Definition of mystical in English:

mystical

adjective ˈmɪstɪk(ə)lˈmɪstək(ə)l

1Relating to mystics or religious mysticism.
the mystical theology of Richard Rolle
Example sentencesExamples
- This recognition accounts for the current interest, in Western countries, in mystical experiences and Eastern religions.
- Over the ages, the weeping of tears has been a sign of the mystical experiences of saints and repentant sinners.
- A common belief among ancient cultures was that the laws of numbers have not only a practical meaning, but also a mystical or religious one.
- In his early years, he studied with deeply mystical teachers of several religions, including Buddhists, Muslims and Christians.
- The temptation is to read it as a sort of mystical or religious experience.
- And yet this seems very similar to perhaps mystical experiences or experiences of the mystics who wanted to lose themselves in the oneness of God, to become one with God.
- Have you had a mystical or religious experience yet?
- In different ways, they've become disillusioned in respect of romantic love, have the rewards and consolations of religious and mystical experience and feel compelled to act responsibly.
- ‘You are God’ is the big mystical secret of all religious traditions.
- This dogma can only be demolished by drawing clear distinctions between scientific evidence and the evidence of religious and/or mystical experience.
- Besides catalyzing their mystical and religious inclinations, he also provides assistance of a more practical sort.
- At the core of all religious traditions is a mystical experience, an experience of unity, of oneness, with the divine.
- Many of my most profound mystical experiences were in drug-induced shamanic states.
- It's important for us to be critical in judging the mystical products of our religious traditions.
- Theology is the mystical contemplation of God by the creatively receptive consciousness of the mind and heart.
- At the time, Micheal and I differed on certain fundamentals behind our work, especially in the area of religious and mystical experiences.
- He described an interesting sociological research project, to create standards for what mystical religious experiences are.
- Patients with temporal lobe seizures sometimes have intense mystical and religious experiences.
- Varieties of religious experience often appear under other labels such as mystical, ecstatic, numinous, anomalous, and paranormal.
- He is a lost cause, as his dislike of religious / mystical tendencies is well known.
Synonyms
supernatural, paranormal, other-worldly, supernormal, preternatural, metaphysical, extrasensory, transcendental, magic, magical, mystic, occult
spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable
1. 1.1 Having a spiritual symbolic or allegorical significance that transcends human understanding.
  the mystical body of Christ
  Example sentencesExamples
  And that was considered to be something mystical and spiritual.
  It does so by exploring the extent to which there were shared worlds of formal scholarship and of mystical understanding.
  While wordless understanding seems a bit mystical and precious, it may not be as strange as it seems.
  Beyond this there also lies a mystical or spiritual meaning.
  However, this enthusiasm for the mystical potential of human technology is misplaced, illogical, and spiritually dangerous.
  Before we enter the mystical realm of organizational symbolism, first let me define the terminology.
  There's also the mystical, spiritual side of Ayurveda, which sees all intelligence and wisdom as flowing from one source.
  The particular quality of beauty has long been imagined and revered as the mystical bridge with which humans can traverse the worlds and access the divine.
  Such a view of the world was inclined toward mystical and allegorical meaning of reality and truth.
  Taoism is a Chinese philosophical tradition that emphasizes the spiritual and mystical connection between human beings and nature.
  It is also fitting that she chose such an allegorical, almost mystical way to present such a brutal act.
  Here's the real story: The notion of human rights is mystical.
  Synonyms
  symbolic, symbolical, allegorical, representational, metaphorical, emblematic, emblematical, non-literal
2. 1.2 Relating to ancient religious mysteries or other occult or esoteric rites.
  the mystical practices of the Pythagoreans
  Example sentencesExamples
  This emphasis links Buddhism with the mystical traditions of ancient India, such as yoga.
  For many mystery cults, salvation was to come from a person's association, through a mystical rite, with a hero who had conquered death.
  Together they unravel and expose the island's medicine woman who delves into the dark secrets of obeah, an ancient mystical practice similar to voodoo.
  Finally, a naturalistic worldview is one that has no supernatural or mystical element to it.
  To those on a quest for spiritual evolution or transformation, they promise entry into an esoteric world of ancient mystical wisdom.
  These are people who have a naturalistic worldview, free of supernatural and mystical elements.
  As belief in magick grew great and strong, its followers became more secretive and strict about the lore and beliefs of these mystical ways.
  Many scholars have, in fact, described New Age ideas as a revival of esoteric and mystical religion traditions rooted in humanity's ancient past.
  Consider the secrecy of this mystical religion.
  It has been certified by nanas of umpteen ancient cultures to contain mystical curative properties.
  Consequently he is often referred to as the original author of the texts, a legendary collection of magical works, said to contain all the mystical knowledge of the ancient world.
