religious mystic

Other forms: religious mystics

Definitions of religious mystic

1. noun

   someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
   synonyms: mystic

   examples:

   Gautama Siddhartha

   founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)

   Chuang-tzu

   4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism

   Jakob Behmen

   German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

   Johannes Eckhart

   German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327)

   types:

   quietist

   a religious mystic who follows quietism

   type of:

   believer, worshiper, worshipper

   a person who has religious faith