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numen

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of numen

1640s, "divine, spiritual, of or pertaining to a numen"

from Latin numen "divine will, divinity"

from nuo, nuere (v.) "nod, assent" + mens, mentis (n.) "mind, intention, frame of mind, judgment"

numen noun
plural: numina
  • an evolved, whole human being
  • divine power or spirit
  • a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object


numinous adjective
  • filled with a sense of the presence of divinity; holy
  • of/relating to/like a numen
  • supernatural, mysterious

Specifics

Specific examples and quotes of numen

“An unconscious submitting to aberrant energies, due to fearfulness or slack, means a lack of awareness, a dearth of effort and, therefore, an incomprehension of one’s numinous origin.”

"Originals"
(Speed Well Dialogues)
by Sabina Nore

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Legend

~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
classic definition
artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
Originals - Speed Well Dialogues

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