  These medical philosophers argued that bodily ills were caused by occult and mystical influences.
  It's not something you need to be initiated into with mystical rites.
  Thus far she has used Catholic iconography and explored Buddhism, and is now studying Kabbala, an ancient Jewish mystical tradition.
  For centuries, the meaning of the mysterious and mystical Egyptian hieroglyphs baffled the greatest minds in the world.
  Whenever a far-away or long-dead culture can be invoked, a mystery or an entire mystical philosophy can be generated.
  Alan Nowell says the interwoven patterns depict monks performing ancient mystical dances.
  His interests were wide and many but by the turn of the century his main interests were esoteric, mystical, and occult.
  Yeats drew from mystical or occult traditions.
  If hypnosis is not an altered state or gateway to a mystical and occult unconscious mind, then what is it?
  Synonyms
  puzzling, strange, peculiar, curious, funny, queer, odd, weird, bizarre, mystifying, inexplicable, baffling, perplexing, bewildering, confusing, uncanny, dark, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unexplainable, unfathomable, delphic, sibylline, unaccountable, insoluble, obscure
  spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable
3. 1.3 Of hidden or esoteric meaning.
  a geometric figure of mystical significance
  Example sentencesExamples
  She demonstrates her ability to transform common pop into unusual, mystical notes.
  Through painting he sought to uncover mystical inner forces that animate nature.
  It was an esoteric, kind of mystical thing that went on.
  Some days I think anything is possible and the world is this mystical wonderful place and we all have a magical part in making life the way it is.
  Inbreeding doesn't cause disease - it's not a mystical force that weakens the strength of the dog.
  The UN's authority is instead one of those ineffable mystical mysteries.
  Summer, at that age, has a mystical quality, where time appears to have no end.
  Look, I appreciate that, in some deep mystical sociological sense, it was all our fault.
  Dating back 100 million years, the diamond is rare, tenacious and mystical as no two are ever alike.
  Joyce himself believed the progress of his writing was, in some mystical sense, bound up with his daughter's illness.
  Miller is also the local undertaker and seems to have both an intuitive and mystical sense of how critically important his work is.
  That the space program remains so important to the hearts and minds of Americans seems explicable only through the mystical nature of space exploration.
  Synonyms
  cryptic, concealed, hidden, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, recondite, inscrutable, inexplicable, unfathomable, mysterious, secret, enigmatic, occult, cabbalistic, obscure, unrevealed
2Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
the mystical city of Kathmandu
Example sentencesExamples
- Music really is a mystical force, a deep psychological wisdom that has the power to heal what is happening to human beings on this planet.
- This someone or something is usually either God or the mystical forces of nature.
- Sure, he is a driven man, pushed by the mystical forces that inform the devout.
- For example, they were familiar with certain metals, including gold, which inspired mystical reverence as the perfect element.
- We are left to our own resources to either wait in hope for someone to knock on our doorstep or to take fate in our own hands and go in search of that wonderful mystical phenomenon called love.
- Witnessing the mystical wonders of the tallest peak of the world through the windows of our 1900C Beechcraft is a different experience altogether.
- With such strange and mystical forces at your command, you will possess all the skills and wisdom you need to defeat the Dark Lord.
- It's my way of tapping into the eternal mystery of life, that mystical force that rolls on despite the petty attempts of humans to change it.
- The woman was dead, a walking, talking pale corpse seemingly brought back to life by the omnipotent mystical forces of necromancy.
- Trees as one of the oldest symbols of life have from the ancient period been associated with the mystical forces of nature.
- Under that plump moon and the glowering gaze of the Matterhorn, we understood why the Swiss feel an almost mystical sense of oneness with the pile of rock.
- Regular contact with the beneficent mystical forces will surround you with a protective aura.
- Instead of conveying any specific religious message, the whole piece projects a genuine sense of mystical awe that is irresistible.
- I wonder if there is some sort of mystical force that compels me to be such a miserable bastard.
- She thought of the universe as being full of mystical forces including gravitation and magnetism.
Synonyms
extraordinary, out of the ordinary, exceptional, unusual, uncommon, rare, singular, signal, peculiar, unprecedented, outstanding, remarkable, phenomenal, abnormal, anomalous, inexplicable, unaccountable
1. 2.1 Concerned with the soul or the spirit, rather than with material things.
  the beliefs of a more mystical age
  Example sentencesExamples
  He just wanted to try to explain the body without resorting to some mystical soul.
  According to the teachings of the world's major religions, this mystical soul, or spirit, somehow lives on after death.
  Like parapsychology, intelligent design is a defense of the soul; it just emphasizes intelligence rather than a mystical consciousness.
  One thing this seems to imply is that that soul is not the mystical animating spirit of the person, so much as their conscience.
  You may share a special and mystical relationship with a soul mate.
