Mysticism is a concept that famously, perhaps even by definition, refuses to be pinned down. In 1911, the English writer Evelyn Underhill called it “a certain spiritual and intangible quest ...

They primarily focus on tantric practices and meditation, which are believed to grant them mystical powers and deep spiritual insight. The philosophy of Aghor, which means “not harsh or severe ...

In particular, medieval Jewish male mystics increasingly emphasized that the changing ... rabbinical views of the female body and their ramifications for women’s spiritual development, Koren compares ...