Mysticism

Mysticism, from the Greek {{polytonic|???}} (mueo, "to conceal"), is the pursuit of achieving communion with, or conscious awareness of ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct, personal experience (intuition or insight) rather than rational thought; the belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension that are central to being and directly accessible through personal experience; or the belief that such experience is a genuine and important source of knowledge. In the Hellenistic world, ?mystical? referred to "secret" religious rituals.

See also

• Apophatic theology
• Astrology
• Christian meditation
• Esoteric Christianity
• Esotericism
• Faith healing
• Ken Wilber
• List of dignitaries of mystical organisations
• List of spirituality-related topics
• Meditation
• National mysticism
• Neo-Tech
• Occultism
• The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception
• Rosicrucian
• Sufism
• Surat Shabd Yoga
• Thelema
• Western mystery tradition
• Yoga