How to Use mysticism in a Sentence

mysticism

noun

• Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mysticism.
• And of course, all that mysticism and magic is just a metaphor for the hell of growing up.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
• Wixarikas are known for their mysticism and fine crafts.
  — Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• The name Edgar Cayce is well-known to those with a belief in mysticism and the unexplained.
  — AL.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• The book is filled with musings on mysticism and cute doodles of stars.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• And there’s just something about the mysticism of the play and how it’s written and its scale that feels important to me.
  — June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• Hold the Dark narratively goes to new depths, or heights, in terms of the mysticism and folklore of the culture.
  — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2018
• Follow the lead of the designers who’ve got mysticism on the mind and make a break for the great desertscapes of the American Southwest.
  — Rachel Waldman, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2018
• In its luminous prose, and its nods to mysticism and myth, the novel brings to mind the best of Toni Morrison.
  — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
• There was not the slightest trace of mysticism in what was happening.
  — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• The core appeal of Doctor Strange comes from the tension between medicine and mysticism.
  — Joe George, Men's Health, 25 Apr. 2022
• But the thing that always pushed Hurts forward was that mysticism locked inside his own heart.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 20 Apr. 2023
• In Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism, this music is food for the soul.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2021
• Brand strategists would pay for the kind of allure and near mysticism that surrounds an Hermès Birkin bag.
  — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Nov. 2014
• There was not a speck of hysterical mysticism in Prince George’s wife, Mary.
  — Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
• In mysticism, the infinity symbol connects to the ouroboros, the image of the snake eating its tail.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2024
• Yet somehow, mysticism has become a lifestyle trend, the kooky aunt or cousin of the wellness movement.
  — Heather Schwedel, Slate Magazine, 28 Sep. 2017
• But as with any form of mysticism, there are people who are more sensitive to it than others.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• And soon Elizabeth starts doing weird things with rocks, a touch of mysticism that just looks like writerly quirk run amok.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 5 June 2019
• Here the storefronts peddle desert mysticism, health food and local art.
  — New York Times, 19 Dec. 2017
• Making full use of the mysticism and magnetism of Kashi, Champaneri immerses us in a city teeming with as much life as death.
  — Jenny Bhatt, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
• There was a little bit of mysticism mixed in it too, the belief that there were forces within the earth that could cause something to take on the appearance of something else.
  — Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2017
• Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin was a bluesman to his core, albeit one with a weakness for elfin mysticism.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 6 Oct. 2020
• That the Catholic Church should have acted as one of the brakes on that daft mysticism will perhaps perplex the Bill Mahers of the world, who understand so little about it.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 11 June 2019
• This is a town embraced in an atmosphere of magic and mysticism.
  — Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2021
• Byrne’s brand of mysticism and romance is familiar, but all the sweeter for being so.
  — Noah Berlatsky, Chicago Reader, 22 Mar. 2018
• Now any man capable of mysticism is hunted by the Aes Sedai and stripped of his abilities (a process that can turn fatal).
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• There is an ethereal mysticism to the lyrical passages, and a big-hearted warmth.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 10 July 2018
• The collected works gracefully espouse themes of blurred identity, the interplay between mysticism and observable reality, and the belief in the power of art, underscoring notions of self-acceptance and a confident orientation toward the future.
  — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
• Beliefs in witchcraft and mysticism crop up mostly among agrarian societies, and consequently are commonly triggered by environmental crises.
  — Evan Fraser, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2015

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024