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‖ mysterium tremendum|mɪˈstɪərɪəm trɛˈmɛndəm|
[L., = tremendous mystery.]
A term used to express the overwhelming awe and sense of unknowable mystery felt by those to whom this aspect of God or of being is revealed.
1923J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto's Idea of Holy iv. 12 We shall find we are dealing with something for which there is only one appropriate expression, mysterium tremendum. Ibid. v. 25 We gave to the object to which the numinous consciousness is directed the name ‘mysterium tremendum’. 1957J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation (rev. ed.) ii. 32 The mysterium tremendum of religion. 1963A. Huxley Let. 17 Feb. (1969) 949 One..opens oneself up receptively to the Mysterium tremendum et fascinans within and without. 1968Times 15 Oct. 11/4 Should we not beware of the mysterium tremendum, the Wrath of God. 1971Nature 13 Aug. 450/2 Their inter-relationship [sc. that of biology and physical-chemical research] seems to me to represent one of the deepest questions man can ask, a real mysterium tremendum. |