The mystical faith that we had in the exquisite perfection of our institutions has been progressively eroded by the deconstructive capabilities of the communications revolution.
This same mystical faith is what you find an ocean or two away, culturally speaking, in several Korean shaman figures on horseback and riding tigers.
A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical Christian faith.
This mystical faith in the raising of interest rates to cure all ills is frighteningly pagan.
Since actual figures can be cited in such claims and many people maintain a mystical faith in numbers, this is indeed a sort of numbers game.
This was the period when the various Sufi orders or tariqas were founded, each with its particular interpretation of the mystical faith.
Annan, however, has an almost mystical faith in positive outcomes.
Faith in it is one way, not mystical faith but the faith that comes out of history.
Only one of blind mystical faith like the man with the cell phone, hand still out, can really expect one now.
But he was drawn to her long red hair and mystical faith in the miniature Celtic runes she would draw from a bag for advice.