Catholicism is not just about words and prayer, he noted, but also about a mystical physical bond with Christ.

And when the composer and the director focus their attentions on the friends' almost mystical bond, the musical's deep reservoir of feeling is tapped.

Or perhaps it was the "mystical bond between artiste and audience" that she felt she could count on.

Although they did not touch, they gave the impression that a mystical bond united them.

To me, there's a mystical bond between athletes.

This is the most interesting line in the film, a kind of Zen koan on the mystical bonds that link all living things.

On nights like tonight, she could almost relate to his mystical bond with the sky.

But he has retained his almost mystical bond with the millions of Haitians who live in want.

Hamsun saw mankind and nature united in a strong, sometimes mystical bond.

It doesn't know about the mystical bond it has with us humans, who are doing all we can for it.