In the academic study of religion and mysticism more generally, pneumatic has been used as a classification term to define similar trends in wider contexts. For example, Joseph G. Weiss describes "A Circle of Pneumatics in Pre-Hasidism", in the context of Jewish mysticism. Here the pneumatic group have minor prophetic powers ("Ruach Ha-qodesh" or "Ruach HaKodesh" (etc.)
In the academic study of religion and mysticism more generally, pneumatics has been employed as a classification term to define similar trends in broader contexts. For instance, Joseph G. Weiss describes "A Circle of Pneumatics in Pre-Hasidism", within the context of Jewish mysticism. Here, the pneumatic group possesses minor prophetic powers ("Ruach Ha-qodesh" or "Ruach HaKodesh").