Definition of "mystic" []

• Of or relating to religious mysteries or occult rites and practices. (adjective)
• Of or relating to mysticism or mystics. (adjective)
• Inspiring a sense of mystery and wonder. (adjective)
• Mysterious; strange. (adjective)
• Enigmatic; obscure. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I use the word mystic not in the current sense of one who employs exotic implements like crystals, flutes, or shaman rattles in his meditations or who performs self-designed rites in hopes of persuading the spirit world to illumine his present and supply his needs."
• "Thurston discusses what he calls mystic hunger strikers, as well as the disconcerting ability to see without eyes."
• "I've never heard Jesus described before as a yogi i.e., someone who practices yoga, but I have heard him called a mystic which is similar but different."