  The way to mystical freedom is by way of letting go of conventional concerns and achieving union with the Dao.

Derivatives

mystically

adverb

‘You would have to meet him to know,’ she answers rather mystically.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘I foresaw your coming,’ she mystically murmured.
- They must indeed be mystically connected to me.
- The beginners look at it mystically, a title they hear about but cannot imagine holding.
- These things happen mysteriously, mystically, magically.

Rhymes

deistical, egoistical, logistical, papistical

Definition of mystical in US English:

mystical

adjectiveˈmɪstək(ə)lˈmistək(ə)l

1Relating to mystics or religious mysticism.
the mystical experience
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘You are God’ is the big mystical secret of all religious traditions.
- The temptation is to read it as a sort of mystical or religious experience.
- This recognition accounts for the current interest, in Western countries, in mystical experiences and Eastern religions.
- This dogma can only be demolished by drawing clear distinctions between scientific evidence and the evidence of religious and/or mystical experience.
- In different ways, they've become disillusioned in respect of romantic love, have the rewards and consolations of religious and mystical experience and feel compelled to act responsibly.
- Varieties of religious experience often appear under other labels such as mystical, ecstatic, numinous, anomalous, and paranormal.
- And yet this seems very similar to perhaps mystical experiences or experiences of the mystics who wanted to lose themselves in the oneness of God, to become one with God.
- He is a lost cause, as his dislike of religious / mystical tendencies is well known.
- At the time, Micheal and I differed on certain fundamentals behind our work, especially in the area of religious and mystical experiences.
- In his early years, he studied with deeply mystical teachers of several religions, including Buddhists, Muslims and Christians.
- At the core of all religious traditions is a mystical experience, an experience of unity, of oneness, with the divine.
- A common belief among ancient cultures was that the laws of numbers have not only a practical meaning, but also a mystical or religious one.
- Over the ages, the weeping of tears has been a sign of the mystical experiences of saints and repentant sinners.
- Patients with temporal lobe seizures sometimes have intense mystical and religious experiences.
- Many of my most profound mystical experiences were in drug-induced shamanic states.
- Besides catalyzing their mystical and religious inclinations, he also provides assistance of a more practical sort.
- He described an interesting sociological research project, to create standards for what mystical religious experiences are.
- Theology is the mystical contemplation of God by the creatively receptive consciousness of the mind and heart.
- It's important for us to be critical in judging the mystical products of our religious traditions.
- Have you had a mystical or religious experience yet?
Synonyms
supernatural, paranormal, other-worldly, supernormal, preternatural, metaphysical, extrasensory, transcendental, magic, magical, mystic, occult
spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable
1. 1.1 Spiritually allegorical or symbolic; transcending human understanding.
  the mystical body of Christ
  Example sentencesExamples
  It does so by exploring the extent to which there were shared worlds of formal scholarship and of mystical understanding.
  And that was considered to be something mystical and spiritual.
  Beyond this there also lies a mystical or spiritual meaning.
  Before we enter the mystical realm of organizational symbolism, first let me define the terminology.
  Here's the real story: The notion of human rights is mystical.
  While wordless understanding seems a bit mystical and precious, it may not be as strange as it seems.
  Taoism is a Chinese philosophical tradition that emphasizes the spiritual and mystical connection between human beings and nature.
  It is also fitting that she chose such an allegorical, almost mystical way to present such a brutal act.
  There's also the mystical, spiritual side of Ayurveda, which sees all intelligence and wisdom as flowing from one source.
  However, this enthusiasm for the mystical potential of human technology is misplaced, illogical, and spiritually dangerous.
  Such a view of the world was inclined toward mystical and allegorical meaning of reality and truth.
  The particular quality of beauty has long been imagined and revered as the mystical bridge with which humans can traverse the worlds and access the divine.
  Synonyms
  symbolic, metaphorical, figurative, representative, emblematic, imagistic, parabolic, symbolizing
  symbolic, symbolical, allegorical, representational, metaphorical, emblematic, emblematical, non-literal
2. 1.2 Relating to ancient religious mysteries or other occult or esoteric rites.
  the mystical practices of the Pythagoreans
  Example sentencesExamples
  This emphasis links Buddhism with the mystical traditions of ancient India, such as yoga.
  It has been certified by nanas of umpteen ancient cultures to contain mystical curative properties.
  Together they unravel and expose the island's medicine woman who delves into the dark secrets of obeah, an ancient mystical practice similar to voodoo.
  Alan Nowell says the interwoven patterns depict monks performing ancient mystical dances.
  For many mystery cults, salvation was to come from a person's association, through a mystical rite, with a hero who had conquered death.
  Many scholars have, in fact, described New Age ideas as a revival of esoteric and mystical religion traditions rooted in humanity's ancient past.
