I'm not much of a mystic myself, but there is something to be said for seeking inspiration from non-scientific sources. Note that this doesn't (nor should it)

I'm not much of a mystic myself, but there is something to be said for seeking inspiration from non-scientific sources. Note that this doesn't (nor should it) prevent actual, hypothesis-driven scientific inquiry. It just means the original idea came from elsewhere. If you look back at the history of scientific discovery, this happens quite often.