mysticism vs thought process

mysticism and thought process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mysticism	Yes	No	No	No
thought process	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, thought process is a hypernym of mysticism; that is, thought process is a word with a broader meaning than mysticism:

mysticism: obscure or irrational thought
thought process: the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

Other hypernyms of mysticism include cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought.

mysticism (noun)	thought process (noun)
a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality	the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
obscure or irrational thought