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(adj) sibylline, cabalistic, cryptical, qabalistic, kabbalistic
having a secret or hidden meaning
cabalistic symbols engraved in stone; cryptic writings; thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements- John Gunther
(adj) inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, cryptical, deep
of an obscure nature
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms; a deep dark secret; the inscrutable workings of Providence; in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson; rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands