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/ˈmɪs.tɪˌsɪz.əm̩/ · mys·ti·cism
noun
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics. Her poetry was steeped in the mysticism of early Sufi masters.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth. The retreat emphasized mysticism as a way to experience God without intermediaries.
- A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity. He described his meditation practice as a path toward mysticism, where the self merges with the absolute.
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Did you know? The American philosopher William James famously categorized mysticism as a distinct, ineffable experience in his 1902 work "The Varieties of Religious Experience".