Adjective usage of 'mystic' vs 'mystical'

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I have been checking the differences in dictionaries and forums and I cannot find any final conclusion.
I get that:

Mystic/Mystical are both valid adjectives
Mystic is the only one that can be used as a noun

But I'd like to know if the usage and feeling you get from "a mystic/mystical person" vs "a mystic/mystical place" is exactly the same or not. I don't believe in true synonyms, that's the reason I ask.
I'm asking details like: it sounds better, more archaic/modern, less common, more mysterious or magical, usual in certain context/countries, etc. As I cannot get that kind of 'accuracy' from any dictionary, just from a native speaker.
Source:
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mystic_1
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mystical

LPH · Accepted Answer

The SOED does not take those two adjectives as synonyms.

(SOED) mystic
4.   Of hiden meaning or nature; enigmatic, mysterious.
5. Inspiring an awed sense of mystery.

(SOED) mystical
4. Of or pertaining to mysterious or occult rites and practices.

From the above ngram it appears that among persons wrapped in  mystery there are many more reckoned to be so as relates to their practices or the rites they perform, and are thus spoken of a being mystical. On the contrary, a mystic person will inspire a sense of mystery through the bias of mere appearance, language, thinking.

Andy Bonner · Answer

You could make the same points about "magic" and "magical" (Disneyworld includes the "Magic Kingdom," but until recently it featured an airport shuttle bus called "Disney's Magical Express") and many other adjectives ending in "-ic": mythic/mythical, poetic/poetical. The thread Why is it "geometric" but "theoretical"? shows that it's a case of parallel evolution. As it notes there, some usages have "settled" into certain connotations (with "poetic/poetical", I'd say that "poetic" means "having the qualities that poetry has," while "poetical" means "having to do with poetry").
I'm out of my etymological depth, but I feel like "-ic" endings are more preferred today and "-ical" endings are more archaic, so on those grounds "mystical" might carry more aura of the arcane (while "mystic" might suggest... pizza?).

Adjective usage of 'mystic' vs 'mystical'

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