Otto: Numinous/Religious Experiences
- Created by: Charlotte Emily Turner
- Created on: 03-06-17 15:13
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- Otto
- Idea of the Holy (1917)
- Unusual & uncanny moments, when a person feels worthless/overwhelmed/ in awe.
- 'Numinous'
- Everybody can experience the numinous.
- Traits of numinous experiene: Passivity, Ineffability.
- The ineffability aspect makes in non-rational for anyone, including the recipient.
- Unusual & uncanny moments, when a person feels worthless/overwhelmed/ in awe.
- Numinous: 'mysterium tremendum et fascinans'.
- Fearful & fascinating mystery.
- Culpepper: "drawn into... attracted and fascinated in ways we cannot fully explain."
- Numinous dread.
- CS Lewis: If we knew there was a tiger in a room, we would know we were in danger/feel fear. If we were told there was a ghost in a room, we would feel a different kind of fear, one that was attractive, as we have no idea if we are in danger from a ghost, as we have no experience.
- The Human Soul.
- Like God, we cannot fully understand/ comprehend the human soul.
- Because we possess something that is numinous, we can all have a numinous experience (with God).
- Idea of the Holy (1917)
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