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This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Mysticism 00:01:48 1 Etymology 00:05:22 2 Definitions 00:06:38 2.1 Union with the Divine or Absolute and mystical experience 00:09:54 2.2 Religious ecstasies and interpretative context 00:10:56 2.3 Intuitive insight and enlightenment 00:12:30 2.4 Spiritual life and re-formation 00:13:01 3 History of the term 00:13:10 3.1 Hellenistic world 00:13:34 3.2 Early Christianity 00:15:35 3.3 Medieval meaning 00:16:54 3.4 Early modern meaning 00:18:09 3.5 Contemporary meaning 00:20:02 4 Variations of mysticism 00:21:00 4.1 Shamanism 00:22:36 4.2 Western mysticism 00:22:45 4.2.1 Mystery religions 00:23:17 4.2.2 Christian mysticism 00:23:26 4.2.2.1 Early Christianity 00:23:55 4.2.2.2 Orthodox Christianity 00:25:31 4.2.2.3 Western Europe 00:27:26 4.2.3 Western esotericism and modern spirituality 00:28:09 4.3 Jewish mysticism 00:29:53 4.4 Islamic mysticism 00:33:09 4.5 Indian religions 00:33:18 4.5.1 Hinduism 00:35:11 4.5.2 Tantra 00:36:04 4.5.3 Sant-tradition and Sikhism 00:37:00 4.6 Buddhism 00:40:44 4.7 Taoism 00:41:23 4.8 The Secularization of Mysticism 00:41:52 5 Scholarly approaches of mysticism and mystical experience 00:42:04 5.1 Types of mysticism 00:44:11 5.2 Mystical experiences 00:46:53 5.3 Perennialism versus constructionism 00:49:07 5.4 Contextualism and attribution theory 00:50:03 5.5 Neurological research 00:51:37 5.6 Mysticism and morality 00:52:53 6 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: increases imagination and understanding improves your listening skills improves your own spoken accent learn while on the move reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:    / @wikipediatts983   You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." Socrates SUMMARY ======= Mysticism is the practice of religious ecstasies (religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness), together with whatever ideologies, ethics, rites, myths, legends, and magic may be related to them. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ultimate or hidden truths, and to human transformation supported by various practices and experiences.The term "mysticism" has Ancient Greek origins with various historically determined meanings. Derived from the Greek word μυω, meaning "to conceal", mysticism referred to the biblical liturgical, spiritual, and contemplative dimensions of early and medieval Christianity. During the early modern period, the definition of mysticism grew to include a broad range of beliefs and ideologies related to "extraordinary experiences and states of mind".In modern times, "mysticism" has acquired a limited definition, with broad applications, as meaning the aim at the "union with the Absolute, the Infinite, or God". This limited definition has been applied to a wide range of religious traditions and practices, valuing "mystical experience" as a key element of mysticism. Broadly defined, mysticism can be found in all religious traditions, from indigenous religions and folk religions like shamanism, to organised religions like the Abrahamic faiths and Indian religions, and modern spirituality, New Age and New Religious Movements. Since the 1960s scholars have debated the merits of perennial and constructionist approaches in the scientific research of "mystical experiences". The perennial position is now "largely dismissed by scholars", most scholars using a contextual approach, which takes the cultural and historical context into consideration.