  Consequently he is often referred to as the original author of the texts, a legendary collection of magical works, said to contain all the mystical knowledge of the ancient world.
  Consider the secrecy of this mystical religion.
  Finally, a naturalistic worldview is one that has no supernatural or mystical element to it.
  These are people who have a naturalistic worldview, free of supernatural and mystical elements.
  It's not something you need to be initiated into with mystical rites.
  These medical philosophers argued that bodily ills were caused by occult and mystical influences.
  Whenever a far-away or long-dead culture can be invoked, a mystery or an entire mystical philosophy can be generated.
  His interests were wide and many but by the turn of the century his main interests were esoteric, mystical, and occult.
  Yeats drew from mystical or occult traditions.
  For centuries, the meaning of the mysterious and mystical Egyptian hieroglyphs baffled the greatest minds in the world.
  To those on a quest for spiritual evolution or transformation, they promise entry into an esoteric world of ancient mystical wisdom.
  As belief in magick grew great and strong, its followers became more secretive and strict about the lore and beliefs of these mystical ways.
  If hypnosis is not an altered state or gateway to a mystical and occult unconscious mind, then what is it?
  Thus far she has used Catholic iconography and explored Buddhism, and is now studying Kabbala, an ancient Jewish mystical tradition.
  Synonyms
  puzzling, strange, peculiar, curious, funny, queer, odd, weird, bizarre, mystifying, inexplicable, baffling, perplexing, bewildering, confusing, uncanny, dark, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unexplainable, unfathomable, delphic, sibylline, unaccountable, insoluble, obscure
  spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable
3. 1.3 Of hidden or esoteric meaning.
  a geometric figure of mystical significance
  Example sentencesExamples
  That the space program remains so important to the hearts and minds of Americans seems explicable only through the mystical nature of space exploration.
  Inbreeding doesn't cause disease - it's not a mystical force that weakens the strength of the dog.
  Look, I appreciate that, in some deep mystical sociological sense, it was all our fault.
  Summer, at that age, has a mystical quality, where time appears to have no end.
  Some days I think anything is possible and the world is this mystical wonderful place and we all have a magical part in making life the way it is.
  Dating back 100 million years, the diamond is rare, tenacious and mystical as no two are ever alike.
  Miller is also the local undertaker and seems to have both an intuitive and mystical sense of how critically important his work is.
  She demonstrates her ability to transform common pop into unusual, mystical notes.
  It was an esoteric, kind of mystical thing that went on.
  Through painting he sought to uncover mystical inner forces that animate nature.
  Joyce himself believed the progress of his writing was, in some mystical sense, bound up with his daughter's illness.
  The UN's authority is instead one of those ineffable mystical mysteries.
  Synonyms
  cryptic, concealed, hidden, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, recondite, inscrutable, inexplicable, unfathomable, mysterious, secret, enigmatic, occult, cabbalistic, obscure, unrevealed
2Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
the mystical forces of nature
Example sentencesExamples
- The woman was dead, a walking, talking pale corpse seemingly brought back to life by the omnipotent mystical forces of necromancy.
- This someone or something is usually either God or the mystical forces of nature.
- Sure, he is a driven man, pushed by the mystical forces that inform the devout.
- Regular contact with the beneficent mystical forces will surround you with a protective aura.
- For example, they were familiar with certain metals, including gold, which inspired mystical reverence as the perfect element.
- She thought of the universe as being full of mystical forces including gravitation and magnetism.
- Witnessing the mystical wonders of the tallest peak of the world through the windows of our 1900C Beechcraft is a different experience altogether.
- Instead of conveying any specific religious message, the whole piece projects a genuine sense of mystical awe that is irresistible.
- Music really is a mystical force, a deep psychological wisdom that has the power to heal what is happening to human beings on this planet.
- Under that plump moon and the glowering gaze of the Matterhorn, we understood why the Swiss feel an almost mystical sense of oneness with the pile of rock.
- Trees as one of the oldest symbols of life have from the ancient period been associated with the mystical forces of nature.
- It's my way of tapping into the eternal mystery of life, that mystical force that rolls on despite the petty attempts of humans to change it.
- I wonder if there is some sort of mystical force that compels me to be such a miserable bastard.
- With such strange and mystical forces at your command, you will possess all the skills and wisdom you need to defeat the Dark Lord.
- We are left to our own resources to either wait in hope for someone to knock on our doorstep or to take fate in our own hands and go in search of that wonderful mystical phenomenon called love.
Synonyms
extraordinary, out of the ordinary, exceptional, unusual, uncommon, rare, singular, signal, peculiar, unprecedented, outstanding, remarkable, phenomenal, abnormal, anomalous, inexplicable, unaccountable
1. 2.1 Concerned with the soul or the spirit, rather than with material things.
  the beliefs of a more mystical age
  Example sentencesExamples
  Like parapsychology, intelligent design is a defense of the soul; it just emphasizes intelligence rather than a mystical consciousness.
