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mystic

[mis-tik] / ˈmɪs tɪk /


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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

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

What Lincoln called “the mystic chords of memory” will help hold stricken neighborhoods and neighbors together and will, over time, help knit together connections beyond roads and pipes and power grids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

And I, the former mystic, was thinking: Yes, man is stronger, greater than God.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

Muslims ruled large parts of India from the early 13th to the 19th century, and during this era Muslim preachers and Sufi mystics actively proselytized for Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Baba is a commonly used term in India to refer to mystics and religious gurus and also to fathers or grandfathers by both Hindus and Muslims.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Some of Altadena’s notable properties, Zorthian Ranch and the Bunny Museum among them, tell the story of the community’s long-standing role as a haven for free spirits, mystics and counterculture figures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025

“Do you know why Mercy still sought out healers and mystics all those years later?”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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