Mysticism: Practice of religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness

Mysticism is the belief that people can directly experience God or true reality, rather than through books, ritual or other people.

People who practice this are called mystics.

Mysticism: Hindu mystics, Christian mystics, Islamic mystics
Liber Divinorum Operum, or the Universal Man of St. Hildegard of Bingen, 1185 (13th-century copy)

Mystics exist within most religions, though not all people who practice religions are mystics. Mystics may experience visions or dreams, or hear God as a voice.

Hindu mystics

Some examples of Hindu mystics:

    Shankara
    Sri Ramakrishna

Christian mystics

Some examples of Christian mystics:

Islamic mystics

Islamic Mysticism is known as Tassawuf (or Sufism) and a detailed list of Muslim Sufi mystics is given on the Sufism page.

Jewish mystics

Some examples of Jewish mystics:

Buddhist mystics

Some examples of Buddhist mystics:

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