  You may share a special and mystical relationship with a soul mate.
  The way to mystical freedom is by way of letting go of conventional concerns and achieving union with the Dao.
  One thing this seems to imply is that that soul is not the mystical animating spirit of the person, so much as their conscience.
  According to the teachings of the world's major religions, this mystical soul, or spirit, somehow lives on after death.
  He just wanted to try to explain the body without resorting to some mystical soul.

单词	mystical
释义	Definition of mystical in English: mystical adjective ˈmɪstɪk(ə)lˈmɪstək(ə)l 1Relating to mystics or religious mysticism. the mystical theology of Richard Rolle Example sentencesExamples This recognition accounts for the current interest, in Western countries, in mystical experiences and Eastern religions. Over the ages, the weeping of tears has been a sign of the mystical experiences of saints and repentant sinners. A common belief among ancient cultures was that the laws of numbers have not only a practical meaning, but also a mystical or religious one. In his early years, he studied with deeply mystical teachers of several religions, including Buddhists, Muslims and Christians. The temptation is to read it as a sort of mystical or religious experience. And yet this seems very similar to perhaps mystical experiences or experiences of the mystics who wanted to lose themselves in the oneness of God, to become one with God. Have you had a mystical or religious experience yet? In different ways, they've become disillusioned in respect of romantic love, have the rewards and consolations of religious and mystical experience and feel compelled to act responsibly. ‘You are God’ is the big mystical secret of all religious traditions. This dogma can only be demolished by drawing clear distinctions between scientific evidence and the evidence of religious and/or mystical experience. Besides catalyzing their mystical and religious inclinations, he also provides assistance of a more practical sort. At the core of all religious traditions is a mystical experience, an experience of unity, of oneness, with the divine. Many of my most profound mystical experiences were in drug-induced shamanic states. It's important for us to be critical in judging the mystical products of our religious traditions. Theology is the mystical contemplation of God by the creatively receptive consciousness of the mind and heart. At the time, Micheal and I differed on certain fundamentals behind our work, especially in the area of religious and mystical experiences. He described an interesting sociological research project, to create standards for what mystical religious experiences are. Patients with temporal lobe seizures sometimes have intense mystical and religious experiences. Varieties of religious experience often appear under other labels such as mystical, ecstatic, numinous, anomalous, and paranormal. He is a lost cause, as his dislike of religious / mystical tendencies is well known. Synonyms supernatural, paranormal, other-worldly, supernormal, preternatural, metaphysical, extrasensory, transcendental, magic, magical, mystic, occult spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable 1.1 Having a spiritual symbolic or allegorical significance that transcends human understanding. the mystical body of Christ Example sentencesExamples And that was considered to be something mystical and spiritual. It does so by exploring the extent to which there were shared worlds of formal scholarship and of mystical understanding. While wordless understanding seems a bit mystical and precious, it may not be as strange as it seems. Beyond this there also lies a mystical or spiritual meaning. However, this enthusiasm for the mystical potential of human technology is misplaced, illogical, and spiritually dangerous. Before we enter the mystical realm of organizational symbolism, first let me define the terminology. There's also the mystical, spiritual side of Ayurveda, which sees all intelligence and wisdom as flowing from one source. The particular quality of beauty has long been imagined and revered as the mystical bridge with which humans can traverse the worlds and access the divine. Such a view of the world was inclined toward mystical and allegorical meaning of reality and truth. Taoism is a Chinese philosophical tradition that emphasizes the spiritual and mystical connection between human beings and nature. It is also fitting that she chose such an allegorical, almost mystical way to present such a brutal act. Here's the real story: The notion of human rights is mystical. Synonyms symbolic, symbolical, allegorical, representational, metaphorical, emblematic, emblematical, non-literal 1.2 Relating to ancient religious mysteries or other occult or esoteric rites. the mystical practices of the Pythagoreans Example sentencesExamples This emphasis links Buddhism with the mystical traditions of ancient India, such as yoga. For many mystery cults, salvation was to come from a person's association, through a mystical rite, with a hero who had conquered death. Together they unravel and expose the island's medicine woman who delves into the dark secrets of obeah, an ancient mystical practice similar to voodoo. Finally, a naturalistic worldview is one that has no supernatural or mystical element to it. To those on a quest for spiritual evolution or transformation, they promise entry into an esoteric world of ancient mystical wisdom. These are people who have a naturalistic worldview, free of supernatural and mystical elements. As belief in magick grew great and strong, its followers became more secretive and strict about the lore and beliefs of these mystical ways. Many scholars have, in fact, described New Age ideas as a revival of esoteric and mystical religion traditions rooted in humanity's ancient past. Consider the secrecy of this mystical religion. It has been certified by nanas of umpteen ancient cultures