religious mysticism

Other forms: religious mysticisms

Definitions of religious mysticism
  1. noun
    a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
    synonyms: mysticism
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    types:
    quietism
    a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
    Sufism
    Islamic mysticism
    type of:
    faith, religion, religious belief
    a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
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