mysticism

This term describes a spiritual orientation that prioritizes direct, subjective experience over the structured doctrines of organized religion. It evokes a sense of transcendence and the dissolution of the boundary between the individual self and a higher power or universal consciousness. As an uncountable noun, it refers to a conceptual system or a quality of experience. It does not take a plural form in standard usage, as it represents an abstract state or a philosophical approach rather than a discrete object.