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Numinous

Numinous (/ˈnjuːmɪnəs/) means "arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring"; also "supernatural" or "appealing to the aesthetic sensibility." 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…

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Etymology

Rudolf Otto

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Numinous

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples124
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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related to Further reading · 93
Numinous → Abingdon, Allen, An Inquiry, An Interpretation, Apocalypse, Berlin, Brawley, Breslau, Carl Jung, Chris, Colin, Critical, Critical Explorations, Das Heilige, DEU, Divine, Diálogos Junguianos, Douglas, Duriez, Fantasy
related to Later use of the concept · 15
Numinous → Aldous Huxley, Carl Jung, For, Jung, Lewis, Mircea Eliade, Mysterium, Other, Otto, Otto's, Pain, Perception, The, The Doors, The Problem
related to Rudolf Otto · 11
Numinous → Andere, Das Heilige, English, German, He, Holy, Otto, Rudolf Otto, The, The Idea, This
related to Etymology · 3
Numinous → Greek, Immanuel Kant's, Latin

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entering a cathedralinstance ofNeuroscientist Christof Koch has described awe from experiences0.80text
saying he getsinstance ofNeuroscientist Christof Koch has described awe from experiences0.80text
Numinousrelated to EtymologyLatin0.60section
Numinousrelated to EtymologyImmanuel Kant's0.60section
Numinousrelated to EtymologyGreek0.60section
Numinousrelated to Further readingAllen0.60section
Numinousrelated to Further readingDouglas0.60section
Numinousrelated to Further readingPhenomenology0.60section
Numinousrelated to Further readingReligion0.60section
Numinousrelated to Further readingRudolf Otto0.60section
Numinousrelated to Further readingPp0.60section
Numinousrelated to Further readingThe Routledge Companion0.60section

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