a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.
What does being mystical mean?
The definition of mystical is having a spiritual or mysterious reality. ... Of mystics or mysticism; esp., relating to or based on intuition, contemplation, or meditation of a spiritual nature.
What are the characteristics of a mystic?
According to James, mystical experiences have four defining qualities:
- Ineffability. According to James the mystical experience "defies expression, that no adequate report of its content can be given in words".
- Noetic quality. ...
- Transiency. ...
- Passivity.
