What does Mystical mean?

Having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence. the mystical food of the sacrament. b. : involving or having the nature of an individual's direct subjective communion with God or ultimate reality. the mystical experience of the Inner Light. Mystical. relating to the belief that there is hidden meaning in life, or that each human being can unite with God: The story depicts how a soul gains mystic knowledge. Synonym. mystical. Mystical feelings are feelings of an all-encompassing unity. Therefore, they involve a transformation at the level of existential feeling. Theistic mystics sometimes speak as though they have the awareness of being fully absorbed into God or even becoming identical to God. Examples are the Islamic Sufi mystic al-Husayn al-Hallaj (858–922) proclaiming “I am the Real” (see Schimmel 1975, chap.