to contain mystical curative properties. Consequently he is often referred to as the original author of the texts, a legendary collection of magical works, said to contain all the mystical knowledge of the ancient world. These medical philosophers argued that bodily ills were caused by occult and mystical influences. It's not something you need to be initiated into with mystical rites. Thus far she has used Catholic iconography and explored Buddhism, and is now studying Kabbala, an ancient Jewish mystical tradition. For centuries, the meaning of the mysterious and mystical Egyptian hieroglyphs baffled the greatest minds in the world. Whenever a far-away or long-dead culture can be invoked, a mystery or an entire mystical philosophy can be generated. Alan Nowell says the interwoven patterns depict monks performing ancient mystical dances. His interests were wide and many but by the turn of the century his main interests were esoteric, mystical, and occult. Yeats drew from mystical or occult traditions. If hypnosis is not an altered state or gateway to a mystical and occult unconscious mind, then what is it? Synonyms puzzling, strange, peculiar, curious, funny, queer, odd, weird, bizarre, mystifying, inexplicable, baffling, perplexing, bewildering, confusing, uncanny, dark, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unexplainable, unfathomable, delphic, sibylline, unaccountable, insoluble, obscure spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable 1.3 Of hidden or esoteric meaning. a geometric figure of mystical significance Example sentencesExamples She demonstrates her ability to transform common pop into unusual, mystical notes. Through painting he sought to uncover mystical inner forces that animate nature. It was an esoteric, kind of mystical thing that went on. Some days I think anything is possible and the world is this mystical wonderful place and we all have a magical part in making life the way it is. Inbreeding doesn't cause disease - it's not a mystical force that weakens the strength of the dog. The UN's authority is instead one of those ineffable mystical mysteries. Summer, at that age, has a mystical quality, where time appears to have no end. Look, I appreciate that, in some deep mystical sociological sense, it was all our fault. Dating back 100 million years, the diamond is rare, tenacious and mystical as no two are ever alike. Joyce himself believed the progress of his writing was, in some mystical sense, bound up with his daughter's illness. Miller is also the local undertaker and seems to have both an intuitive and mystical sense of how critically important his work is. That the space program remains so important to the hearts and minds of Americans seems explicable only through the mystical nature of space exploration. Synonyms cryptic, concealed, hidden, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, recondite, inscrutable, inexplicable, unfathomable, mysterious, secret, enigmatic, occult, cabbalistic, obscure, unrevealed 2Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination. the mystical city of Kathmandu Example sentencesExamples Music really is a mystical force, a deep psychological wisdom that has the power to heal what is happening to human beings on this planet. This someone or something is usually either God or the mystical forces of nature. Sure, he is a driven man, pushed by the mystical forces that inform the devout. For example, they were familiar with certain metals, including gold, which inspired mystical reverence as the perfect element. We are left to our own resources to either wait in hope for someone to knock on our doorstep or to take fate in our own hands and go in search of that wonderful mystical phenomenon called love. Witnessing the mystical wonders of the tallest peak of the world through the windows of our 1900C Beechcraft is a different experience altogether. With such strange and mystical forces at your command, you will possess all the skills and wisdom you need to defeat the Dark Lord. It's my way of tapping into the eternal mystery of life, that mystical force that rolls on despite the petty attempts of humans to change it. The woman was dead, a walking, talking pale corpse seemingly brought back to life by the omnipotent mystical forces of necromancy. Trees as one of the oldest symbols of life have from the ancient period been associated with the mystical forces of nature. Under that plump moon and the glowering gaze of the Matterhorn, we understood why the Swiss feel an almost mystical sense of oneness with the pile of rock. Regular contact with the beneficent mystical forces will surround you with a protective aura. Instead of conveying any specific religious message, the whole piece projects a genuine sense of mystical awe that is irresistible. I wonder if there is some sort of mystical force that compels me to be such a miserable bastard. She thought of the universe as being full of mystical forces including gravitation and magnetism. Synonyms extraordinary, out of the ordinary, exceptional, unusual, uncommon, rare, singular, signal, peculiar, unprecedented, outstanding, remarkable, phenomenal, abnormal, anomalous, inexplicable, unaccountable 2.1 Concerned with the soul or the spirit, rather than with material things. the beliefs of a more mystical age Example sentencesExamples He just wanted to try to explain the body without resorting to some mystical soul. According to the teachings of the world's major religions, this mystical soul, or spirit, somehow lives on after death. Like parapsychology, intelligent design is a defense of the soul; it just emphasizes intelligence rather than a mystical consciousness. One thing this seems to imply is that that soul is not the mystical animating spirit of the person, so much as their conscience. You may share a special and mystical relationship with a soul mate. The way to mystical freedom is by way of letting go of conventional concerns and achieving union with the