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Posted By: murraystone numinous - 01/02/12 03:15 PM
Perhaps somebody out there will now be stimulated by "numinous" to propose a satisfactory translation for the University of Wisconsin's mysterious motto, "numen lumen".
Posted By: BranShea Re: numinous - 01/02/12 09:05 PM
How satisfactory should it be?

Link

BTW. Just curious. Is Westerose a real town or city?
Posted By: Candy Re: numinous - 01/03/12 01:46 AM
Wiki can be your friend, Bran laugh

Westerose

Nice link to the hall....and I see the whole motto is "Astra castra, Numen lumen"....if thats the one Murraystone is referring too!

Numen as relating to the mind rather than senses but also sometimes to the power or magic of an object...similar but different to 'mana' as used by the NZ Maori to describe value, great personal prestige of a person or thing.



Posted By: BranShea Re: numinous - 01/05/12 10:09 PM
Some people here show invented locations or locations from stories. I was curious if Westerose refered to Westeros, one part of the various parts of imaginary worlds in the fantasy serial " A Song of Ice and Fire ".
Posted By: Candy Re: numinous - 01/06/12 12:27 AM
True......maybe it is at that!
Posted By: Rhubarb Commando Re: numinous - 01/06/12 12:33 PM
Or is it related to Wester Ross, in Scotland?

"Wester Ross is geographically regarded as the western watershed of Ross-shire, but administrative and political boundaries diverge from this and have been subject to several changes and inconsistencies.

Wester Ross is a popular scenic tourism destination, although the level of this has declined considerably since the 1970s. Tourism still forms a major part of the economic activity of the area, particularly with the dramatic declines in fishing over the same period.

Wester Ross contains notable beauty spots such as Loch Maree, Inverewe Garden, Corrieshalloch Gorge, Glen Docherty and Bealach na Ba. But it is its mountains for which Wester Ross is renowned, in a unique and very old landscape."
Posted By: Faldage Re: numinous - 01/06/12 12:37 PM
Originally Posted By: BranShea
Some people here show invented locations or locations from stories. I was curious if Westerose refered to Westeros, one part of the various parts of imaginary worlds in the fantasy serial " A Song of Ice and Fire ".


Or vice versa. The bare numen lumen is the motto of the University of Wisconsin, a fair distance from Westeros(e).
Posted By: tsuwm Re: numinous - 01/06/12 04:00 PM
here's what the UofW has to say 'officially' regarding numen lumen (dig the expanded version given by UW's first chancellor, John Lathrop!) link
Posted By: BranShea Re: numinous - 01/08/12 07:02 PM
It's more and more becoming alum aluminium to me. Thanks all for letting your light shine. confused
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: numinous bilious - 01/09/12 01:06 PM
alum aluminium

Not wuite sure what all the hubbub's about. Latin numen (literally 'nod (of the head)' means something like 'divine will, godhead' or 'divinity' in an abstract sort of way (the Romans have some many named gods). I like the term god's nod; it just lighted up my day. From what I read in the University's take on their motto, it's the syntax of numen lumen that some classicists carp on. This doesn't make much sense to me. Associating a god's power with some kind of bright light seems almost a cliche to me, but who knows ...
Posted By: BranShea Re: numinous bilious - 01/09/12 04:37 PM
smile God's nod sounds good to me and I'm rather sceptical about motto's. Verbal stickers.
Posted By: Candy Re: numinous bilious - 01/10/12 10:22 AM
I stumbled across this private project today on the net
Thought it interesting enough to mention here....

From Flickr.com


AWAD "Numinous"

Just having a little fun for 2012. In school we had a few lessons in typography were we'd create font illustrations that captured the meaning of the word to be illustrated. I always found those fun.

No idea how long I'll play with this, and I'm not giving myself any hard rules, but seeing if I can do weekday updates using the A Word A Day (AWAD wordsmith.org/awad/index.html )

First word of the year is "numinous". adjective: Supernatural, mysterious, or awe-inspiring.(wordsmith.org/words/numinous.html) Great word.


numinous photos
Posted By: Rhubarb Commando Re: numinous bilious - 01/10/12 12:37 PM
That's neat, candy. Thanks for giving us this link.
Mind you, I'm not so sure that we think of the stars as "mysterious" any more.

But hats off to the typopphile who produced it.
Posted By: Candy Re: numinous bilious - 01/10/12 12:57 PM
I like the "Noosphere" photo smile

I was going to leave comment on flickr site...but I couldn't without signing up.
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