Above and beyond Quote by 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

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

Mysticism: to dwell on the unseen, to withdraw ourselves from the things of sense into communion with God - to endeavour to partake of…

— Florence Nightingale

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 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

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

— Wilhelm Reich

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

— Frances Parkinson Keyes

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 is the passionate longing of the soul for God.

— Evelyn Underhill

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

— Elie Wiesel