Mystical is understood as everything that is related to mysticism, to the spiritual connection that individuals can develop with the extraterrestrial. The term mystic is a qualifying adjective that is used, then, to designate people or situations that have to do with mysticism or mysticism.
The term mystic comes from the Greek myo, which means to close the eyes, and from myeomai, which means to be initiated.
An experience is mystical when it cannot be verified by reason or the senses, since it comes from spiritual self-knowledge
When we speak of a person as someone mystical, we are referring to a person who has a highly developed spiritual side, perhaps more than the average person, and who demonstrates that spirituality or that connection with what is beyond earthly life not only from actions such as prayer, devotion or passion for the object of worship, but also many times in the way of dressing, in the way of communicating, in the rather peaceful, relaxed or calm attitudes that it possesses and that undoubtedly has to do with that intimate relationship with what we cannot rationally understand.
Many times, the current society in which we live forgets to take into account a mystical side, becoming more interested in earthly or material things or concerns. This is why when a person has a high level of mysticism, or considers himself as a mystical person, he tends to clash with other people, both for better and for worse. Thus, a mystical person can easily become the object of different types of ridicule because people stop seeing that devotion or passion that they feel to understand it as an unusual person. Other times, a person with a high degree of mysticism can be seen by many as an interesting example of life that proposes another way of approaching reality and that provides many meaningful ideas for it.
Mystics in the Christian religious tradition
San Juan de la Cruz and Santa Teresa de Jesús were Spanish literati of the seventeenth century and both expressed deep spiritual concerns in their works. In this sense, they sought union with God in their own soul.
In other words, through a process of internalization away from reason and the senses, they began a spiritual search, also known as divine illumination. In mysticism it is intended that the human soul connects with the soul of God and this union is known as the unitive way. It should be noted that in the Christian tradition prayer is one of the ways used by mystics.
In the eastern tradition
In some Eastern religions and philosophies its followers are considered mystics, as they seek to achieve fulfillment and inner happiness. In the Indian tradition of the Vedas and in Buddhism there are approaches along these lines. Certain meditation techniques or yoga practice incorporate a mystical sense of existence.
At the same time, the higher states of consciousness in Buddhism are equally forms of interaction between spirit and the infinite consciousness of the cosmos.
In philosophy
In a general sense, mysticism as a personal attitude focuses on carrying out an activity of a spiritual nature in order to fuse the human soul with the divinity or the forces that govern the world.
This approach was part of the Neoplatonic school in antiquity, as the philosophers of this current sought the inner enlightenment of the soul and for this they delved into intuitive intelligence and not purely rational intelligence.
The inner experiences of a mystic are not explicable in an analytical sense and cannot be expressed in words either. It is something that cannot be talked about but can be felt.
Finally, some philosophers have asked whether mysticism is a form of knowledge or is simply a way of expressing transcendence.
