mystic
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- noun
- /ˈmɪstɪk/
- Perhaps there is a middle path between the mystic and the sage.
- Christian mystics
- Jewish mystics
- Sufi mystics
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- We know from science the the, the Mystics have fasted for years.
- I mean, you could be a Mystic with direct experience.
- And I don't know, like a, like some voodoo Mystic tells you that it's raining outside.
- He is a Indian Mystic Yogi on a mission to change the world.
- And so now take that knowledge that maybe some Mystics in India and the Vedas and meditation.
- Everything is just a shadow bouncing off of what the Mystics of old have always called source Heaven.
- That's the kind of secret teaching that Mystics claim to receive to this day.
- So without further ado, let's welcome to the Know Thyself podcast, The rational Mystic himself, Doctor Sam Harris.
- He was a Pomona, and he told me he'd been to listen to a great Indian Mystic, a woman.
- I suppose I'm really intrigued by certain, I guess what you would call Mystics that share about their experience.
- They've lived with the great masterpiece of novels and and, and poetry and the the Mystics of ancient times.
- Translated in this analogy, there have been Mystics in various traditions who said I am God.
- They would tell you and, and it, yeah, I've met Mystics who, yeah, reading minds is a big one.
- So it's in fact, the Mystics use the same kind of word in Hebrew, de vacout, which means clinging.
- And This is why Yogi's Mystics, you know, ancient leaders for thousands and thousands of years have had a practice to get there.
- Shall we call him artist or genius or Mystic or madman?
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Like the shaman's calling, the awakening is the beginning of the mystic's path.
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"I like reading the Christian mystics, but the Eastern texts speak more to me.
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But one does not have to be a mystic to know and feel this.
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My grandma was a mystic and a romantic.
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My grandmother was something of a mystic.
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You sound more like a mystic than an agnostic.
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A true, original mystic of the highest order.
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We are the mystics without borders.
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A visitor described him as a Mystic with a brush, just the type beloved by the Romantics.
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Many people turn to a mystic for guidance during challenging times.
Synonyms
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A person who studies or practices hidden spiritual powers like talking to spirits
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A Muslim who follows a mystical tradition in Islam seeking a direct personal experience of God
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A person who seeks spiritual truth and has special inner experiences
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A person who believes they can contact dead people
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A person who tries to feel a direct connection with God or a higher power
Antonyms
Compounds
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A sacred being in Taoist belief who represents one part of the supreme Tao
How Spiritual
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mystic A mystic was originally someone who took part in secret ceremonies, and the word is related to mystery and the idea of 'to close' during those rituals. That's why a mystic today is a person who seeks hidden or spiritual knowledge beyond ordinary experience.