Mysticism vs. Spirituality

Mysticismnoun

The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.

Mysticismnoun

A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.

Mysticismnoun

A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.

Mysticismnoun

Obscure thoughts and speculations.

Mysticismnoun

Obscurity of doctrine.

Mysticismnoun

The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained.

Mysticismnoun

The doctrine that the ultimate elements or principles of knowledge or belief are gained by an act or process akin to feeling or faith.

Mysticismnoun

a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

Mysticismnoun

obscure or irrational thought

Mysticism

Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ultimate or hidden truths, and to human transformation supported by various practices and experiences.The term has Ancient Greek origins with various historically determined meanings.

Spiritualitynoun

The quality or state of being spiritual.

Spiritualitynoun

Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.

Spiritualitynoun

Appreciation for religious values.

Spiritualitynoun

(obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

Spiritualitynoun

(obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.

Spiritualitynoun

The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.

Spiritualitynoun

That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

Spiritualitynoun

An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.

Spiritualitynoun

property or income owned by a church

Spiritualitynoun

concern with things of the spirit

Spirituality

The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various connotations can be found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which , oriented at as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.