a system of contemplative prayer and spirituality aimed at achieving direct intuitive experience of the divine 

Short, entertaining, personal stories

Explain or interpret; clarify

Exaggerated comedy; something ridiculous

Sealed in a completely airtight way

Tiresome (because of little or no variation)

Fatally contagious or infectious disease

Offensive smell or odor

Nasty and disgusting; highly unpleasant; very bad

Persistently not stopping or relaxing

Having a progressive infectious disease

thickening; solidifying

Flattering statements