Definitions for MYSTICISM
ˈmɪs təˌsɪz əmmys·ti·cism

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mysticism, religious mysticismnoun

   a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

2. mysticismnoun

   obscure or irrational thought

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mysticismnoun

   The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.

2. mysticismnoun

   A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.

3. mysticismnoun

   A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.

4. mysticismnoun

   Obscure thoughts and speculations.

5. Etymology: English from the early to mid 1700's, Confer French mysticisme.

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1. mysticism

   Mysticism refers to the spiritual belief or practice involving the pursuit of achieving communion, identity with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or God, through direct experience, intuition, or spiritual insight. It often transcends normal human understanding or experience and may involve supernatural or non-physical realms. This may be achieved through contemplation, prayer, meditation or immediate consciousness. The practices and beliefs can vary depending on the culture or religious contexts they are set in.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mysticismnoun

   obscurity of doctrine

2. Mysticismnoun

   the doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained

3. Mysticismnoun

   the doctrine that the ultimate elements or principles of knowledge or belief are gained by an act or process akin to feeling or faith

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. mysticisme.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mysticism

   Mysticism is the pursuit of communion with, identity with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, instinct or insight. Mysticism usually centers on practices intended to nurture those experiences. Mysticism may be dualistic, maintaining a distinction between the self and the divine, or may be nondualistic. Such pursuit has long been an integral part of the religious life of humanity. Within established religion it has been explicitly expressed within monasticism, where rules governing the everyday life of monks and nuns provide a framework conducive to the cultivation of mystical states of consciousness. In the contemporary usage "mysticism" has become an umbrella term, conflated with spirituality and esotericism. Practices associated with mysticism include meditation and contemplative prayer. Mysticism can be distinguished from ordinary religious belief by its emphasis on the direct personal experience of unique states of consciousness, particularly those of a transcendentally blissful character.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mysticism

   a state of mind and feeling induced by direct communion with the unseen, and by indulging in which the subject of it estranges himself more and more from those who live wholly in the outside world, so that he cannot communicate with them and they cannot understand him.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Mysticism

   A philosophy based upon spiritual intuition that is believed to transcend ordinary sensory experiences or understanding.

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How to pronounce MYSTICISM?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MYSTICISM in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MYSTICISM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of MYSTICISM in a Sentence

1. Anthon St Maarten:

   There was no need for a term like ‘magical thinking’ in the Golden Age of Man...there was only genuine everyday magic and mysticism. Children were not mocked or scolded in those days for singing to the rain or talking to the wind.

2. Oliver Sacks:

   My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.

3. Malcolm Muggeridge:

   Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

4. Dan Szczesny:

   If you are a seeker who has an open mind and you want to experience a mysticism completely outside anything you'll find in the West, Nepal is a good draw.

5. Kilburn Hall:

   Myth and mysticism have been replaced in the world by social media.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MYSTICISM
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mysticism
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MYSTICISM
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=MYSTICISM
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Mysticism