"transcendental" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It has many meanings, but generally refers to something that is beyond the physical, material world - something spiritual or highly philosophical. It can be used as an adjective or a noun. Example sentence: The exploration of transcendental ideas has been a great source of enlightenment for many people.
The enjoyment of talent is straightforward enough, but what elevates things towards the transcendental is the same as with any artform: how it speaks to the individual and how they make it about themselves.
I use feedback loops to achieve something transcendental, to find something eternal that I can listen to over and over".
He started to practice transcendental meditation, read books by Jesuit priests and Sufi poetry.
Before challenging interviews, she was persuaded to do humming exercises to calm down.As an exponent of transcendental meditation, Mr Hague presumably has no trouble relaxing.
What was once a baffling industry, with dozens of firms all promising e-business transformation and transcendental strategic thinking, is now reduced to a rather more digestible shape.
Though it is no longer mandatory, the exact role of transcendental meditation in the curriculum remains controversial.
They know that the government is a marriage of convenience born out of parliamentary arithmetic, not some kind of transcendental, post-political Shangri-la.
For many people, bearing and naming a child is the most transcendental experience they will ever undergo.
And religious movements (from the "Deuteronomists" of ancient Israel to the English Puritans) that emphasise moral norms tend to eschew the ecstatic.Max Weber, one of the fathers of religious sociology, contrasted the transcendental feelings enjoyed by Catholic mass-goers with the Protestant obsession with behaviour.
And even in America, religion seems less of an electoral factor than race or ethnicity.The really interesting question for psephologists and political strategists, is the profile of voters who profess no church affiliation but may still have an interest in the transcendental.
But belief in the transcendental remains quite strong, and not only among the religiously-defined.
