/'mɪstɪsɪzəm; `mɪstə,sɪzəm/
n [U] belief or experiences of a mystic; teaching and belief that knowledge of God and of real truth may be reached through meditation or spiritual insight, independently of reason and the senses 神秘主义者的信仰和体验; 神秘主义（相信不用理性和感官而藉默想与心灵内省即可认识上帝与真理的学说）
*Christian mysticism 基督教的神秘主义
* A strain of mysticism runs through his poetry. 他的诗作中贯穿着神秘主义的情调.

n[U]
a religious practice in which people try to get knowledge of truth and to become united with God through prayer and meditation