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   mysterious

   /mɪˈstɪərɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify: "his colleague had vanished in mysterious circumstances" Similar puzzlingstrangepeculiarcuriousfunnyqueeroddweirdbizarremystifyinginexplicablebafflingperplexingbewilderingconfusinguncannydarkimpenetrableincomprehensibleunexplainableunfathomableDelphicsibyllineunaccountableinsolubleobscurearcanereconditesecretesotericoccultcryptichiddenconcealedsupernaturalmysticalOpposite straightforward
   • ▪ (of a location) having an atmosphere of strangeness or secrecy: "a dark, mysterious, windowless building"
   • ▪ (of a person) deliberately enigmatic: "she was mysterious about herself but said plenty about her husband" Similar enigmaticinscrutablesecretivesphinxlikecloak-and-daggerreticentnon-committaldiscreetevasivefurtivesurreptitiouscovertblackOpposite open

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French mystérieux, from mystère ‘mystery’.

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   • 1. mysteriousness noun

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   Sep 9, 2024 · Work the most unique words in the English dictionary into your everyday conversations thanks to this list that provides endless entertainment.

3. lonerwolf.com › mystical-experience9 Signs You’ve Had a Mystical Experience - LonerWolf

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   Sep 21, 2024 · In essence, the mystical experience is a state of being in which the personal ego (or separate sense of self) merges back into the Divine Self, also known as Source, Consciousness, God, Nondual Awareness, Brahman, or Nirvana. Recommended. Shadow & Light Membership.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MysticismMysticism - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, [1][2] but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. [web 1] It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ultimate or hidden truths, and to human transformation supported by various practices and e...

5. www.britannica.com › topic › mysticismMysticism - Spiritualism, Experience, Beliefs | Britannica

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   Sep 19, 2024 · It is the mind or intellect that conceptualizes the processes of action and reaction, equality and opposition, and perhaps attraction and repulsion. Equally extrasensory are the realities operative in emotional relationships.

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6. www.britannica.com › topic › mysticismMysticism | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

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   Sep 19, 2024 · The term mystic is derived from the Greek noun mystes, which originally designated an initiate of a secret cult or mystery religion. In Classical Greece (5th–4th century bce) and during the Hellenistic Age (323 bce –330 ce), the rites of the mystery religions were largely or wholly secret.

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7. credoreference.libguides.com › unexplainedMysteries and the Unexplained in Credo: Mysterious Creatures

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   Sep 11, 2024 · A race of supernatural beings in Germanic and Norse folklore. In Britain, over the centuries, they came to be almost synonymous with the diminutive fairies of native British folklore, until J.R.R. Tolkien’s depiction of them in Lord of the Rings helped to restore a concept of them which was much closer to the original Germanic one. Fairy.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionaryCambridge Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus

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