Relating to the spirit or soul; having a spiritual or ethereal quality that seems to transcend material existence. In psychological contexts, it describes experiences or states that feel infused with spiritual presence or divine breath.
From Greek 'pneumatikos' meaning 'of the spirit' or 'of the wind/breath,' from 'pneuma' (breath, spirit). Early Christians used it to distinguish spiritual from merely physical or psychological experiences, emphasizing divine inspiration.
Pneumatic experiences point to something profound about human consciousness—our capacity to feel connected to something greater than our individual selves. What's psychologically interesting is that people across cultures report remarkably similar pneumatic experiences, suggesting these might represent universal aspects of human spiritual capacity rather than culturally specific beliefs.
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