In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MYSTICISM
mysticism
(noun) obscure or irrational thought
mysticism, religious mysticism
(noun) a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mysticism (countable and uncountable, plural mysticisms)
The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
Obscure thoughts and speculations.
Antonyms
• rationalism
Source: Wiktionary
Mys"ti*cism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. mysticisme.]
1. Obscurity of doctrine.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: 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. (Philos.)
Definition: The doctrine that the ultimate elements or principles of knowledge or belief are gained by an act or process akin to feeling or faith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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