As climate, social, and political crises escalate, one source of guidance becomes essential to our continued optimism and activism: a Numinous Story. Numinosity describes the direct experience of a spiritual dimension that is sparked by an apparently ordinary place, person, idea, song, or any work of art. A Numinous Story weaves its readers and listeners into a coherent whole that heals, temporarily, the brokenness pressing in on us when we are aware of more than our own small concerns. The more Numinous Stories we read and hear, the more optimistic, engaged, and committed to creating positive change we become.
Numinosity is not a universal experience. Some visitors to the Holy Wells of the world feel nothing remarkable and come away disappointed. Others find this holiness on a hike through a forest or in a photograph of a Redwood tree. Some feel this Grace in every bath and sip of water. Numinosity infuses ordinary life with the mystical dimension that makes all of life sacred and every place on this Earth a Homecoming.