Numinous (disambiguation)

Numinous is an English adjective and noun, taken from the Latin numen, “divinity.” But where numen refers to an objective divine being, numinous as an adjective refers to a subjective state. Numinous the noun refers to that which stimulates the subjective state. For example, a numinous grotto is distinct from the numen of the grotto. Numinous is used in the following contexts:

Interface with divinity

Philosophy

Numinous contexts

  • Numinous, the feeling evoked by Horror fiction
  • Numinous, the feeling evoked by Anasyrma
  • Numinous, the feeling evoked by chanting a Mantra
  • Numinous, the feeling evoked by a Grotto
  • Numinous, the feeling evoked by the festival of Skira at ancient Athens
  • Numinous, said of the mystical wu-practice of Chinese shamanism in the Shang Period

Numinous objects

Roman numina

Other numina

  • Numinous, a power ascribed to Teotl

Other uses

  • Numinous, the fictional experiences of teen-agers in Mondo and Other Stories by Le Clézio
  • Numinous Negro, a term coined by Richard Brookhiser based on the previous term Magical Negro
  • Numinous communal experiences, a topic of study of Roger D. Nelson
  • Numinous Pivot, a translation of the Lingshu Jing, a Chinese medical text
gollark: ... how, exactly?
gollark: Who, Bill Gates?
gollark: Also coordination problems.
gollark: I don't think so. I place my blame more on people in general instead of some secret shadowy elite.
gollark: Elon, I mean.

See also

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