All 11 Uses of
mystic
in
Snow Crash
- Said it was irrational mysticism.†
Chpt 7-8 *
- They don't have any problem with irrational mysticism as long as it makes money.†
Chpt 7-8
- You're just the same mystical crank you always were," he says, smiling so as to make this a charming statement.†
Chpt 7-8
- You can't imagine how mystical and cranky I am now, Hiro.†
Chpt 7-8
- How mystical and cranky are you?†
Chpt 7-8
- If mystical explanations are ruled out, then it seems that glossolalia comes from structures buried deep within the brain, common to all people.†
Chpt 27-28
- Yes, but they have a kind of mystical or magical force.†
Chpt 33-34
- The belief in the magical power of language is not unusual, both in mystical and academic literature.†
Chpt 35-36
- The Kabbalists— Jewish mystics of Spain and Palestine-believed that super. normal insight and power could be derived from properly combining the letters of the Divine Name.†
Chpt 35-36
- In the end, they are both somewhat mystical.†
Chpt 35-36
- And we have a small, extremely literate power elite— the people who go into the Metaverse, basically-who understand that information is power, and who control society because they have this semimystical ability to speak magic computer languages.†
Chpt 57-58
Definition:
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(mystic) relating to realities that are outside of scientific understanding and normal experience; or one who attempts to tune into such realities