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 objects

Roman numina

Other numina

Other uses

See also

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