mysticism in English

noun
1
belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or the spiritual apprehension of knowledge inaccessible to the intellect, may be attained through contemplation and self-surrender.
For some, mysticism implies that subjective knowledge of the true nature of the universe can, in fact, be obtained.
2
belief characterized by self-delusion or dreamy confusion of thought, especially when based on the assumption of occult qualities or mysterious agencies.
Conversely, Shah's proposals that we should all resign to being Hindus is not only based on mysticism and some New-Age notion of limited Hinduism, it is also impracticable.

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1. She has no inclination towards mysticism.

2. He was obviously inclined towards religious mysticism.

3. His acute perception was often mysticism.

4. A strain of mysticism runs through his poetry.

5. Naturally, geologists balked at this apparent mysticism.

6. Mysticism is a vital part of the Christian heritage.

7. His acute perception was often clouded by mysticism.

8. Chiromancy appears first in Judaism in the circle of *Merkabah mysticism

9. Another tradition that reached the Occident was that of Jewish mysticism.

10. I do not wish to take the trouble to understand mysticism.

11. It is necessary to disenchant this mysticism aesthetics of practical aesthetics.

12. Chiromancy appears first in Judaism in the circle of *Merkabah mysticism

13. The truth had freed me from human philosophy, mysticism, and astrology.

14. There is a strong element of mysticism in his poetry.

15. It is a central concept in the Cabala, or traditional Jewish mysticism.

16. But this type of spirituality has nothing to do with mysticism. Sentencedict.com

17. The term "mysticism" has Ancient Greek origins with various historically determined meanings.

18. This mysticism is the only language which transcends the rational schema of oppression.

19. It is free from all forms of spiritism and mysticism and the occult.

20. Mysticism and demonism with strong imagination are the distinctive features of this group.

21. Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science. Henri Bergson 

22. Since then, religion, mysticism and statehood remained intertwined elments in Russia's identity.

23. Boehmist discourse in his Sophia Topics: Gottfried Arnold, Jakob Böhme, Mysticism, Wisdom

24. 2 Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science. Henri Bergson 

25. At the very least, therefore, mysticism must tell us something important about the human mind.

26. I didn't bargain for all that second-rate mysticism and self-aggrandizing shamanism.

27. (b) Was it advisable for Christians at Colossae to study philosophy and mysticism?

28. He imbibed elements of oriental mysticism from the years he spent in India.

29. Cottar’s 1920s Camp captures the very essence of the romance and mysticism of Africa

30. It is neither absolutism nor mysticism, nor nihilism, but full of logics and dialectics.

31. Mysticism, in particular, is as meaningless to me as music must be to the tone deaf.

32. By definition, someone who practices Apophatic mysticism cannot vouch for the ultimate truth of anything

33. The development of mysticism in a particular tradition represents a stage in the evolution of the religious consciousness.

34. The title Belies the multifaceted appeal of Badu's voice, and the urban mysticism in her lyrics

35. [47] Pious self-deprivation was a part of the dualism and mysticism in these Ascetic groups.

36. Talk varied from views on nationalism and child birth to thoughts on mysticism and linguistic oppression.

37. It maintains that the substantial feature of religious mysticism and mysticisms in other forms is their irrational nature.

38. This housed oriental manuscripts, many of poetry, mysticism and jurisprudence, going back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

39. There has also been a great deal of adulation which is perhaps even more harmful for it generates mysticism.

40. A believer might move from one form of piety to another, embracing mysticism and rationalism at the same time.

41. Mysticism is the product of those who fail to understand, the substitute for comprehension and the margarine of philosophy.

42. Bach’s clear understanding of the tenets of mysticism and of Boehmist thought allows him to explain elements of Ephratan life …

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44. Language, literature, gastronomy, art, architecture, music, spirituality, philosophy, mysticism (etc.) are all part of the cultural heritage of the Arabs.

45. A firm believer in mysticism and fate, he felt he had ignored the course his intuition was guiding him to follow.

46. Depending on the religion or mysticism in which he appears, Azrael can be the embodiment of evil or a benevolent figure

47. The idea that there are forces and necessities in nature is spurious, a piece of mysticism which we can do without.

48. 23 A believer might move from one form of piety to another, embracing mysticism and rationalism at the same time.

49. Guo Xiang's epistemology is always regarded as a sort of mysticism and know-nothingism because he took an "ignorance-and-negligence" view.

50. Batholith, an independent short that reflects on American cinema and the mysticism of its landscape through the eyes of young Nathan