Mysticism
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Mysticism encompasses religious traditions of human transformation aided by various practices and religious experiences. Popularly, mysticism is used synonymously with mystical experience, a neologism
Liber Divinorum Operum, or the Universal Man of St. Hildegard of Bingen, 1185 (13th-century copy)
The Appearance of the Holy Spirit before Saint Teresa of Ávila, Peter Paul Rubens
A Buryat shaman performing a ritual on Olkhon Island
Life of Francis of Assisi by José Benlliure y Gil
Sufism
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Sufism or Sufi Islam whose practitioners are known as "Sufis", is a mystic body of religious practices within Islam that is characterized by a focus on purification, spirituality, ritualism, and ascet
Mysticism
…mind". Broadly defined, mysticism as a way of personal transformation can be found in a number of religious traditions, including Christianity, Judaism, Sufism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and the broad collection of traditions known as Western esotericism. "Mysticism" is derived from the Greek μύω, meaning "I conceal…
Man holding the hem of his beloved, an expression of a Sufi's agony of longing for the divine union
The works of Al-Ghazali firmly defended the concepts of Sufism within the Islamic faith.
Tomb of Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
The Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam (built 1324 A.D) is located in Multan, Pakistan. Known for its multitude of Sufi shrines, Multan is nicknamed The City of Saints.