Mysticism is nearly universal and unites most religions in the quest for divinity.
It can also be a sense of mystical knowledge. In areas of the occult and psychic it denotes an additional domain of esoteric knowledge and paranormal communication. Even though it is thought that just monks and ascetics can become mystics, mysticism usually touches all people at least once in their lives. The term mystica appeared in the Christian treatise, Mystica Theologia , of an anonymous Syrian Neoplatonist monk of the late fifth or early sixth century, who was known pseudonymously as Dionysius the Areopagite. In this work mysticism was described as the secrecy of the mind.