Mystical
adjective
Related to things that can't be explained by normal human understanding, often religious or spiritual.
He had a mystical experience while meditating in the local temple.
Often appears as...
- mystical experience
- mystical powers
adjective
Something that arouses a sense of awe and wonder because it is magical or sacred.
The ancient scroll has a mystical significance to the tribe.
Often appears as...
- mystical properties
- mystical symbols
adjective
Refers to achieving a direct and intimate union with God or Ultimate Reality, or spiritual truth, through contemplation or insightful experiences.
The monk led a mystical lifestyle, dedicating his days to deep meditation and spiritual learning.
Often appears as...
- mystical lifestyle
- mystical teachings
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Religious
adjective
Related to things that can't be explained by normal human understanding, often religious or spiritual.
He had a mystical experience while meditating in the local temple.
Often appears as...
- mystical experience
- mystical powers
adjective
Something that arouses a sense of awe and wonder because it is magical or sacred.
The ancient scroll has a mystical significance to the tribe.
Often appears as...
- mystical properties
- mystical symbols
adjective
Refers to achieving a direct and intimate union with God or Ultimate Reality, or spiritual truth, through contemplation or insightful experiences.
The monk led a mystical lifestyle, dedicating his days to deep meditation and spiritual learning.
Often appears as...
- mystical lifestyle
- mystical teachings
Usage tips
Religious
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Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Understanding
Use 'mystical' to describe things that are hard to grasp with logic, such as supernatural events or feelings.
She felt a mystical connection with the stars above.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Religion
'Mystical' isn't only for religious contexts; it can describe anything that seems beyond normal experience.
The quiet forest had a mystical quality, as if fairies could emerge.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Feelings
'Mystical' often reflects a personal and subjective experience that others may not feel or understand.
To him, the painting had a mystical aura that was indescribable.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Understanding
Use 'mystical' to describe things that are hard to grasp with logic, such as supernatural events or feelings.
She felt a mystical connection with the stars above.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Religion
'Mystical' isn't only for religious contexts; it can describe anything that seems beyond normal experience.
The quiet forest had a mystical quality, as if fairies could emerge.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Feelings
'Mystical' often reflects a personal and subjective experience that others may not feel or understand.
To him, the painting had a mystical aura that was indescribable.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Understanding
Use 'mystical' to describe things that are hard to grasp with logic, such as supernatural events or feelings.
She felt a mystical connection with the stars above.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Religion
'Mystical' isn't only for religious contexts; it can describe anything that seems beyond normal experience.
The quiet forest had a mystical quality, as if fairies could emerge.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Feelings
'Mystical' often reflects a personal and subjective experience that others may not feel or understand.
To him, the painting had a mystical aura that was indescribable.
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Your elusive creative...
and we had this big idea, and the big idea was, let's put the individual human being at the center of the universe above all gods and mysteries, and there's no more room for mystical creatures who take dictation from the divine. And it's the beginning of rational humanism, and people started to believe that creativity came completely from the self of the individual.
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Expanding your mind with...
an amazing book it talks about the mystical undertones of technology and our desires for total interconnection and total awareness and it looks at sort of the psychedelic influences behind technology you know the the psychedelic vision of total connectivity has been literalized by the internet you know
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Science can answer moral...
And one thing to notice is that perhaps there are states of human well-being that we rarely access, that few people access. And these await our discovery. Perhaps some of these states can be appropriately called mystical or spiritual. Perhaps there are other states that we can't access
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The future of...
psychedelic research flourished all over the world and showed great promise for the fields of psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy, neuroscience and the study of mystical experiences. But psychedelics leaked out of the research settings and began to be used by the counterculture,
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Science can answer moral...
that perhaps there are states of human well-being that we rarely access that few people access and these await our discovery perhaps some of these states can be appropriately called mystical or spiritual perhaps our other states that we can't access because of how our minds
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Immerse Yourself in the...
and you're somewhere completely unique and different and I think that's probably part of the adventure such huge heritage culture you know it's mystical its nature its everything and it's one of the most beautiful places in the world you can't find this anywhere else
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
they see the footprints of snow leopards they hear the calls in the mating season they see animals killed by snow leopards but they've never seen a snorla in their life and that's what gives them this uh mythical mystical characteristic yeah so there
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How does the Rorschach...
