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	Numinous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Numinous (/ˈnuːmənəs/ or /ˈnjuːmənəs/) is a term coined by Rudolf Otto to describe that which is wholly other.
		The numinous is the mysterium tremendum that leads in different cases to belief in deities, the supernatural, the sacred, the holy, and the transcendent.
		Etymologically, it comes from the Latin word numen, which originally and literally meant "nodding", but was associated with meanings of "command" or "divine majesty".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Numinous (138 words)

	Numinosity
		The experience of the numinous may be influenced by the contents of the unconscious but it seems superficial to reduce so many diverse accounts of numinosity to mere regression.
		Freud saw the numinous in terms of recalling a unified "oceanic bliss" which everyone apparently felt within the mother's womb.
		This emphasis on the numinous arguably separates religion from mere social movements such as Marxism and the often reductive claims of postmodernism.
	www.ncf.ca /~dy656/earthpages3/articles_numinosity.htm (1440 words)

	Otto and the Numinous
		For example, fear does not become dread in response to the numinous; rather, we cease to feel ordinary fear and move into an entirely different feeling, a dread that is aroused by intimations of the numinous or the actual experience of the numinous.
		Because of these similarities, the sublime may stimulate the capacity to perceive the numinous, and there is a tendency for the sublime to pass over into the numinous and for the numinous to pass over into the sublime.
		Otto identifies portrayals of darkness and silence as a means of presenting the numinous; he stresses that the darkness must contrast with a flickering or dying light, the semidarkness creating a "mystical" effect.
	academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /english/melani/gothic/numinous.html (1417 words)

	David Myatt: The Numinous Way of Life
		In addition, the ethics of The Numinous Way - which establish what is right, and wrong and from which we must derive our laws - are totally different from the ethics of Islam, based as the ethics of The Numinous Way are upon personal honour, empathy.
		In contrast, The Numinous Way seeks to establish small, rural, folkish communities, believing that the concepts of The State, and The Nation, are immoral - a denial of the liberty, the freedom, that honour and only honour creates.
		First, that The Numinous Way, as I have said and written several times in the past few years, is the esoteric essence of my evolutionary National-Socialism: the foundation upon which all honourable folkish ways, including National-Socialism, are built.
	www.geocities.com /davidmyatt/unreleased.html (1603 words)

	Numinous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I have chosen the name "numinous" for this web-site, because I hope that it will be just that It is my firm belief that there is an ABSOLUTE truth in this universe and that nothing is relative to our point of view, excepting for our own emotion.
		I wish to re-awaken the human awareness of the numinous because without a conscious sense of the value inherent in every part of the universe, we cease to have value.
		If an individual lives for eternity, then the individual life has far more value than the value of a particular state or culture because it's life would far outlive that of a social arrangement - even one life sacrificed on the altar of "for the good of society" would be abominable.
	www.numinous.co.za (335 words)

	The Kant-Friesian Theory of Religion and Religious Value
		The notion of the sacred or the numinous as a category for understanding religion was substantially launched by Rudolf Otto (1869-1937) in his classic Idea of the Holy (Das Heilige) in 1917.
		Unassociated with any objects, the sense of the numinous is a feeling of "daemonic dread," a sense of the uncanny, frightful, eerie, weird, or supernatural.
		In terms of space, this means that the creation of the cosmos, which is accomplished by numinous beings (but recapitulated in the founding rituals of cities, buildings, tombs, etc.), sets it off as true existence from the chaos which preexisted it and which remains, perhaps, outside its boundaries.
	www.friesian.com /numinos.htm (3801 words)

	Numinous - Band page with free MP3 music downloads on SoundClick
		On June 17th Numinous showed up at the club ready to perform and noticed that they were the only rap group in an all rock band show, which was very discouraging.
		Numinous took the stage last and performed to the best of their ability in front of this non-hip-hop crowd, and surprisingly they got the loudest applause and won the contest that day.After the great response from the crowd they went on to do another "Battle of the Bands" and won that one as well.
		Finally Numinous was starting to gain a little respect in their hometown and in July of 2001 they were asked to host their own show which was to be a "Fan Appreciation Night" this time Numinous had groups opening up for them, which was different.
	www.soundclick.com /numinous (830 words)

	OTTO'S 'IDEA OF THE HOLY': SUMMARY
		He presents the tremendum component of the numinous that is being experienced as comprising three elements: awfulness (inspiring awe, a sort of profound unease), overpoweringness (that which, among other things, inspires a feeling of humility), energy (creating an impression of immense vigour).
		Also worthy of attention is Otto's effort in his chapters on the numinous in the Old Testament, in the New Testament and in Luther to emphasise that the rise of the rational in the Judeo-Christian tradition did not eliminate the non-rational numinous.
		The general idea seems to be that it is basically a matter of the cumulative effect of the interactions between the human predisposition to religion and the contingent events of human history (somewhat like the interactions between nature and nurture, heredity and environment in the development of human individuals, one might suppose).
	www.bytrent.demon.co.uk /otto1.html (1996 words)

