Communion Quote by Florence Nightingale

Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight into an…

— Vernon Howard

Mysticism is the idea that direct knowledge of God or ultimate reality is achieved through personal, subjective intuition or experience apart from, or even…

— John Macarthur

Mysticism, according to its historical and psychological definitions, is the direct intuition or experience of God; and a mystic is a person who has,…

— Evelyn Underhill

Mysticism is, in essence, little more than a certain intensity and depth of feeling in regard to what is believed about the universe.

— Bertrand Russell

Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome.

— Albert Schweitzer

“ 'Mysticism' here means, in the literal sense, a change of sensory impressions and organ sensations into something unreal and beyond this world. ”

— Wilhelm Reich

Mysticism is the passionate longing of the soul for God.

— Evelyn Underhill

Mysticism is the study of power, its use, and its abuse. At every moment you are getting stronger or you are growing weaker. At…

— Frederick Lenz

A mystic is a spiritual realist, a person for whom the Invisible is a matter of more or less firsthand experience.

— Frances Parkinson Keyes

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in…

— Elie Wiesel

A mystic is someone who aches for, continually searches for, direct contact with God; contact not mediated through the emotions or intellect, but a…

— Doug Ferguson

Mysticism has often been misunderstood as the attempt to escape this simple, phenomenal world to a more pure existence in heaven beyond. This is…

— Walter Wink