Mysticism is an English word with synonyms like intellection or cerebration. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Mysticism in a sentence
Mysticism meaning
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
Synonyms of Mysticism
Using Mysticism
- The main meaning on this page is: The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics. | A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth. | A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- Useful related words include: religious mysticism, intellection, cerebration, thought process.
- In the example corpus, mysticism often appears in combinations such as: of mysticism, mysticism and, and mysticism.
Context around Mysticism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mysticism
- In this selection, "mysticism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jewish, primitive, developed, saying, teaches and led stand out and add context to how "mysticism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a perplexing mysticism and supernatural and about great mysticism and skepticism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mysticism" sits close to words such as akure, aman and bagging, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mysticism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But as a tourist of Eastern mysticism, it scratched an itch. (11 words)
Having embraced Dada, surrealism and mysticism, he was thought a trickster. (11 words)
He locates Paul between the two extremes of primitive mysticism and developed mysticism. (13 words)
More clearly, however, the Egyptian legal scholar and mystic al-Shaʿrānī (d. 1565) is on record as criticizing such practitioners of mysticism, saying: ‘Be with the law, however that may be, not with inspirations, as they could be mistaken. (39 words)
My personal interest in Jewish mysticism led me to reach out to the rabbi, who was on a lecture tour in the United States at the time, and to ask him for an opportunity to meet with him. (38 words)
While mysticism is often associated with specific types of prayer and profound experiences, as seen in the works of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, St. Thérèse’s experience was different. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
He locates Paul between the two extremes of primitive mysticism and developed mysticism.
But as a tourist of Eastern mysticism, it scratched an itch.
Deep mysticism, a new type of desert, spontaneous forests, polyandry, fast cars, the power of Gerewol, this novel has many lives.
Despite the mysticism of the Force being a prevalent theme in all projects, Star Wars has always been about more than just the Jedi and the Sith.
It is home to the conscious aspirational global wanderer seeking apparel that is understated, experiential and imbued with a hint of mysticism.
More clearly, however, the Egyptian legal scholar and mystic al-Shaʿrānī (d. 1565) is on record as criticizing such practitioners of mysticism, saying: ‘Be with the law, however that may be, not with inspirations, as they could be mistaken.
Rather than the series' hero getting teleported from the average world into one of mysticism and adventure, Satan is taken out of hell and sent to the real world.
While mysticism is often associated with specific types of prayer and profound experiences, as seen in the works of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, St. Thérèse’s experience was different.
Jewish mysticism teaches that the soul is like the wind because just as the wind is not something we can see but feel, so too is the soul.
That someone just happens to be on board with middle age mysticism as the ostensible basis for political power.
We all laughed as it answered her question and perfectly captured the magic and mysticism of the tradition.
Beyond the good-versus-evil struggle, there exists a perplexing mysticism and supernatural lineage both Ben and Brother Justin exist within.
Having embraced Dada, surrealism and mysticism, he was thought a trickster.
Mathematicians, philosophers and historians agree that numbers have great predictive power but the way numerologists suggest numbers work brings about great mysticism and skepticism from critics who simply don’t believe.
My personal interest in Jewish mysticism led me to reach out to the rabbi, who was on a lecture tour in the United States at the time, and to ask him for an opportunity to meet with him.
They subdue her and Spider-Man wants to take down Kindred, mysticism or not, and Doctor Strange agrees.
According to The Knot, the biggest trend of 2020 will be mysticism - meaning anything from sage and burning incense to crystals.
As her life carried her deeper into the healing arts and mysticism, Leah became interested in sound as a living breathing entity.
Influenced by the trends of his time, Tissot was drawn to Japanese art and mysticism.
It aims at secularism, rationalism and equalism as against dogma, superstition and mysticism.
Common combinations with mysticism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of mysticism 17×
- mysticism and 14×
- and mysticism 11×
- jewish mysticism 6×
- mysticism in 5×
- the mysticism 4×
- mysticism or 4×
- eastern mysticism 3×
- mysticism of 3×
- mysticism is 3×