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

Numinous, inner perception of the interface with God especially as described by Rudolph Otto
Numinous, a topic of Comparative religion
Numinous, a word used of Religious experience
Numinous, a translation of a word used in some of the titles of the Jade Books in Heaven, scriptures of the Daoist Canon
Numinous presence, Xian ling in Chinese religion
Experience of the numinous, a feature of Chinese salvationist religions

Philosophy

Numinous legitimacy, Legitimacy (political) of a state based on divine ordination
Numinous Way, the current self-named philosophy of David Myatt, ex-neo-nazi and ex-Islamic-convert
Numinous, a property of all minds in the Korean Zen philosophy of Jinul
School of the Numinous Treasure, another name for the Chinese Lingbao School
Numinous presence in nature, a belief of Finnish neopaganism
Numinous quality, a characteristic of Jung’s Collective unconscious

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

Numinous mushroom, folk name for the Lingzhi mushroom
Numinous, the power attributed to Arch Rock (Mackinac Island) by native Americans
Numinous, an evil power attributed to Devil's Kitchen (cave) by native Americans
Numinous presence considered to be in a Spring (hydrology)

Roman numina

Rumina, goddess of breastfeeding
Auctoritas, the numen of authority

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