wiktionary Numinous pron en nju m n s , from the Classical Latin numen is an English adjective describing the power or presence of a divinity . The word was popularised in the early twentieth century by the German theologian Rudolf Otto in his influential book Das Heilige 1917 translated into English as The Idea of the Holy , 1923 . According to Otto the numinous experience has two aspects mysterium tremendum , which is the tendency to invoke fear and trembling and mysterium fascinans , the tendency to attract, fascinate and compel. The numinous experience also has a personal quality to it, in that the person feels to be in communion with a Holy other . The numinous experience can lead in different cases to belief in deities , the supernatural , the sacred, the holy, and the transcendent. Etymology Etymologically, numinous comes from the Latin word numen , which originally, literally meant nodding , but was associated with meanings of command or divine majesty . Its earliest known use as meaning divine majesty dates to the middle of the seventeenth century. ref See Oxford English Dictionary ref Rudolf Otto Otto s use of the term as referring to a characteristic of religious experience was influential among intellectuals of the subsequent generation. For example, numinous as understood by Otto was a frequently quoted concept in the writings of Carl Jung and C. S. Lewis . The notion of the numinous and the wholly other were also central to the religious studies of Mircea Eliade . Mysterium tremendum et fascinans fearful and fascinating mystery is a Latin language Latin phrase which Rudolf Otto uses in The Idea of the Holy to name the awe some fascinating and full of awe mystery ... also used by Mircea Eliade to help bring understanding to the numinous. This idea was based on the theory ... for experience of the numinous. Citation needed date March 2009 Carlos Castaneda deals with a related ... of separating the numinous from the supernatural. ref http www.youtube.com watch?v 8PhmUyFUFyk&feature ... more details
Image LingbaoTianzun.jpg 110px right thumb Sh ngq ng This article is about Sh ngq ng, the Supreme Pure One. For other uses, see Shangqing . br br Sh ngq ng , the Supreme Pure One, is a divine being of the Three Pure Ones who are the highest deities in Taoist Taoism pantheon. He is also known as Lingbao Tianzun , which means The Universally Honoured One of Divinities and Treasures or The Universal Lord of the Numinous Treasure . br br China myth stub Category Chinese gods ja vi Linh B o Thi n T n zh ... more details
The Blake Poetry Prize is an Australian poetry prize, presented annually by The Blake Society and the New South Wales Writers Centre . Established in 2008 the Prize offers a 5,000 prize for a new poem that best explores the religious or spiritual. The Prize is non sectarian and encourages poets to engage in the dialogue between religion, spirituality and poetry. The Prize is named for the visionary artist and poet William Blake and is run in conjunction with the Blake Prize for Religious Art . Winners 2008, Mark Tredinnick Have You Seen 2009, John Watson Four Ways to Approach the Numinous 2010, Tasha Sudan Rahula References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links http www.nswwriterscentre.org.au The New South Wales Writers Centre http www.blakeprize.com.au The Blake Prize Categories DEFAULTSORT Blake Poetry Prize Category Australian poetry awards Category Awards established in 2008 Poetry stub ... more details
is numinous . Otto explained the numinous as a non rational, non sensory experience or feeling whose ... term referring to an unknowable reality underlying all things. The numinous is a mystery lang la ... of the numinous in The Problem of Pain . Others to acknowledge Otto were, for instance, Martin ... Notes reflist References Gooch, Todd A. 2000 . The Numinous and Modernity An Interpretation of Rudolf ... gothic numinous.html Otto and the Numinous http www.ncf.ca dy656 earthpages3 articles numinosity.htm Applications of Otto s term numinous philosophy of religion Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia ... more details
was. http forums.islamicawakening.com showpost.php?p 7269&postcount 9 ref is the founder of The Numinous ... of Al Islam and back to my own weltanschauung which I have termed both The Numinous Way and The Philosophy ... 20080922040335 http www.davidmyatt.info questions2 ibnmyatt.html Islam, The Numinous Way, and Zionist ... The Numinous Way . ref Senholt, Jacob C Political Esotericism & the convergence of Radical Islam ... multimedia archive 00083 Christiansen 83940a.pdf ref ref http www.wulstan.info numinous way myatt.html accessdate 2009 12 09 The Numinous Way of David Wulstan Myatt ref Personal life Deleted image removed ... biog.html N11a ref writing that according to The Numinous Way, the only ethical way in which ... numen introduction numinous way.html Overview of The Numinous Way ref and that the desire not to cause suffering...may be said to be the basis of individual living according to The Numinous Way. ref http www.davidmyatt.info numen faq numen.html FAQ Numinous Way ref The Numinous Way Myatt describes the Numinous Way as an apolitical, and individual, way of life, ref name development cite web url http www.davidmyatt.info numen numinous creation.html accessdate 2010 12 03 title The Development of The Numinous Way ref ref name overview cite web url http www.davidmyatt.info numen introduction numinous way.html accessdate 2010 12 03 title An Overview of The Numinous Way of Life ref based on empathy ... 