numinous
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Living below one’s means and avoiding lifestyle creep allows me to access more of what I call my numinous self.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Nothing in these stories, translated by Megan McDowell, is quite impossible, yet the shadow of numinous malignancy hangs over everything.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Kirk was after something cooler, grander, more numinous and entirely of the moment: celebrity as a celebration of itself, untethered to any specific skills or accomplishments.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
“Is this just sensory stimulation? Is this gesturing at the numinous? Is this referencing the mystical? There’s no meta-narrative here.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
He’d only heard about it from Erastis, who described it in numinous terms, as if the Book were made out of light and magic instead of paper and thread.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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