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mysticism

[mis-tuh-siz-uhm] / ˈmɪs təˌsɪz əm /


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Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Photographer Sebastian Pii is the perfect guide through the bewildering mysticism of Colombian writer-director Augusto Sandino’s debut.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

But mysticism also holds sway behind the closed door of politics.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

Among Freedom Advances’ 151 hopefuls are a former Playboy model, an ex-member of the leftist party that long ruled Argentina and an influencer famous for talking about politics and mysticism on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

Does he think that I will be content with small mysticism, or will he exert himself to seem unique?

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson




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