A mystic is capable of looking behind the veil of human limitations and through heightened senses, perceive the will of GOD more completely. There are several key elements which comprise the mystical state. It must be experienced directly, is more emotional than cerebral, and can't be adequately explained in words . Though the trance is usually brief in duration, the mystic experiences an almost complete obliteration of space, time, and self. It involves passing from ordinary consciousness, from the minimal to the maximal, the limited to the infinite, and at the same time, from chaos into calm.
Significant revelations occur, abounding in truth and importance.
Prophecies for the future, sudden enlightenment of texts, information about faraway events, are all examples of kinds of truth communicated in a mystical manner. Memory of the vision always remains with the mystic, and the newly imparted knowledge is always life-altering. The experience is one of extreme ecstasy accompanied by an uplifting sense of security. It snuffs out Saint Teresa as a hysteric, Saint Francis of Assisi as an hereditary degenerate. George Fox's discontent with the shams of his age, and his pining for spiritual veracity, it treats as a symptom of a disordered colon.