1.0The Art of Creative Writinghttps://www.anneskyvington.com.auAnne Skyvingtonhttps://www.anneskyvington.com.au/author/askyvington/Have You Ever Experienced The “Numen”? - The Art of Creative Writingrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UfjO9wlJPG"><a href="https://www.anneskyvington.com.au/have-you-ever-experienced-the-numen/">Have You Ever Experienced The “Numen”?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.anneskyvington.com.au/have-you-ever-experienced-the-numen/embed/#?secret=UfjO9wlJPG" width="600" height="338" title="“Have You Ever Experienced The “Numen”?” — The Art of Creative Writing" data-secret="UfjO9wlJPG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.anneskyvington.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-ghXrKZq9untiKYLPPnydxw.jpeg1400753The reason people choose atheism rather than belief or agnosticism, may simply be that professed atheists have not experienced, at least in this lifetime, the “numen” (adj. “numinous”). See meaning below. The terms were popularized by the German theologian Rudolf Otto in his influential 1917 German book Das Heilige, which appeared in English as The […]