Literary notes about daimonic (AI summary)
The term "daimonic" is employed to evoke a sense of an inner, often supernatural energy that lies just beyond the ordinary realm of personality and bodily existence. In literary usage, it frequently connotes an elemental force that imbues characters with transformative power or divine inspiration, as seen in its association with immortality and spiritual awakening ([1], [2]). At times it is portrayed as an intrinsic, sacred aspect of human nature—linking the physical to the divine—while in other instances it embodies the raw, untamed forces that drive human instincts and passions ([3], [4]). The word is also utilized to indicate an internal dynamic energy that both shapes and challenges the self, urging individuals toward greater consciousness and a deeper connection with something beyond themselves ([5], [6], [7], [8]).
- The daimonic experiences through which he has passed are enough to prove to him his own immortality.
— from Christianity as Mystical Fact, and the Mysteries of Antiquity by Rudolf Steiner - Diotima, the priestess, awakened in Socrates the daimonic force which was to lead him to the divine.
— from Christianity as Mystical Fact, and the Mysteries of Antiquity by Rudolf Steiner - Hence, more than any other part of the body, they are daimonic and sacred (mystery, passion, reproduction).
— from FolkwaysA Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner - The march into Russia is the return upon the daimonic spirit of its primitive instincts.
— from The Origins and Destiny of Imperial BritainNineteenth Century Europe by J. A. (John Adam) Cramb - What is the relation of the daimonic element to the personality which comes and goes?
— from Christianity as Mystical Fact, and the Mysteries of Antiquity by Rudolf Steiner - The growing and increasing force within him is his daimonic element,—that within him which pushes out beyond himself.
— from Christianity as Mystical Fact, and the Mysteries of Antiquity by Rudolf Steiner - The currents of daimonic energy seemed never to stop, the vivid susceptibility to impressions never to grow dull.
— from The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3)1809-1859 by John Morley - For no wise woman on the physical plane could awaken the daimon in the soul, unless the daimonic force were latent in the soul itself.
— from Christianity as Mystical Fact, and the Mysteries of Antiquity by Rudolf Steiner
