mysticism

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

But mysticism also holds sway behind the closed door of politics.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Among Freedom Advances’ 151 hopefuls are a former Playboy model, an ex-member of the leftist party that long ruled Argentina and an influencer famous for talking about politics and mysticism on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025

It’s intimate drama laced with mysticism, an adult theme ultimately handled with a hint of levity for this family-friendly show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025

White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Here he soon became disgusted with the mysticisms of the schoolmen.

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon

There are superstitions of the reason and of realism,—the grotesque fancies, mysticisms, and vagaries which prevail, and the diseased gusto for something ultra and outlandish which affects many raw and undisciplined minds.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 by Various

I have forgotten, long ago, the subject of debate, but Alcott started out with one of his characteristic mysticisms, and, after allowing him to commit himself fully, I interrupted him with a question.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James

From these mysticisms and technicalities of Troubadour and all other poetic guilds Browning decisively detaches his poet.

From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)

They are happy, cheerful spirits, void of mysteries, and do not torture people with mysticisms.

From Old Fritz and the New Era by Langley, Peter