2010 12 03 title Essays Regarding The Numinous Way ref ref name ontology being cite web url http ... Classical Foundations of The Numinous Way ref ref name religion numen cite web url http www.davidmyatt.info religion and numinous way.pdf accessdate 2010 12 03 title Religion and The Numinous Way ref where race and the concept of the folk not only have no place ref name numinous future cite web url http www.cosmicbeing.info beyond nation.html accessdate 2009 03 14 title A Numinous Future ref ... numinous creation.html accessdate 2009 03 15 title The Development of The Numinous Way ref ref name ... more details
Merge Fear of God date December 2010 Fear of the Lord is one of the Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit , as described in Bibleref2 Isaiah 11 2 3 . In Bibleref2 Proverbs 1 7 and Bibleref2 Proverbs 9 10 , the fear of the Lord is called the beginning or foundation of wisdom . In Bibleref2 Proverbs 15 33 , the fear of the Lord is described as the discipline or instruction of wisdom. ref The New Jewish Publication Society of America Version translates the Hebrew as discipline . ref ref The New Revised Standard Version translates the Hebrew as instruction . ref The Catholic Encyclopedia explains that this gift fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread, above all things, to offend Him. ref name cathen cite encyclopedia title Holy Ghost encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia year 1910 url http www.newadvent.org cathen 07409a.htm ref In an April 2006 article ref cite journal url http www.insidethevatican.com articles status ecclesiae status ecclesiae apr 2006.htm title The Primacy of Jesus, the Primacy of Love first John last Mallon month April year 2006 ISSN 1068 8579 ref published in Inside the Vatican magazine, contributing editor John Mallon writes that the fear in fear of the Lord is often misinterpreted as servile fear the fear of getting in trouble when it should be understood as filial fear the fear of offending someone whom one loves . Rudolf Otto coined the term Numinous to express the type of fear one has for the Lord. C.S. Lewis references the term in many of his writings, but specifically describes it in his book The Problem of Pain and states that fear of the Numinous is not a fear that one feels for a tiger, or even a ghost. Rather, the fear of the Numinous, as C. S. Lewis describes it, is one filled with awe, in which you feel wonder and a certain shrinking or a sense of inadequacy to cope with such a visitant of or prostration before it . It is a fear that comes forth out of love for the Lord. The Fear of the Lord is felt because one understands ... more details
other uses In Religion in ancient Rome ancient Roman religion , Rumina , also known as Diva Rumina , was a goddess who protected breastfeeding mothers, and possibly nursing infants. Her domain extended to protecting animal mothers, not just human ones. As one of the di indigetes , Rumina lacked the elaborate mythology and personality of later Roman deities, and was instead a more abstract, numina numinous entity. Rumina s temple was near the Ficus Ruminalis , the ficus fig tree at the foot of the Palatine Hill where Romulus and Remus were raised by a she wolf. Milk, rather than the typical wine, was offered as a sacrifice at this temple. In AD 58, the tree started to die, which was interpreted as a bad omen . References Hammond, N.G.L. & Scullard, H.H. Eds. 1970 . The Oxford Classical Dictionary p. 940 . Oxford Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 869117 3. Category Roman goddesses Category Childhood goddesses Category Animal goddesses es Rumina fr Rumina mythologie it Rumina mitologia sh Rumina ... more details
Notability date February 2011 Starkid real name Adam Spears was a young electronic music producer from Texas who was most known for his single Crayons which was played by DJs such as John Digweed and featured on Nick Warren s GU024 Global Underground Reykjavik . It was later released as a full single on Release Records . Spears was fatally injured in a car accident on July 30, 2004 and died at the age of 18. ref name gu announce Cite web publisher Global Underground title News Starkid Announcement url http www.globalunderground.co.uk news detail.php?ID 77 ref Tribute remixes of Crayons were created by producers Numinous & Habersham producer Habersham , MV and Leama & Moor . References Reflist External links Discogs artist http www.progressive sounds.com Artists Starkid Starkid interview 1 2003.asp Progressive Sounds Interview http www.longlivestarkid.com Memorial Website for Starkid Category American electronic musicians US electronic musician stub pl Starkid ... more details
Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image Numinus.jpg imagesize converted y caption Cover art from Power Pack 51 Dec. 1989 . Art by Gray Morrow . character name Numinus real name species publisher Marvel Comics debut Power Pack 51 Dec. 1989 creators Jon Bogdanove and Gray Morrow status alliances previous alliances aliases relatives powers Numinus is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appears in Power Pack 51 Dec. 1989 , and was created by Jon Bogdanove and Gray Morrow . Publication history Numinus is a cosmic entity claiming to be the living embodiment of numinosity compare noumenon , numinous , with the character s purpose to show sentient beings the wonder of the universe . The character has an encounter with the child super team Power Pack . ref Power Pack 51 Dec. 1989 ref Notes Reflist References Refbegin gcdb type character search Numinus title Numinus not returning the right result comicbookdb type character id 8555 title Numinus Refend Marvel Cosmic Marvel Comics stub Category Comics characters introduced in 1989 Category Marvel Comics cosmic entities ... more details
Mysterium may mean Mysterium Scriabin , an unfinished work by the Russia n composer Alexander Scriabin . Mysterium novel , an alternate history novel by Robert Charles Wilson . Mysterium, an annual conference concerned with the Myst franchise of computer games. Mysterium video game a video game published in 1991. Mysterium album , an album by John Zorn . Latin Mysterium is also the Latin word for mystery disambiguation mystery , and as such it may mean Greco Roman mysteries Western mystery tradition Mystery play Sacred Mysteries See also Mysterium Coniunctionis , work by C.G. Jung De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum , a work attributed to Iamblichus Chalcidensis Mysterium Cosmographicum , a work by Johannes Kepler in which he described his early hypothesis that the relative dimensions of the solar system were related to those of the platonic solids. Mysterium Ecclesiae , work written by Franjo eper Mysterium fidei disambiguation Mysterium Magnum Mysterium Occupation film Mysterium Occupation film , Belarussian film mysterium tremendum and mysterium fascinans , see Numinous Christus. Mysterium in a Prelude and Three Oratorios O Magnum Mysterium , an antiphon in the liturgy of Advent that has been set to music by several composers. Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium , hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas 13th century Paschale Mysterium , Gregorian chant album disambig ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Madness of the Crowds Type Album Artist Ace Troubleshooter Cover Released June 8, 2002 Recorded The Loft Studio Genre Pop punk Length 40 39 Label Tooth & Nail Records Producer Tim Patalan Reviews allmusic Rating 3 5 Allmusic class album id r594311 review pure url yes link Cross Rhythms rating 9 10 http www.crossrhythms.co.uk products Ace Troubleshooter The Madness Of The Crowds 4119 link Jesus Freak Hideout Rating 4 5 http www.jesusfreakhideout.com cdreviews MadnessoftheCrowds.asp link Last album Ace Troubleshooter album Ace Troubleshooter br 2000 This album The Madness of the Crowds br 2002 Next album It s Never Enough br 2004 The Madness of the Crowds is the fourth album released by Ace Troubleshooter but their first on BEC s parent company, Tooth & Nail Records . The album s title is derived from Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds , a famous book by Charles Mackay . Track listing The Madness of the Crowd 3 21 2 00 Your Time 3 19 Have It All 5 16 Amanda 2 26 Age of Gold 3 24 Estella 4 54 Out to Sea 2 56 But for Grace 2 37 Let s Go Away 3 39 Numinous 4 38 Your Reach 4 09 br clear all AceTroubleshooter DEFAULTSORT Madness of the Crowds Category Ace Troubleshooter albums Category 2002 albums Category Tooth & Nail Records albums 2000s indie rock album stub ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 Primary sources date March 2010 Roger D. Nelson is the director of the Global Consciousness Project GCP , an international, multi laboratory collaboration founded in 1997 to study collective consciousness . From 1980 to 2002, he was Coordinator of Research at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research PEAR laboratory at Princeton University. His professional focus is the study of consciousness and intention and the role of mind in the physical world. His work integrates science and spirituality , including research that is directly focused on numinous communal experiences. ref http www.princeton.edu rdnelson Roger Nelson at Princeton University ref Building on years of laboratory experiments studying the effects of human intention on sensitive engineering equipment, Nelson began using random event generator REG technology in the field to study effects of special states of egregore group consciousness . This led to the GCP, a globally distributed