Numinous Experience

Question 1

What is numinous experience?

Answer 1

Experiences of awe and wonder in the presence of an almighty and transcendent God; it is an awareness of human nothingness when faced with a holy and powerful being.

Question 2

What did Rudolph Otto say about numinous experience?

Answer 2

“There is no religion in which it does not live as the innermost core and without it no religion would be worthy of the name”.

Question 3

What is a biblical example of numinous experience?

Answer 3

Isaiah 6:3-5

“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Question 4

What did Pascal say about numinous experience

Answer 4

“From about half past ten in the evening until half past midnight, Fire!….God of Abraham….Certainty, certainty, heartfelt, joy, peace…..joy, joy, joy, tears of joy…let me never be cut off from him!”