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| - | "To establish contact with the [[mysterious]] forces which rule the world, to come to terms with them, to obtain their co-operation or complicity, such is the objective of all those who devote themselves to [[magic]] and to whom, rightly or wrongly, people attribute [[supernatural]] powers and a special gift of receptivity to everything [[marvellous]]."--''[[A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural]]'' (1961) by Maurice Bessy | + | "To establish contact with the [[mystery|mysterious]] forces which rule the world, to come to terms with them, to obtain their co-operation or complicity, such is the objective of all those who devote themselves to [[magic]] and to whom, rightly or wrongly, people attribute [[supernatural]] powers and a special gift of receptivity to everything [[marvellous]]."--''[[A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural]]'' (1961) by Maurice Bessy |
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| [[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c. 1887) by Odilon Redon, a phrase from the ''[[Pensées]]'' (1669) by Blaise Pascal]] | [[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c. 1887) by Odilon Redon, a phrase from the ''[[Pensées]]'' (1669) by Blaise Pascal]] | ||
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"To establish contact with the mysterious forces which rule the world, to come to terms with them, to obtain their co-operation or complicity, such is the objective of all those who devote themselves to magic and to whom, rightly or wrongly, people attribute supernatural powers and a special gift of receptivity to everything marvellous."--A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural (1961) by Maurice Bessy |
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A mystery is something secret or unexplainable; unknown; someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature.
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Etymology
From Middle English mysterie, from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (musterion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mustēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (mueō, “I initiate”), from μύω (muō, “I shut”).
Mystery, mysteries, or mysterious may refer to:
Religion
Culture
Genres
- Mystery film, a genre in cinema
Literature
- Mystery (fiction), a genre of detective fiction
- Mysteries (novel) or Mysterier, an 1892 existentialist novel by Knut Hamsun
- "Mystery" (Pee-wee's Playhouse), an episode of the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Mystery play, a form of medieval European dramatic theatre dealing with religious themes
Film and television
- Mystery!, a long-running PBS program showcasing British detective fiction
- Mystery TV, a Canadian digital television channel
- Mystery (television), a children's television show
See also