network of REGs around the world sending data continuously over the Internet to a server in Princeton, NJ. The network is designed to register indications of a hypothesized global consciousness responding to major world events such as 9 11 2001, the beginnings of war, or New Year s Eve. Nelson s professional degrees are in experimental cognitive psychology . His work in design and analysis is supplemented by a background in physics, statistical methods, and multi media production. Until his retirement in 2002, he served as the coordinator of experimental work in the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab PEAR , directed by Robert Jahn in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , School of Engineering Applied Science, Princeton University . References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Nelson, Roger D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Nelson, Roger D. Category Consciousness resear ... more details
For other uses, see Bagoas disambiguation Bagoas in Old Persian language Old Persian Bagoi was a eunuch in the Achaemenid Empire Persian Empire in the 4th Century BCE, said to have been the catamite of Darius III , and later the Eromenos Beloved of Alexander the Great . The Famous Kiss According to Plutarch ref Alexander, 67 ref , Bagoas, beloved of Alexander, won a dancing contest after the crossing of the Gedrossian Desert. The troops, with whom Bagoas was very popular, demanded Alexander kiss Bagoas, and he did so. Fictionalized versions Bagoas is the narrator and title character of The Persian Boy , the historical novel by Mary Renault , which portrays him sympathetically. He reappears in a smaller but still significant role in the sequel Funeral Games novel Funeral Games . He makes an even briefer appearance in Les Conqu tes d Alexandre by Roger Peyrefitte. Peyrefitte, unlike Renault, has Bagoas riding to battle by the side of Darius. He is also a major character in Jo Graham s novel Stealing Fire , part of her Numinous World series. Graham s Bagoas is basically the same as Renault s, except that he is more willing to find a new lover after the death of Alexander. Played by Francisco Bosch , he also appears in the Oliver Stone film Alexander film Alexander , which is based in part on Renault s writings. Note reflist Sources Athenaeus , Deipnosophistae , xiii Plutarch , Parallel Lives , Alexander , 67 Claudius Aelianus Aelian , Varia Historia , iii. 23 Curtius, Historiae Alexandri Magni , vi. 5 x. 1 External links http www.getty.edu art gettyguide artObjectDetails?artobj 5750&handle li Bagoas Pleads on Behalf of Nabarzanes, illuminated parchment by the Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation, in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum Category Eunuchs Category Trierarchs of Nearchus fleet Category Courtiers of Alexander the Great Link GA es br Bagoas serc heg Alesant Veur de Bagoas G nstling es Bagoas cortesano de Alejandro fr Bagoas favori d Alexandre ... more details
ref ref name Gomes cite web url http bak.spc.org numinous sensory nav what.html title Sensory last Gomes first Pete date 1999 publisher numinous language English language english accessdate 6 feb 2011 ... url http bak.spc.org numinous sensory nav what.html title Sensory last Gomes first Pete date 1999 publisher numinous language English language english accessdate 6 feb 2011 ref The two works resulting ... more details
refimprove date July 2007 merge Aztec religion date December 2010 Teotl is a central idea of Aztec religion . The Nahuatl language Nahuatl term is often translated as god , but it may have held more abstract aspects of the numinous or divine, akin to the Polynesian concept of Mana . ref Taube and Miller 1993, pp 89. For a lengthy treatment of the subject see Hvidtfeldt, 1958 ref In Pipil mythology Teotl is known merely as the creator and the father of life. ref Mitolog a de Cuscatl n, San Salvador, 1919 ref The nature of Teotl has been an ongoing discussion between scholars for many years. Teotl is also a key element in the understanding of the fall of the Aztec Aztec empire , because it seems that the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II and the Aztecs in general referred to Hern n Cort s Cort s and the conquistadors as Teotl it has been widely believed that this means that they believed them to be Gods, but a better understanding of teotl might suggest that they were merely seen as mysterious and inexplicable . ref Restall 2001 pp 116 118 ref Notes reflist References cite book author aut Hvidtfeldt, Arild year 1958 title Teotl and Ixiptlatli some central conceptions in ancient Mexican religion with a general introduction on cult and myth publisher Munksgaard location Copenhagen cite book author aut Miller, Mary authorlink Mary Miller coauthors and aut Karl Taube year 1993 title The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya publisher Thames and Hudson location London isbn 0 500 05068 6 cite book author aut Townsend, Richard F. year 2000 title The Aztecs edition revised ed. publisher Thames and Hudson location New York cite book author aut van Zantwijk,Rudolph title The Aztec Arrangement The Social History of Pre Spanish Mexico publisher Norman University of Oklahoma Press, year 1985 External links http www.iep.utm.edu a aztec.htm H2 Discussion on the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Category Aztec mythology and religion Teotl es T otl it Teotl nl Teotl pt Teotl ro Teo ... more details
