, or inner vision.