	The Spiritual Mormon Experience: The Numinous and Mystical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Numinous encounter has predominated in the West and mystical union in the East, but all the major religions have included both types of experience, and this is true of Mormonism as well.
		The danger in a strictly numinous tradition is that humankind tends to be seen as depraved and contingent.
		Numinous Experience: awe and reverence, mystery and wonder, fascination and dread, a sense of otherness, confrontation and encounter; becoming aware of dependence, finitude, limitation, and contingency.
	www2.ida.net /graphics/shirtail/spiritua.htm (7605 words)

	Astrology. Numinous Consciousness: Rudolf Otto and Astrology by Robert Couteau
		It may even be at the root experience of the sacred versus the profane — the experience of grace, as opposed to the experience of life as a mere linear succession of mundane, meaningless events.
		The numinous center of the psyche, symbolized by the least-aspected planet, thus asserts itself, most likely through compensatory symbols such as found in psychological projection, dream symbolism, and synchronistic phenomena, or through the suprarational portals of intuition and feeling.
		But the fact is that the approach to the numinous is the real therapy and inasmuch as you attain to the numinous experiences you are released from the curse of pathology." Carl Jung, C.
	cura.free.fr /xx/20cout2.html (2767 words)

	Peter Blegvad's Numinous Objects
		Nor am I referring to fantasy constructs like, for example, a fine thing, but it is only feebly numinous compared to a block of sodium in a meadow, its edges mollified by the tongues of cows into a lopsided loaf like snow.
		is numinous to the degree that it functions as a "mirror of the spirit", to the degree that you or I can imaginatively see something of ourselves, something we do not ordinarily have a name for or an image of, made objective in it.
		The numinous objects which already exist in our environment are easily overlooked by our harrassed and addled species.
	www.ibiblio.org /mal/blegvad/numinous.html (966 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly Rudolf Otto's Analysis of Numinous and Sikhism
		I shall speak, then, of a unique numinous category of value and of a definitely 'numinous' state of mind, which is always found wherever the category is applied.
		It is in terms of the numinous that Otto attempts to interpret the whole religious phenomenon.
		the nature of the numinous can only be suggested by means of the special way in which it is reflected in the mind in terms of feeling....by adducing feelings akin to them for the purpose of analogy or contrast, and by the use of metaphor and symbolic expression...
	www.sikhspectrum.com /112002/otto_sikhism.htm (3195 words)

	Numinous Circle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		numinous adj 1: evincing the presence of a deity; "a numinous wood"; "the most numinous moment in the Mass." 2: of or relating to or characteristic of a numen.
		Numinous in Depth a history by Alan Taylor
		The Numinous Circle was the organizer of "We'll Dance for Food" and was joined by the Berkeley Student Hillel and the University Religious Council.
	www.uucb.org /ya/numinous.html (197 words)

	Numinous - The Music of Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	www.numinousmusic.com /terms.htm (1552 words)

	outline of Otto's concept of "The Numinous"
		The Numinous, for Otto, is both a category of feeling and a category of Being, but it will be easier to understand if you first think of it as primarily a feeling that he is describing, i.e.,the feeling of the Numinous.
		The Numinous is characterized by two main elements, I. the sense of creatureliness, and II.
		Otto then focuses on trying to articulate what is meant by that sense of tremendous mystery, or "Mysterium Tremendum." He sees it as having three main elements: A. the element of tremendousness ("tremendum"), B. the element of mysteriousness ("mysterium"), and C. the element of fascination ("fascinans").
	www.pioneer.net /~tkerns/religsite/lecsuppsite/ottooutline.html (318 words)

	robc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It may even be said to be at the root experience of the profane versus the sacred -- the knowledge and lived experience of life as graced moments, as opposed to life as merely null and void.
		As a planet which remains relatively isolated from aspect interaction and involvement - and is thus less reflective of such conflicts of opposites, of synthesis and antithesis - the LAP seems to serve the same role; and in that sense, the numinous quality of the least-aspected planet is not merely coincidental.
		The numinous center of the psyche, symbolized by the least-aspected planet, asserts itself, most likely through compensatory symbols, such as found in projection, dream symbolism, synchronistic phenomena, as well as intuitions and feelings (the 'non-rational' functions).
	www.panplanet.com /articles/robc.htm (3267 words)

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		This point is crucial in that it shows that both numinous and mystical aspects exist in the Taoist mystical state.
		The numinous experience in a prophetic religion deals exclusively with transcendence because adherents of this type of religious tradition worship a supreme being that transcends humankind.
		Concepts that define the term "numinous" such as "spiritually elevated," "supernatural" and "indescribable" also can be ascribed to the Taoist mystical state.
	www.students.vcu.edu /counsel/MC/tao.html (1233 words)

	Polytropos: Numinous Potter? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I'm saying merely that in each of the first four volumes I've read, there came a point in the narrative that fairly pleaded, cried out even, for a deft suggestion of some deeper mystery behind the outward magic.
		But there�s a difference between �profound emotional reaction� and numinous in the �deep magic� sense, and here I�d agree with Douglas, and Dan, and even (gasp!) Byatt.
		Maybe �mythopoeic� is a better word than �numinous� to use here, though it�s just as fraught with different associations.
	www.polytropos.org /archives/2003/08/numinous_potter.html (1362 words)

