Both Uses of
mystic
in
Childhood's End
- And the evidence is hopelessly confused with mysticism-perhaps the prime aberration of the human mind.†
Chpt 9 *mysticism = belief in realities that are outside of scientific understanding and normal experience
- Yet your mystics, though they were lost in their own delusions, had seen part of the truth.†
Chpt 20mystics = people said to comprehend reality using supernatural means
Definitions:
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(1)
(mystic) relating to realities that are outside of scientific understanding and normal experience; or one who attempts to tune into such realities
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)