numinousˈnu mə nəs, ˈnyu-
numinous (adj)
English Definitions:
numinous (adj)
evincing the presence of a deity
"a numinous wood"; "the most numinous moment in the Mass"
numinous (adj)
of or relating to or characteristic of a numen
numinous (Adjective)
Related to a numen; indicating the presence of a divinity
numinous (Adjective)
Awe-inspiring; evoking a sense of the transcendent, mystical or sublime.
Numinous
Numinous is an English adjective, taken from the Latin Numen, and used to describe the power or presence of a divinity. The word was popularised in the early twentieth century by the German theologian Rudolf Otto in his influential book Das Heilige. According to Otto, the numinous experience has in addition to the tremendum, which is the tendency to invoke fear and trembling, a quality of fascinans, the tendency to attract, fascinate and compel. The numinous experience also has a personal quality, in that the person feels to be in communion with a wholly other. The numinous experience can lead in different cases to belief in deities, the supernatural, the sacred, the holy and/or the transcendent.
Numinous
Numinous () is a term derived from the Latin numen, meaning "arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring." The term was given its present sense by the German theologian and philosopher Rudolf Otto in his influential 1917 German book The Idea of the Holy. He also used the phrase mysterium tremendum as another description for the phenomenon. Otto's concept of the numinous influenced thinkers including Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, and C. S. Lewis. It has been applied to theology, psychology, religious studies, literary analysis, and descriptions of psychedelic experiences.
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