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Mysticism

Obscurity of doctrine.

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Cerebration 76% connected

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

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Faith 76% connected

Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on…

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Intellection 76% connected

A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itsel…

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Religion 76% connected

The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedien…

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Thinking 76% connected

of Think

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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Quietism 76% connected

Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.

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Sufism 76% connected

A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in…

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Mystic 74% connected

Alt. of Mystical

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Mystic 74% connected

Alt. of Mystical

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Mystical 74% connected

Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

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Mystical 74% connected

Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

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