1. Of or relating to a numen; supernatural.
2. Filled with or characterized by a sense of a supernatural presence: a numinous place.
3. Spiritually elevated; sublime.
4. arousing spiritual or religious emotions
5. mysterious or awe-inspiring Latin numen divine will
The term numinosity isn’
t too
well-known beyond the academic
study of religion and anthropology.
In a sense numinosity is like the more familiar term luminosity.
But numinosity refers to a subtle, spiritual
light instead of an outwardly visible light such as the luminosity of the
moon.
While numinosity and luminosity may coexist, they remain somehow different.