The Japan Times Online August 13, 2016の記事 "The lure of Japan’s mysterious ruins" から抜粋します。
Abandoned sites offer explorers a numinous mix of history, mortality and a sense of the passage of time.
Nothing could be better for devotees of haikyo. Ruins of hospitals, schools, factories, homes and other forgotten sites have an ineffable lure, a numinous mix of history, mortality and a sense of the passage of time. Finding something long lost lies at the heart of this appeal, like digging up an old coin.
"numinous" の意味が分からないので辞書を引きます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity: the strange, numinous beauty of this ancient landmark
・Vocabulary.com: Something numinous has a strong religious quality, suggesting the presence of a divine power. When you enter a temple, church, or mosque, you might feel as though you've entered a numinous space.
Numinous comes from the Latin numin- meaning "divine power." This word also comes from numen, a word used to describe the spirit or divine power characteristic of a thing or place. However, you don't have to be in a strictly religious environment to experience something numinous; you might see the beauty of a painting or the melody of a song as numinous -- if they communicate a spiritual vibe.
日本の廃墟についてのこの記事は大変興味深く、是非記事の全文を読むことをお勧めします。記事のURLは下記の通りです。
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/13/travel/lure-japans-mysterious-ruins/#.V7AmfjEko5s
Abandoned sites offer explorers a numinous mix of history, mortality and a sense of the passage of time.
Nothing could be better for devotees of haikyo. Ruins of hospitals, schools, factories, homes and other forgotten sites have an ineffable lure, a numinous mix of history, mortality and a sense of the passage of time. Finding something long lost lies at the heart of this appeal, like digging up an old coin.
"numinous" の意味が分からないので辞書を引きます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity: the strange, numinous beauty of this ancient landmark
・Vocabulary.com: Something numinous has a strong religious quality, suggesting the presence of a divine power. When you enter a temple, church, or mosque, you might feel as though you've entered a numinous space.
Numinous comes from the Latin numin- meaning "divine power." This word also comes from numen, a word used to describe the spirit or divine power characteristic of a thing or place. However, you don't have to be in a strictly religious environment to experience something numinous; you might see the beauty of a painting or the melody of a song as numinous -- if they communicate a spiritual vibe.
日本の廃墟についてのこの記事は大変興味深く、是非記事の全文を読むことをお勧めします。記事のURLは下記の通りです。
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/13/travel/lure-japans-mysterious-ruins/#.V7AmfjEko5s
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