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All the mystical religious experiences refer to dreams, especially in Turkey where there is this Sufi tradition.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026 -
The action is punctuated by flash-frame collages that bring earlier and later observations together in a tumble of associations and hint at the drama’s mystical, phantasmagorical essence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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The work confronts the bodily and psychic horrors of slavery and its aftermath.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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This started as a psychic exercise to pass time during the Covid lockdowns of 2020, but the practice has continued to occupy Benning since.—
Alex Bacon,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
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The language has mystic overtones and rhythmic sections; it might be better felt than understood.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Dera was founded in 1948 by the mystic Mastana Balochistani in the Haryana city of Sirsa, near the northern state’s borders with Punjab, India’s breadbasket, and the desert state of Rajasthan.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The general thrust of the changes were to de-melodramatize Salieri’s action and to focus more attention on his guilt and metaphysical torment.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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But, after Hume, liberals came increasingly to find even the barest invocation of metaphysical principles to be an embarrassment.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Coogler’s latest project draws on his Southern roots and family history to deliver a paranormal tale about two brothers who open a juke joint in their Mississippi hometown.—
Quincy Bowie,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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The building once housed a saloon that saw its share of shootouts and robberies—paranormal researchers claim to have found a reappearing bloodstain there.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Spiritualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualistic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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