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nu·mi·na

 (no͞o′mə-nə, nyo͞o′-)
n.
Plural of numen.
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numina

(ˈnjuːmɪnə)
n
(Classical Myth & Legend) the plural of numen
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nu•men

(ˈnu mɪn, ˈnyu-)

n., pl. -mi•na (-mə nə)
divine or supernatural power or presence, esp. as associated with a particular place or object.
[1620–30; < Latin nūmen a nod, command, divine power, divinity, akin to nūtāre to nod the head in assent]
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Kant's two worlds can be seen as related to Martin Heidegger's three worlds: 1) Mitwelt, or the "with-world," is the world around consisting of people (what Heidegger eventually came to call Dasein): this is an important part of Kant's world of physical phenomena--in this sense, man can be regarded as a human phenomenon (Teilhard de Chardin's terminology) surrounded by human phenomena; 2) Umwelt, the world around consisting of all objects and events, what we would call "the environment": this is also a major part of Kant's world of physical phenomena; 3) Selbstwelt, the world of the self, or "selfdom": this is an essential part of Kant's world of physical phenomena that is also a gateway to the world of transcendental numina (the latter idea according to romantic theorists).
Besides, western terms such as "transcendental," "spirit," or "demon" impose unwarranted connotations upon the indigenous numina to be studied, in addition to having only minimal explanatory power due to their own ambiguous semantics.
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Nevertheless, the general idea of a 'natural religion' that in fact posed little threat or opposition to Christianity, and in which words such as geofon or punor remained numina without becoming personified deities such as Gefjun or Porr, has some intrinsic plausibility.