mystical

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Neither need the insight be exactly simultaneous with what makes the experience mystical.
• sound: This may sound a bit mystical, but that's how it is!

Modifies a noun

• positivism: In mystical positivism, the errors of both are combined together to form a potent ' grand narrative ' for our age.
• theology: In other words; their theology was mystical theology, the fruit of prayer.
• ecstasy: The Mawlawi rites sam â symbolize the divine love and mystical ecstasy; they aim at union with the Divine.
• tradition: Picasso's art was likewise indebted to this mystical tradition.
• communion: Tom Smith had cultivated an almost mystical communion with horses.
• significance: Granite is one of the oldest stones in the earth's crust and, for Cox, bears a mystical significance.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: Had she been hinting at an almost mystical dimension to her work?
• somewhat: The ecology is more sentimental than scientific, influenced by the author's love of the magical and her somewhat mystical feminism.
• rather: Some, of course, know that intuitive thinking does have value in its own right, but see it in rather mystical terms.
• even: Others gave the wearer good luck or even mystical powers.
• very: The Roman Catholic Church during the Dark Ages became very mystical.
• not: The Middle East was not mystical, neither is God.

Used with adjective complement

• get: I've spoken to many musicians about this and some of them get quite mystical about it, some talk about scientific explanations.
• seem: It starts with a chord which seems mystical - almost sacred.
• become: The Roman Catholic Church during the Dark Ages became very mystical.
• sound: If you try to talk about it, it sounds mystical, but I'm making a very practical statement here.
• visit: Day 4 - Thursday " Boxing Day " - the coach travels inland today to visit mystical Glencoe.