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Mystic   /mˈɪstɪk/   Listen
Mystic

noun
1.
Someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension.  Synonym: religious mystic.
adjective
1.
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.  Synonyms: mysterious, mystical, occult, orphic, secret.  "The mystical style of Blake" , "Occult lore" , "The secret learning of the ancients"
2.
Relating to or resembling mysticism.  Synonym: mystical.  "Mystical theories about the securities market"
3.
Relating to or characteristic of mysticism.  Synonym: mystical.



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"Mystic" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Trynyte, by Henry Pepwell. In the yere of our lorde God, M.CCCCC.XXI., the xvi. daye of Nouembre." They may, somewhat loosely speaking, be regarded as belonging to the fourteenth century, though the first and longest of them professes to be but a translation of the work of the great Augustinian mystic ...
— The Cell of Self-Knowledge - Seven Early English Mystical Treaties • Various

... of the peninsula upon which Boston stands, lies Charleston, divided from it by a river (Mystic) about the breadth of the Thames at London Bridge. Neither the British nor Provincial troops had hitherto bethought themselves of securing this place. In its neighbourhood, a little to the east, is a high ground called Bunker's Hill, which overlooks and commands ...
— The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 - From 1620-1816 • Egerton Ryerson

... tobacco, and of various ages, are introduced. Hardham, like the rest, never told his secret how the snuff was made, but left it as a heritage to his successors. It is very probable, therefore, that the mystic figures, 37, we have quoted represented the number of qualities, growths, and description of the 'fragrant weed' introduced by him into his snuff, and may be regarded as a sort of appellative rebus, ...
— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

... the distance exceeds one hundred miles; from whom he received his intelligence they never knew. As to the Dahcotahs themselves, they never considered it possible that it might be a knavery of the prophet's, but attributed it altogether to his mystic lore. ...
— Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) • James Athearn Jones

... times, without variation. From the indistinct utterance, elevated voice, and rapid manner in which it is pronounced, it certainly has a wild effect, and is more strongly impressed with the character of a mystic rite, or incantation, than with any other religious ceremony with which ...
— Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee • William Carleton


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