nonmystic

adjective

involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.

of the nature of or pertaining to mysteries known only to the initiated: mystic rites.

of occult character, power, or significance: a mystic formula.

of obscure or mysterious character or significance.

of or pertaining to mystics or mysticism.

noun

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.

a person initiated into religious mysteries.

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English mystik < Latin mysticus < Greek mystikós, equivalent to mýst(ēs) an initiate into the mysteries + -ikos -ic; akin to myeîn to initiate, teach

Related forms

mys·tic·i·ty

[mi-stis-i-tee] , noun

mys·tic·ly, adverb

an·ti·mys·tic, adjective, noun

non·mys·tic, adjective, noun

sem·i·mys·tic, adjective

un·mys·tic, adjective

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mystic (ˈmɪstɪk)

—n
1.	a person who achieves mystical experience or an apprehension of divine mysteries

—*adj*
2.	another word for mystical

[C14: via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs mystery initiate; related to muein to initiate into sacred rites]

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mystic

late 14c., "spiritually allegorical, pertaining to mysteries of faith," from O.Fr. mistique, from L. mysticus, from Gk. mystikos "secret, mystic," from mystes "one who has been initiated" (see mystery (1)). Meaning "pertaining to occult practices or ancient religions" first

recorded 1610s. The noun meaning "exponent of mystical theology" is from 1670s, from the adjective. The place name in Connecticut is deformed from Algonquian missituk "great tidal river," from missi "large" + -tuk "tidal river."

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"The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the superficial praise of the "creative" is the desire to kill. It is the old war between the mystic and the nonmystic, a war to the death."

-May Sarton

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