mysticism: Spirituality; the pursuit of direct spiritual or religious experience. Spiritual discipline aimed at union or communion with Ultimate Reality or God through deep meditation or trance-like contemplation. From the Greek mystikos, "of mysteries."

Characterized by the belief that Truth transcends intellectual processes and must be attained through transcendent means.

See: mysticism, occultism, clairaudient, clairvoyance, psychic, trance.psychic abilities, siddhi.

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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, 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 - 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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Hindu Trinity. See TRIMURTI

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Hindu Schools, Six. See DARSANA

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Castes, Hindu. See CHATUR-VARNA

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Hindu Schools, Six. See DARSANA

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Hiouen Thsang. See HIUEN-TSANG

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Saktidhara (Sanskrit) Power-holder, holder of a spear; an epithet of the Hindu god Karttikeya in his mystical function as a warrior.

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Nava-nidhi (Sanskrit) The nine jewels; in Hindu mysticism, "a consummation of spiritual development . . ." (TG 225).

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Mangala (Sanskrit) Hindu Mars {SD 2:124n}

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Hindu Trinity. See TRIMURTI

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Achthnichi Hindu gods or devas of fire (BCW 7:283).

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Vasuki (Sanskrit) Hindu great snake, god of secret wisdom. {BCW 7:283, 14:284}

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Vairagis (Sanskrit) A class of Hindu mendicants {{BCW 2:457} (see ref from Bairagis)}

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Sridhara (Sanskrit) A well-known Hindu author of various commentaries.

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Samvat Era, Samvatsara First year of Hindu quinquennial age{BCW}

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Rathapala (Sanskrit) A great Hindu arhat (cf VS 83-4); featured in the allegorical legend Rathapala-sutrasanne.

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Mahajvala (Sanskrit) [from maha great + jvala flame]

A large flame; name of one of the hells in Hindu philosophy.

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