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active hands-on mystic and backyard metaphysical researcher-cum-mad-scientist

French translation: adepte de la mystique, chercheur métaphysicien d'arrière cour et savant fou

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English term or phrase:active hands-on mystic and backyard metaphysical researcher-cum-mad-scientist
French translation:adepte de la mystique, chercheur métaphysicien d'arrière cour et savant fou
Entered by: ametis1010 (X)

17:39 Oct 16, 2004
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Art/Literary - Esoteric practices / metaphysics
English term or phrase: active hands-on mystic and backyard metaphysical researcher-cum-mad-scientist
The guidance offered within this book is largely drawn from my own personal experience as an active hands-on mystic and backyard metaphysical researcher-cum-mad-scientist.

Des idées? Merci!
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Explanation:
adepte de la mystique pratique, chercheur métaphysicien d'arrière cour et savant fou.

La seule chose dont je sois sûr c'est la mystique pratique vs mystique théorique (c'est un sujet que j'ai étudié). En gros c'est magie vs méditation.
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Michel A.
Local time: 11:39
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Merci
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Hacene
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
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Explanation:
Les conseils offerts dans ce livre sont largement tirés de mon expérience personnelle en tant que mystique mettant la main à la pâte et chercheur-génie fou de la métaphysique d'arrière-cour

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Note added at 18 mins (2004-10-16 17:57:33 GMT)
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could also read:

...tant que mystique pratiquant mettant ...

Hacene
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agree  Johanne Bouthillier: mystique pratiquant
4 mins
  -> merci Aubonmot, bonne suggestion
neutral  manouche: je pense qu'un mystique n'est pas "pratiquant" ; on est mystique ou on ne l'est pas, c'est un état de coeur, d'esprit, d'Esprit. Le terme "mystique" convient donc seul.
15 hrs
  -> http://users.skynet.be/sky84985/chron19.html to show you that it can, but also I wrote "Could also read" which doesn't mean that this has to read this way. So if your comment is only neutral on this point then you agree ;-)
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
en tant qu'....


Explanation:
adepte de la mystique pratique, chercheur métaphysicien d'arrière cour et savant fou.

La seule chose dont je sois sûr c'est la mystique pratique vs mystique théorique (c'est un sujet que j'ai étudié). En gros c'est magie vs méditation.

Michel A.
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Merci
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