Myths & mysteries
Numinous describes an experience both terrifying and holy
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Rudolf Otto coined a term for when you encounter the divine and immediately realize you are completely out of your depth. The numinous is the feeling of being entirely overwhelmed by a majestic, unapproachable mystery that makes you feel like an insignificant speck of dust. It is a wildly paradoxical state where you are simultaneously drawn toward the infinite and absolutely terrified it might casually crush you.
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