ref name nationalreview cite news url http article.nationalreview.com 313481 the numinous negro flashback title The Numinous Negro His importance in our lives why he is fading first Richard last Brookhiser ... more details
numinous and marked by awareness, even when seemingly in a state of delusion. In a discussion ... deluded or awakened, their own minds are numinous, aware, and never dark and their nature ... more details
No footnotes date January 2010 Charnel Music is an independent record label devoted to putting out strange and improvisational music. The label was formed in 1988 in music 1988 by Mason Jones as Charnel House ref name CharnelDis http www.discogs.com label Charnel Music Charnel Music at Discogs.com ref and had initially released works by his band Trance band Trance . The label s name later changed to Charnel Music, ref name CharnelDis and went on to release music by influential acts such as Melt Banana , Merzbow , and The Pain Teens . Charvel is one of the first independent labels that focused on noise music and music from Japan . History Charnel s first release was Trance s Fatal Blow on cassette. More cassettes releases from Trance as well as other local San Francisco groups followed. The label focused on other projects after the release of the Arrhythmia CD compilation in 1990 ref name CharnelDis . Charnel released music from up and coming as well as bands that already possessed a cult following such as the Pain Teens . For the next eight years, releases by acts such as Gravitar band Gravitar , Crash Worship , and Jones own SubArachnoid Space had followed. The label also put out releases by Japanese bands such as Melt Banana and Fushitsusha , and compiled a three part Land of the Rising Noise series that featured all Japanese bands. Charnel had two sub labels. The first was Document & Eyewitness , whose sole release was P. Children s Documentation 1987 1992 . The other was Circular Reasoning , which was formed in 1995 and put out albums such as Tel Basta s Lickerish and the groundbreaking Bohemian Special by The Gay Barbarians and or the Jaurwars . Charnel ceased their operations in 1999 and was briefly resurrected in 2007 for the CDR releases of Mason Jones Unreleased Themes For Caged Heat 3000 and Numinous Eyes The Farthest Thing ref name CharnelDis . The label is currently on an indefinite hiatus ref http www.charnel.com charnel Charnel Music section of Charnel ... more details
this article has used the convention BCE CE since its inception About the Athenian festival the coastal town in central eastern Tunisia Skhira the setting of Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising Setting Merge Scirophoria date November 2008 The Athenian festivals festival of the Skira or Skirophoria in the Attic calendar calendar of ancient Athens , closely associated with the Thesmophoria , marked the dissolution of the old year in May June. ref The festival is analysed by Walter Burkert , in Homo Necans 1972, tr. 1983 143 49 , with bibliography p 143, note 33. ref At Athens, the last month of the year was Attic calendar Skirophorion , after the festival. Its most prominent feature was the procession that led out of Athens to a place called Skiron near Eleusis , in which the priestess of Athena and the priest of Poseidon took part, under a Baldachin ceremonial canopy called the skiron , which was held up by the Eteoboutadai . ref L. Deubner, Attische Feste Berlin 1932 49 50 their accompanier in late descriptions, the priest of Helios , Walter Burkert regards as a Hellenistic civilization Hellenistic innovation rather than an archaic survival Burkert 1983 ref Their joint temple on the Acropolis was the Erechtheum , where Poseidon embodied as Erechtheus remained a numinous presence. ref See Poseidon The foundation of Athens the connection was an early one in the Odyssey vii.81 , Athena was said to have entered the house of Erechtheus noted by Burkert 1983 144 . ref At Skiron there was a sanctuary dedicated to Demeter Kore and one to Athena. As a festival of dissolution, the Skira was a festival proverbial for license, in which men played dice games, but a time also of daytime fasting, and of the inversion of the social order, for the bonds of marriage were suspended, as women banded together and left the quarters where they were ordinarily confined, to eat garlic together according to ancestral custom , ref Inscriptiones Graeca , noted ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Arch Rock image Arch Rock Mackinac Island.jpg image size 258 nrhp type nhldcp designated nrhp type October 15, 1966 location Mackinac Island , Michigan partof Mackinac Island