mystic

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Other intellectual influences include Jean Grenier, who had taught him philosophy in Algeria, and his contemporary Simone Weil, a mystic and anarchist.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

An entrancing set of 13 Glass songs to texts by the 13th-century mystic Jalal al-Din Rumi was supposed to serve as the framework for pioneering 21st-century opera with 3D imagery.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

It was this identification with Derbyshire that led Tutti to write Re-Sisters in 2002, which also focused on another non-conformist woman, the medieval Norfolk mystic Margery Kempe.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

Healy Lake members, Combs said, have long considered their dogs to be mystic companions.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

She would sit on a throne before the sacred fire, surrounded by swirling mystic vapors, and people who wanted predictions would write their question on a slip of paper and drop it in the fire.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder