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mysticism

mysticism Mysticism is a form of religious or speculative thought that claims a direct, immediate experience of the divine or the ultimate basis of existence.

Mysticism is a form of religious or speculative thought that claims a direct, immediate experience of the divine or the ultimate basis of existence. In this view, ordinary reflective thought is set aside in favor of a supposed higher, supra-rational union in which the sense of separate individuality may disappear.