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  1. Mystical Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    MYSTICAL meaning: 1 : having a spiritual meaning that is difficult to see or understand; 2 : of or relating to mystics or mysticism resulting from prayer or deep thought

  2. Mysticism | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 27, 2025 · Mysticism, the practice of religious ecstasies (religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness), together with whatever ideologies, ethics, rites, myths, legends, and magic …

  3. Mysticism - Spiritualism, Experience, Beliefs | Britannica

    Dec 27, 2025 · Mysticism - Spiritualism, Experience, Beliefs: Mystics believe that their experiences disclose the existence of an extrasensory dimension of reality: phenomena whose existence cannot …

  4. Mysticism - Spiritual, Experiential, Transcendent | Britannica

    Dec 27, 2025 · During mystical experiences, spiritual phenomena may appear to be ultimate, self-existing, and divine or may be experienced as contingent. Spiritual phenomena are not then …

  5. Mysticism - Esoteric, Rituals, Beliefs | Britannica

    Dec 27, 2025 · Mysticism - Esoteric, Rituals, Beliefs: Because mystics experience spiritual phenomena that are hidden from the senses, the physical world disclosed by sense perception does not exhaust …

  6. Mysticism Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    MYSTICISM meaning: a religious practice based on the belief that knowledge of spiritual truth can be gained by praying or thinking deeply

  7. mysticism summary | Britannica

    mysticism, The theory and practice of religious ecstasies. Traditionally conceived as the spiritual quest for union with the Absolute, the Infinite, or God and the perception of its essential oneness, …

  8. Mystic Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    MYSTIC meaning: a person who tries to gain religious or spiritual knowledge through prayer and deep thought someone who practices mysticism

  9. Spiritual Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    Doctors must consider the emotional and spiritual needs of their patients. I'm working on my spiritual growth/development. [=the growth of my mind and spirit]

  10. Christianity - Mysticism, Spirituality, Faith | Britannica

    Jan 24, 2026 · Christianity - Mysticism, Spirituality, Faith: Mysticism is the sense of some form of contact with the divine or transcendent, often understood in Christian tradition as involving union with God.