Mysticism, from the Greek μυω (muo, "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, ...

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Mysticism, Mysticism - Types of mystical experience, Mysticism - Mysticism and epistemology, Mysticism - Subjectivity and mysticism, Mysticism - Self-transcending self-discovery, Mysticism - Mysticism and syncretism, Mysticism - On the difficulty of defining mysticism, Mysticism - Theosophy and Occultism, Mysticism - Examples in major traditions, Mysticism - Hindu mystics, Mysticism - Chinese mystics, Mysticism - Christian mystics, Mysticism - Islamic mystics, Mysticism - Jewish mystics, Mysticism - Other mystics

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The term Perennial Philosophy, coined by Leibniz and popularized by Aldous Huxley, relates to what some take to be the mystic's primary concern: [W]ith the one, divine reality substantial to the manifold world of things and lives and minds. But the nature of this one reality is such that it cannot be directly or immediately apprehended except by those who have chosen to fulfill certain conditions, making themselves lo ...

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Mysticism, Mysticism - Types of mystical experience, Mysticism - Mysticism and epistemology, Mysticism - Subjectivity and mysticism, Mysticism - Self-transcending self-discovery, Mysticism - Mysticism and syncretism, Mysticism - On the difficulty of defining mysticism, Mysticism - Theosophy and Occultism, Mysticism - Examples in major traditions, Mysticism - Hindu mystics, Mysticism - Chinese mystics, Mysticism - Christian mystics, Mysticism - Islamic mystics, Mysticism - Jewish mystics, Mysticism - Other mystics

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Within the subject of occultism Crowley wrote widely, penning commentaries on the Tarot (The Book of Thoth), yoga (Book Four), the Kabbalah (Sepher Sephiroth), astrology (The General Principles of Astrology), and numerous other subjects. He also wrote a Thelemic "translation" of the Tao Te Ching, based on earlier English translations since he knew little or no Chinese. Like the Golden Dawn mystics before him, Crowley evidently sought to comprehend the entire human religious and mystical experience in a sing ...

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T'ien-T'ai Chinese school of Buddhism. {BCW}

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Hwan (Chinese) Spirit.

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Miaotse (Chinese) {SD 2:280-1, 337, 339}

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Nebban or Neibban (Chinese) Equivalent to nirvana; often called nippang in Tibet.

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Pa (Chinese) Men-Serpents {SD 2:209}

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Nippang (Chinese) Liberation, moksha. {SD 1:38n}

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Hwan (Chinese) Spirit.

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Tsung-men Chinese esoteric Buddhism. {BCW 14:447, 450}

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Tuan Ying T'u Chinese classic. {SD 2:365}

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T'ien-chan (Chinese) The universe, referring to the matter side or forms.

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FEI CHI

(Chinese) Flying Chariot.

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Huan (Chinese) Also hwun. Spirit; used in the I Ching, equivalent to atman.

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Hiuen-Tsang Chinese Buddhist  (see refs from Hiouen Thsang and Huien-Tsang)

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Hiuen-Tsang Chinese Buddhist  (see refs from Hiouen Thsang and Huien-Tsang)

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Huan (Chinese) Also hwun. Spirit; used in the I Ching, equivalent to atman.

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Kung (Chinese) The "great tone"; the tonic sound of nature (BCW 12:550)

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