Take a look at this image. What might this be? A frightening monster? Two friendly bears? Or something else entirely? For nearly a century, ten inkblots like these have been used as what seems like an almost mystical personality test.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
need to be accompanied by a mystical feeling? Science and just observation gives us that feeling without it, so I don't feel the need. The universe is large and we are tiny, without the need for further religious superstructure.
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The secret to desire in...
But more importantly, for me to begin to understand who are the couples who have an erotic spark, what sustains desire, I had to go back to the original definition of eroticism, the mystical definition,
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Your elusive creative...
and we had this big idea, and the big idea was, let's put the individual human being at the center of the universe above all gods and mysteries, and there's no more room for mystical creatures who take dictation from the divine. And it's the beginning of rational humanism, and people started to believe that creativity came completely from the self of the individual.
Video examples
Expanding your mind with...
an amazing book it talks about the mystical undertones of technology and our desires for total interconnection and total awareness and it looks at sort of the psychedelic influences behind technology you know the the psychedelic vision of total connectivity has been literalized by the internet you know
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
And one thing to notice is that perhaps there are states of human well-being that we rarely access, that few people access. And these await our discovery. Perhaps some of these states can be appropriately called mystical or spiritual. Perhaps there are other states that we can't access
Video examples
The future of...
psychedelic research flourished all over the world and showed great promise for the fields of psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy, neuroscience and the study of mystical experiences. But psychedelics leaked out of the research settings and began to be used by the counterculture,
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
that perhaps there are states of human well-being that we rarely access that few people access and these await our discovery perhaps some of these states can be appropriately called mystical or spiritual perhaps our other states that we can't access because of how our minds
Video examples
Immerse Yourself in the...
and you're somewhere completely unique and different and I think that's probably part of the adventure such huge heritage culture you know it's mystical its nature its everything and it's one of the most beautiful places in the world you can't find this anywhere else
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
they see the footprints of snow leopards they hear the calls in the mating season they see animals killed by snow leopards but they've never seen a snorla in their life and that's what gives them this uh mythical mystical characteristic yeah so there
Video examples
How does the Rorschach...
Take a look at this image. What might this be? A frightening monster? Two friendly bears? Or something else entirely? For nearly a century, ten inkblots like these have been used as what seems like an almost mystical personality test.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
need to be accompanied by a mystical feeling? Science and just observation gives us that feeling without it, so I don't feel the need. The universe is large and we are tiny, without the need for further religious superstructure.
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The secret to desire in...
But more importantly, for me to begin to understand who are the couples who have an erotic spark, what sustains desire, I had to go back to the original definition of eroticism, the mystical definition,
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Jean Houston
American Author
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experence.
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Olly Alexander
English Musician
When I was younger I thought that if you were famous and successful, it would mean that you just felt happy all the time. That you would become, like, this mystical creature that people just adored. And so you would adore yourself.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Just think for how long humanity was controlled by mystical, magical thinking - the diseases and suffering that led to. We managed to survive, but just barely. It wasn't pretty.
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Janet Suzman
South African Actress
I suppose meeting people whether it's in real life and actually shaking their flesh and blood hand or shaking the mystical hand of the character all rub off on you in some way.
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Jean-Marc Vallee
Canadian Director
I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention.
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Junius
Author
It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it.
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Edward de Bono
English Psychologist
Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
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Isobelle Carmody
Australian Writer
I have never forgotten the almost mystical power over an audience a storyteller has, when the story is deep and links you.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.
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Jean Houston
American Author
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know.
Quote examples
Jim Morrison
American Singer
Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experence.
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Olly Alexander
English Musician
When I was younger I thought that if you were famous and successful, it would mean that you just felt happy all the time. That you would become, like, this mystical creature that people just adored. And so you would adore yourself.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Just think for how long humanity was controlled by mystical, magical thinking - the diseases and suffering that led to. We managed to survive, but just barely. It wasn't pretty.
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Janet Suzman
South African Actress
I suppose meeting people whether it's in real life and actually shaking their flesh and blood hand or shaking the mystical hand of the character all rub off on you in some way.
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Jean-Marc Vallee
Canadian Director
I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention.
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Junius
Author
It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it.
Quote examples
Edward de Bono
English Psychologist
Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
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Isobelle Carmody
Australian Writer
I have never forgotten the almost mystical power over an audience a storyteller has, when the story is deep and links you.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.
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