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mysticism

noun as in occultism

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Darwin was among the many scientists that have helped society evolve out of mysticism, superstition and faith.

This coming from someone who has studied mysticism and went on a manifestation yoga retreat.

“Sexxx Dreams” has all the come-hither appeal of a sultry Janet Jackson track without any of the erotic mysticism.

Or of the Zohar, the foundational work of Jewish mysticism, which was written in Spain.

But beyond that, it also has an aura about it, a mysticism of exclusiveness, that makes it rather forbidding.

She lived near Warm Springs when she wrote the last six books, and she utilized the style of mysticism in these works.

Hence he gives the impression of insincerity, of trifling with grave subjects and of using mysticism as a mask for frivolity.

He visited Paris in 1867 and the story of his travels in Russia later are full of charm, of folk lore and religious mysticism.

It was mysticism; it was magic; it was foolish superstition.

It is Mysticism, all taken out of William Law, after he had lost his senses, poor man!

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mysticism, such as: cabala, cabalism, kabala, kabbalism, pietism, and quietism.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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