Word definition: 'numen' • Lucid Lexicon

numen

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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

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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"
The Story of Your Ankh
by Sabina Nore

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