Word: 'numen' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'numen' • Extended Annotations
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"
A pure, unadulterated word
“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.”
"Weird Genius"
| ~☉~ | 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 |
