Sacred mystery

Sacred mystery
Type	Concept / ideal
Field	Philosophy of religion
Category

Sacred mystery is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of metaphysics and ultimate reality: questions about God, divinity, being, spirits, sacred reality, and the structure of the cosmos.

Overview

This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of Sacred mystery. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.

In philosophy of religion

In philosophy of religion, concepts such as Sacred mystery can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.

Associated traditions and worldviews

The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:

• Christianity
• Islam
• Judaism
• Baha'i Faith
• Adidam
• Aetherius Society
• Anthroposophy
• Eckankar
• Evolutionary Spirituality
• Exotheology
• Gnosticism
• Ancient Egyptian religion
• Ancient Greek religion
• Asatru
• Celtic paganism
• Druidry
• Heathenry
• Hellenism
• Kemetism
• Mesopotamian religion
• Modern Paganism
• Norse paganism
• Religio Romana
• Rodnovery
• Roman religion
• Romuva
• Tengrism
• Wicca
• Alexandrian Wicca
• British Traditional Wicca
• Dianic Wicca
• Feri Tradition
• Gardnerian Wicca
• Stregheria
• Traditional Witchcraft

Related concepts

• God
• Ultimate reality
• Divinity
• Theism
• Deity
• Supreme being
• Classical theism
• Personal god

See also

• Philosophy of religion
• Religious concepts and ideals
• Concepts and ideals by tradition