someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
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relating to or resembling mysticism
<adj.pert> mystical intuition mystical theories about the securities market
relating to or characteristic of mysticism
<adj.pert> mystical religion
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
<adj.all> mysterious symbols the mystical style of Blake occult lore the secret learning of the ancients
Mystic \Mys"tic\, Mystical \Mys"tic*al\, a. [L. mysticus, Gr. ? belonging to secret rites, from ? one initiated: cf. F. mystique. See 1st {Mystery}, {Misty}.] 1. Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
Heaven's numerous hierarchy span The mystic gulf from God to man. --Emerson.
God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural. --Hooker.
2. Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance; mystic Babylon.
Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body. --Milton.
Mystic \Mys"tic\, n. One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See {Mysticism}.
The London tabloid, which bought the rights to Ms. Bordes' story, said at that time she was working for the Indian mystic and businessman Chandra Swami.
She was an improbable tycoon, a fervent disciple of a mystic Buddhist sect who dressed in flowing robes and claimed to receive stock tips from the gods.
They don't bother to hide their languor beneath a panama hat or the Daily Telegraph or a self-conscious expression of mystic communion.
Breeding bulls, too, seems to attain almost mystic heights of difficulty.
The explanation is that van der Post is seen today not so much as a novelist - although he is a good one - but as a thinker, visionary, philosopher, mystic.
Heard appears as the mystic Propter in Huxley's novel After Many a Summer (1939).
The colonel, who until last week was the No. 2 military chief in this military-controlled country, says he learned of the guru from a singer in Argentina and a mystic in Los Angeles.