Essays about: "Mysterium Tremendum"

Found 1 essay containing the words Mysterium Tremendum.

  1. 1. AN EXPERIENCE BEYOND WORDS : Numinous vs Awe – a shared phenomenon 100 years apart?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Sara Granström Powiecki; [2023]
    Keywords : The Numinous; Mysterium Tremendum; Self-Transcendent Emotions; Awe; Default-self; Spirituality; Psychology of Religion;

    Abstract : Awe, an emerging topic within the field of modern psychology, has shown to have many benefits, including improved health for mind and body. This essay is trying to explore what links there are between the spiritual concept of the numinous established by the religious scholar Rudolf Otto and the definition of awe put forward by one of the most prominent and influential researchers in the field of Self-Transcendent Emotions, Dacher Keltner. READ MORE