Mysticism in poetry is an intriguing concept for those on quest for a higher reality. It can be broadly defined as the existence of something beyond human comprehension or physical reality." According to Caroline Spurgeon --a scholar contemporary with T.S. Eliot, “Mysticism is a term so irresponsibly applied in English that it has become the firstduty of those who use it to explain what they mean by it." Mysticism is not really a coherent philosophy of life or a doctrine, but more a temper of mind. A mystical experience, according to Bertrand Russel, involves insight, a sense of unity and the unreality of time and space, and a belief that evil is mere an appearance. The word Mysticismrefers to a divine experience of union with the Universal Self, where an individual transcends his gross physicality, becoming one with the supreme deity (or deities, depending on the poet’s belief system).

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