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

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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

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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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