Mystic

Impressions, not inquiry, guides your insights.

For Mystics faith is not a thought-out set of ideas, but instead a set of impressions that are largely gained from everything happening around them. They do not try to put life (and never God) under a microscope. They connect with God through wordless experiences. Symbols, pictures and words are only efforts to try and capture this deeper truth.

Your faith is essentially intuitive and non-conceptual.

They live in a world beyond verified facts and things that are more imaginative. They form conceptions of God, though the ways they describe God are vague and somewhat “magical.” They don't seek to get a ‘handle’ on God, no matter how sophisticated that ‘handle’ is. Words are deep pools of thought that one can explore for eternity without discovering the bottom. They enjoy swimming in them without the need to own them. Their faith is non-rational, but not anti-rational.

Large mythical stories are your guide.

Mystics are involved with the rituals of their religious community by experiencing them and learning from those around them. Mystics love mythical stories of people larger than life who deal with basic human concerns. The most beloved myths are those in which good triumphs over evil.

You have a post-critical attitude toward life and faith.

Mystics find meaning in exposures that use wonder & imagination. They are open to be part of encounters with mystery, wonder and vagueness. Mystics have developed a post-critical attitude toward faith. They have the ability to believe almost anything.