- a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect神秘主义者(依靠默祷冥想及自我捐弃, 寻求达到与神或绝对者为一, 或出神与之相合, 或者相信通过精神觉悟把握人类智力所不及的真理)。
词源
Middle English (in the sense 'mystical meaning'): from Old French mystique, or via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs 'initiated person' from muein 'close the eyes or lips', also 'initiate'. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 17th cent.