of an obscure nature; the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms; a deep dark secret; the inscrutable workings of Providence; in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson; rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands

[ Syn: cryptic , cryptical , deep , inscrutable , mystifying ]

having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; mysterious symbols; the mystical style of Blake; occult lore; the secret learning of the ancients

[ Syn: mystic , mystical , occult , secret , orphic ]