	Artist Profile: Habersham & Numinous :: TranZfusion.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Currently Numinous is involved in a wide array of projects.
		Numinous: Would be playing some seriously mental tunes with Mr.
		No need for a festival crowd—just a bunch of people that are truly up for a marathon set where we could cover all of the styles that we play.
	www.tranzfusion.net /profiles/showprofile.asp?id=552 (1036 words)

	RA: Resident Advisor - Habersham & Numinous - Two of Atlanta's finest - Feature / Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Numinous: I have a strange situation in that I have two jobs that somewhat conflict with each other in theory.
		Numinous: Damon is definitely more on the engineering side of things.
		Numinous: To be honest, we DJ with a sound that is quite different from our Blueprint productions.
	www.residentadvisor.net /feature_view.asp?ID=580 (1979 words)

	Religion, Metaphysics, and Mysticism in Wuthering Heights
		The numinous grips or stirs the mind so powerfully that one of the responses it produces is numinous dread, which consists of awe or awe-fullness.
		Numinous dread implies three qualities of the numinous: its absolute unapproachability, its power, and.
		A misunderstanding of these qualities and of numinous dread by primitive people gives rise to daemonic dread, which otto identifies as the first stage in religious development.
	academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /english/melani/novel_19c/wuthering/mystic.html (1367 words)

	Numinous: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The term "numinous" can be used as either an adjective or a noun.
		("The Numinous" can refer to this feeling, EHandler: no quick summary.
		A sense of one's relationship to the numinous can be seen as a foundation for much spiritual or religious feeling.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/nu/numinous.htm (135 words)

	Comfort Zone \| Article
		There are solutions to this conundrum, such as that everything numinous has the same source, an outer source, but we each experience it through a personal lens.
		Some people would say that numinous experiences, as they have led to organized religion, are the source of most of the world’s problems--war, fanaticism, intolerance, and divine permission for all sorts of excesses.
		Thus Jungians look for and find the numinous in dreams, in waking visions and “active imagination,” in the numinous aspects of therapy relationships and other relationships outside of therapy, in spontaneous artistic productions, and in meaningful coincidences or synchronistic events, which become unusually common while engaged in deep inner work.
	www.hsperson.com /pages/1Nov05.htm (2131 words)

	Sikhism - " Rudolf Otto's Analysis of Numinous and Sikhism "..4(end)
		The numinous always evades conceptual apprehension but it can be evoked and awakened in the mind with the help of analogy and contrast with other known and felt experiences in the region of mind.
		Otto was attracted to focus on this unique numinous feeling by at least two of his predecessors - Schleiermacher for his discovery of sensus numinus on the basis of which he arrived at his definition of religion as 'feeling of absolute dependence,'[18] and Fries for his notion of 'ahndung'.[19] In Otto's words:
		It may be noted here that in his attempt to describe and discuss the incommensurable and inexpressible ineffable numinous, Otto resorts to analogical, metaphorical and symbolic methods of description by focusing on the feelings.
	www.sikhnet.com /Sikhnet/discussion.nsf/3d8d6eacce83bad8872564280070c2b3/e89460a77658fc5c872567330079de64!OpenDocument&Highlight=0 (2945 words)

	IngentaConnect The ominous numinous. sensed presence and other hallucinations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is argued that the sensed presence during sleep paralysis arises because of REM-related endogenous activation of a hypervigilant and biased attentive state, the normal function of which is to resolve ambiguities inherent in biologically relevant threat cues.
		Given the lack of disambiguating environmental cues, however, the feeling of presence persists as a protracted experience that is both numinous and ominous.
		Such a numinous sense of otherness may constitute a primordial core consciousness of the animate and sentient in the world around us.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/imp/jcs/2001/00000008/F0030005/1203 (234 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| Luminous, numinous and thoroughly mystical
		As the spotlight on the lone cellist at one end of the nave faded, so another rose on the massed choir at the other end.
		At the midst of all this was Tavener's own music, which is itself a cunningly woven tapestry of musical symbols of the numinous - vast choral shouts, gong strokes, endlessly sustained drones, vaguely oriental-sounding melismas.
		He plays on these with the same shameless directness as a film composer plays with the stock symbols of love, terror, martial valour, or whatever.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/02/09/bmivan09.xml&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=51390 (412 words)

	The Path of the Numinous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When you find a numinous object of perception on your path, then follow that up, follow it down the rabbit hole, it may be Ariadne’s silver thread leading you into the labyrinth.
		The case where the numinous object is most deceptive, however, is when it is a physically beautiful person, a “hottie,” even this numin would lead you to the center of a labyrinth if you had the courage to follow it past literal identification and possession toward the source of the urge (see Stop the Hottie!
		We were helping the family of a Navajo medicine man trying to stay on their land despite the machinations of the Peabody Coal Company,etc. One day we were laying irrigation drip lines out in the extremely hot sun and the word “optical” began to reccur in my mind with an uncanny insistence.
	edj.net /mc2012/PathNuminous.html (13220 words)

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