
Mysticism
Intimate Experience
Focuses on a deeply personal understanding or encounter with spirituality, not a general belief.

His retreat into the mountains was to seek mysticism through solitude.
Not Organized Religion
Mysticism usually refers to experiences beyond traditional religious practices and institutions.

She explored mysticism, looking for truths beyond the church's teachings.
Direct Insight
Mysticism involves direct insight or revelation not mediated by human interpretation.

Through meditation, he experienced mysticism as a direct insight into the divine.
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EnchantmentMetaphysicsSpiritualismSpiritualityTranscendentalism
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