Dao. Derivatives mystically adverb ‘You would have to meet him to know,’ she answers rather mystically. Example sentencesExamples ‘I foresaw your coming,’ she mystically murmured. They must indeed be mystically connected to me. The beginners look at it mystically, a title they hear about but cannot imagine holding. These things happen mysteriously, mystically, magically. Rhymes deistical, egoistical, logistical, papistical Definition of mystical in US English: mystical adjectiveˈmɪstək(ə)lˈmistək(ə)l 1Relating to mystics or religious mysticism. the mystical experience Example sentencesExamples ‘You are God’ is the big mystical secret of all religious traditions. The temptation is to read it as a sort of mystical or religious experience. This recognition accounts for the current interest, in Western countries, in mystical experiences and Eastern religions. This dogma can only be demolished by drawing clear distinctions between scientific evidence and the evidence of religious and/or mystical experience. In different ways, they've become disillusioned in respect of romantic love, have the rewards and consolations of religious and mystical experience and feel compelled to act responsibly. Varieties of religious experience often appear under other labels such as mystical, ecstatic, numinous, anomalous, and paranormal. And yet this seems very similar to perhaps mystical experiences or experiences of the mystics who wanted to lose themselves in the oneness of God, to become one with God. He is a lost cause, as his dislike of religious / mystical tendencies is well known. At the time, Micheal and I differed on certain fundamentals behind our work, especially in the area of religious and mystical experiences. In his early years, he studied with deeply mystical teachers of several religions, including Buddhists, Muslims and Christians. At the core of all religious traditions is a mystical experience, an experience of unity, of oneness, with the divine. A common belief among ancient cultures was that the laws of numbers have not only a practical meaning, but also a mystical or religious one. Over the ages, the weeping of tears has been a sign of the mystical experiences of saints and repentant sinners. Patients with temporal lobe seizures sometimes have intense mystical and religious experiences. Many of my most profound mystical experiences were in drug-induced shamanic states. Besides catalyzing their mystical and religious inclinations, he also provides assistance of a more practical sort. He described an interesting sociological research project, to create standards for what mystical religious experiences are. Theology is the mystical contemplation of God by the creatively receptive consciousness of the mind and heart. It's important for us to be critical in judging the mystical products of our religious traditions. Have you had a mystical or religious experience yet? Synonyms supernatural, paranormal, other-worldly, supernormal, preternatural, metaphysical, extrasensory, transcendental, magic, magical, mystic, occult spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable 1.1 Spiritually allegorical or symbolic; transcending human understanding. the mystical body of Christ Example sentencesExamples It does so by exploring the extent to which there were shared worlds of formal scholarship and of mystical understanding. And that was considered to be something mystical and spiritual. Beyond this there also lies a mystical or spiritual meaning. Before we enter the mystical realm of organizational symbolism, first let me define the terminology. Here's the real story: The notion of human rights is mystical. While wordless understanding seems a bit mystical and precious, it may not be as strange as it seems. Taoism is a Chinese philosophical tradition that emphasizes the spiritual and mystical connection between human beings and nature. It is also fitting that she chose such an allegorical, almost mystical way to present such a brutal act. There's also the mystical, spiritual side of Ayurveda, which sees all intelligence and wisdom as flowing from one source. However, this enthusiasm for the mystical potential of human technology is misplaced, illogical, and spiritually dangerous. Such a view of the world was inclined toward mystical and allegorical meaning of reality and truth. The particular quality of beauty has long been imagined and revered as the mystical bridge with which humans can traverse the worlds and access the divine. Synonyms symbolic, metaphorical, figurative, representative, emblematic, imagistic, parabolic, symbolizing symbolic, symbolical, allegorical, representational, metaphorical, emblematic, emblematical, non-literal 1.2 Relating to ancient religious mysteries or other occult or esoteric rites. the mystical practices of the Pythagoreans Example sentencesExamples This emphasis links Buddhism with the mystical traditions of ancient India, such as yoga. It has been certified by nanas of umpteen ancient cultures to contain mystical curative properties. Together they unravel and expose the island's medicine woman who delves into the dark secrets of obeah, an ancient mystical practice similar to voodoo. Alan Nowell says the interwoven patterns depict monks performing ancient mystical dances. For many mystery cults, salvation was to come from a person's association, through a mystical rite, with a hero who had conquered death. Many scholars have, in fact, described New Age ideas as a revival of esoteric and mystical religion traditions rooted in humanity's ancient past. Consequently he is often referred to as the original author of the texts, a legendary collection of magical works, said to contain all the mystical knowledge of the ancient world. Consider the secrecy of this mystical religion. Finally, a naturalistic worldview is one that has no supernatural or mystical element to it. These are people who have a naturalistic worldview, free of supernatural and mystical elements. It's not something