partof refnum 66000397 ref Cite web url http nrhp.focus.nps.gov title NPS Focus work National Register of Historic Places publisher National Park Service accessdate August 2, 2010 ref Arch Rock is a geologic formation on Mackinac Island in Michigan . It is a natural arch natural limestone arch formed during the Nipissing post glacial period, a period of high Lake Huron levels following the end of the Wisconsin glaciation . To this day Arch Rock stands on the Lake Huron shoreline convert 146 ft m above the water. Limestone breccia is not an ideal material for natural bridges, and this type of formation is quite rare in the North American Great Lakes region. The Native Americans of the United States Native Americans saw Arch Rock as a place of numinous power, and told many stories and legends about it. ref cite web title Arch Rock on Mackinac Island publisher indians.org url http www.indians.org welker archrock.htm accessdate 2007 04 10 ref Euro Americans did not share many of the taboos of their Native predecessors, and treated Arch Rock as a curiosity to be admired. Its presence was a major element in the decisions to create Mackinac National Park in 1875 and its successor, Mackinac Island State Park , in 1895. Arch Rock has been a part of the State Park ever since. Today Arch Rock is a focus of Mackinac Island tourism, and is seen by many visitors to the Island. Several trails and paved roads, including the aptly named Arch Rock Road and Arch Rock Bicycle Trail, lead to the formation. ref cite web title Mackinac Island State Park publisher Mackinac State Historic Parks MSHP url http www.mackinacparks.com parks mackinac island state park 9 accessdate 2007 04 11 ref References commonscat inline references File Mackinac Island topographic map en.svg thumb left 250px Location of ... more details
Geobox name Devil s Kitchen image 182 Devils Kitchen2.jpg image caption category country United States country flag 1 state Michigan state flag 1 region type County region Mackinac County, Michigan Mackinac County district type district district1 district2 city Mackinac Island, Michigan Mackinac Island city1 location lat d 45 lat m 51 lat s 16.20 lat NS N long d 84 long m 38 long s 28.86 long EW W elevation imperial elevation round Map section map Mackinac Island topographic map en.svg map caption Location of Devil s Kitchen on Mackinac Island map locator map first Infobox nrhp name Devil s Kitchen nrhp type nhldcp designated nrhp type October 15, 1966 partof Mackinac Island partof refnum 66000397 ref Cite web url http nrhp.focus.nps.gov title NPS Focus work National Register of Historic Places publisher National Park Service accessdate August 2, 2010 ref Devil s Kitchen is a small cave on the southwestern shore of Mackinac Island in Michigan , USA. The cave was carved during the Nipissing post glacial period by the waters of Lake Huron . It consists of two wave cut hollows in a rocky cliff, one directly on top of the other. ref name State Park Mackinac Island State Park Interpretation , accessed April 14, 2008. http www.mackinacparks.com parks mackinac island state park interpretation 592 Mackinac State Historic Parks website ref Mackinac Island s brecciated limestone has eroded into a variety of unusual formations. The cave s appearance is comparable to that of a human face with an open mouth. ref name Gringhuis Dirk Gringhuis, Lore of the Great Turtle 1970 Mackinac State Historic Parks, Mackinac Island MI ref Although shallow, Devil s Kitchen is much visited because of its location on M 185 , the state highway that circles Mackinac Island. Local stories allege that the Native Americans of the United States Native Americans of the Straits of Mackinac considered the cave to be a numinous location inhabited by bad spirits. Allegedly, the spirits were cannibal s who ... more details
2001 03 02 accessdate 2008 12 29 ref The magical negro is a subset of the more generic numinous negro ... article.nationalreview.com 313481 the numinous negro flashback title The Numinous Negro His importance ... more details
worship The character and vitality of certain animal species seems to have been considered numinous ... deities suggest that the forest and its denizens possessed a numinous quality as well as an economic ... more details
experiences. Classical definitions Numinous The German thinker Rudolf Otto 1869 1937 argues .... In his book The Idea of the Holy 1923 he identifies this factor as the numinous . The numinous experience ... fascinas , the tendency to attract, fascinate and compel. The numinous experience also has ... the numinous as the only possible religious experience. He states There is no religion in which it the numinous ... are in many ways the opposite of numinous experiences. In the mystical experience, all otherness disappear ... isbn 978 0835607827 ref The notion of the numinous was an important concept in the writings of Carl Jung. Jung regarded numinous experiences as fundamental to an understanding of the individuation ... more details
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