mysticism
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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
These highly autobiographical works draw on her Afro-Brazilian heritage, radiate with mysticism and focus on womanhood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
But mysticism also holds sway behind the closed door of politics.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
During an eight-week trial, the court heard the couple had created their own bespoke belief system based on a mixture of elements that drew from New Age mysticism and West African religion.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025
But then, much later, another rather curious idea arose, an assault by mysticism and superstition into what had been largely an empirical science.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing mysticism
The Old Man and the Sea
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"The Fallacy of Success" by G.K. Chesterton
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