you need to be initiated into with mystical rites. These medical philosophers argued that bodily ills were caused by occult and mystical influences. Whenever a far-away or long-dead culture can be invoked, a mystery or an entire mystical philosophy can be generated. His interests were wide and many but by the turn of the century his main interests were esoteric, mystical, and occult. Yeats drew from mystical or occult traditions. For centuries, the meaning of the mysterious and mystical Egyptian hieroglyphs baffled the greatest minds in the world. To those on a quest for spiritual evolution or transformation, they promise entry into an esoteric world of ancient mystical wisdom. As belief in magick grew great and strong, its followers became more secretive and strict about the lore and beliefs of these mystical ways. If hypnosis is not an altered state or gateway to a mystical and occult unconscious mind, then what is it? Thus far she has used Catholic iconography and explored Buddhism, and is now studying Kabbala, an ancient Jewish mystical tradition. Synonyms puzzling, strange, peculiar, curious, funny, queer, odd, weird, bizarre, mystifying, inexplicable, baffling, perplexing, bewildering, confusing, uncanny, dark, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unexplainable, unfathomable, delphic, sibylline, unaccountable, insoluble, obscure spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable 1.3 Of hidden or esoteric meaning. a geometric figure of mystical significance Example sentencesExamples That the space program remains so important to the hearts and minds of Americans seems explicable only through the mystical nature of space exploration. Inbreeding doesn't cause disease - it's not a mystical force that weakens the strength of the dog. Look, I appreciate that, in some deep mystical sociological sense, it was all our fault. Summer, at that age, has a mystical quality, where time appears to have no end. Some days I think anything is possible and the world is this mystical wonderful place and we all have a magical part in making life the way it is. Dating back 100 million years, the diamond is rare, tenacious and mystical as no two are ever alike. Miller is also the local undertaker and seems to have both an intuitive and mystical sense of how critically important his work is. She demonstrates her ability to transform common pop into unusual, mystical notes. It was an esoteric, kind of mystical thing that went on. Through painting he sought to uncover mystical inner forces that animate nature. Joyce himself believed the progress of his writing was, in some mystical sense, bound up with his daughter's illness. The UN's authority is instead one of those ineffable mystical mysteries. Synonyms cryptic, concealed, hidden, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, recondite, inscrutable, inexplicable, unfathomable, mysterious, secret, enigmatic, occult, cabbalistic, obscure, unrevealed 2Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination. the mystical forces of nature Example sentencesExamples The woman was dead, a walking, talking pale corpse seemingly brought back to life by the omnipotent mystical forces of necromancy. This someone or something is usually either God or the mystical forces of nature. Sure, he is a driven man, pushed by the mystical forces that inform the devout. Regular contact with the beneficent mystical forces will surround you with a protective aura. For example, they were familiar with certain metals, including gold, which inspired mystical reverence as the perfect element. She thought of the universe as being full of mystical forces including gravitation and magnetism. Witnessing the mystical wonders of the tallest peak of the world through the windows of our 1900C Beechcraft is a different experience altogether. Instead of conveying any specific religious message, the whole piece projects a genuine sense of mystical awe that is irresistible. Music really is a mystical force, a deep psychological wisdom that has the power to heal what is happening to human beings on this planet. Under that plump moon and the glowering gaze of the Matterhorn, we understood why the Swiss feel an almost mystical sense of oneness with the pile of rock. Trees as one of the oldest symbols of life have from the ancient period been associated with the mystical forces of nature. It's my way of tapping into the eternal mystery of life, that mystical force that rolls on despite the petty attempts of humans to change it. I wonder if there is some sort of mystical force that compels me to be such a miserable bastard. With such strange and mystical forces at your command, you will possess all the skills and wisdom you need to defeat the Dark Lord. We are left to our own resources to either wait in hope for someone to knock on our doorstep or to take fate in our own hands and go in search of that wonderful mystical phenomenon called love. Synonyms extraordinary, out of the ordinary, exceptional, unusual, uncommon, rare, singular, signal, peculiar, unprecedented, outstanding, remarkable, phenomenal, abnormal, anomalous, inexplicable, unaccountable 2.1 Concerned with the soul or the spirit, rather than with material things. the beliefs of a more mystical age Example sentencesExamples Like parapsychology, intelligent design is a defense of the soul; it just emphasizes intelligence rather than a mystical consciousness. You may share a special and mystical relationship with a soul mate. The way to mystical freedom is by way of letting go of conventional concerns and achieving union with the Dao. One thing this seems to imply is that that soul is not the mystical animating spirit of the person, so much as their conscience. According to the teachings of the world's major religions, this mystical soul, or spirit, somehow lives on after death. He just wanted to try to explain the body without resorting to some mystical soul.
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