The Pearl of Great Price
A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
The Pearl of Great Price
Sep 25 Rudolph Otto - the Idea of the Holy
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Tim Byron
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Season 9
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Episode 25
When Otto published the idea of the Holy during World War One it was a sensation, soon translated into multiple languages. He coined the term numinous to describe the experience of the Other. Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans