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mystic

[mis-tik] / ˈmɪs tɪk /


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Bailey Rose Quiñones is a mystic earth nun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Rasputin is in fact an ex-Green Beret from Buffalo, N.Y., named Patrick, but he had a religious awakening and now claims to be the reincarnated spirit of the notorious Russian mystic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

The door opened and the two armed men returned, between them the tall Talib in white, still wearing his dark John Lennon glasses, looking like some broad-shouldered, New Age mystic guru.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Such activities include praying to gods and deities, fortunetelling and physiognomy, and consulting spiritual gurus or mystics, according to party commentaries and state media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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

Unlike some of the bolder mystics of medieval Europe, however, she is relatively circumspect about her powers and thus attracts little unwanted attention.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

“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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