mystic
Contemplative holy person
A mystic is someone who seeks direct experience of the divine or ultimate reality through contemplation, meditation, or spiritual practices.
The word suggests someone attuned to hidden truths beyond ordinary perception: She consulted the village mystic.
As an adjective, mystic describes things with spiritual or supernatural significance: mystic visions, mystic rites.
The word overlaps with mystical, though mystic as an adjective sounds more poetic or archaic.
Focused attention practice
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
chakra · zen · satori · ascetic · monk · sage · guru · dharma
Soul, mood, or liquor
- ghostApparition of the dead
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
haunted · supernatural · otherworldly · incorporeal · spectre · wraith · shade · vision
Obscure in meaning
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- veiledConcealed or obscured
obscure · arcane · ineffable · esoteric · occult · hidden · secret · unknowable
meditation
Focused attention practice
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
mantra · chakra · zen · satori · ascetic · monk · sage · guru · dharma · karma
spirit
Soul, mood, or liquor
- ghostApparition of the dead
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
ethereal · haunted · supernatural · otherworldly · incorporeal · spectre · wraith · shade · vision · séance
cryptic
Obscure in meaning
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
veiled · obscure · arcane · ineffable · esoteric · occult · hidden · secret · unknowable · oracular
divine
Of or from gods
temple · pilgrimage · saint · prophet · scripture · devotion · worship · ritual · sacrament · blessed
sublime
Awe-inspiring greatness
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- celestialOf the sky above
supernal · beatific · rapture · bliss · cosmic · infinite · eternal · ascension · epiphany · numinous
- mysticismgnosis, divine union, divine spark, union with God, illumination
- mysticsseer, clairvoyant, diviner, spiritualist, holy man
- psychicspsychic, psychics, fortune teller, clairvoyant, clairvoyants
- gurusguru, swami, spiritual teacher, spiritual master, zen master
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- spiritualitysacred, enlightened, divine, holy, spiritual growth
mysticclear
Without obstruction or fog
plain · obvious · straightforward · unambiguous · evident
mysticrationalist
One guided by reason
empiricist · materialist · skeptic · scientific · scientist
- murder mysteryFiction about solving killings
- mystery novelFiction solving a crime
- mystical creaturesSupernatural beings from folklore
- mysterious phenomenaUnexplained strange events
- mystery meatUnidentifiable cafeteria food
- mystery writerAuthor of whodunits
mystery, mysterious, mystical, mystique, mysticism, mystically, mystics