ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENERGUMEN
Via Late Latin from Greek energoumenos having been worked on, from energein to be in action, from energos effective.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENERGUMEN»
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energumen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
energumen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gorgon: An Alaska Iconoclast Mystery
“As you command,” Energumen stepped into the light. Katscrambled backwards
to theclosetwall. She reachedbehind, took holdofa hangerand lunged.
Energumen blasted tothe ceiling. He waved a gnarled hand. The coathanger
vibrated ...
2
Dialogues of the early Church
Where is the energumen ? Flav. He is no energumen. He is gone forth ; that is
what I told thee, he is gone ; and if thou tarriest, thou diest. He denied that he was
an energumen. He is gone to bring the soldiers ; they hunt for Christians ; they ...
3
Adventures with the Buddha: A Personal Buddhism Reader
"It is to some extent dangerous, but it depends on the potency of the demon who
is in possession of the energumen." My curiosity was too great to back out and I
promised, with great enthusiasm, to attend as we bade good-bye to Lichun's ...
4
The Winterlong Trilogy: Winterlong, Aestival Tide, and ...
“It was an energumen.” “An energumen?” Aidan's voice rose as he settled with
his back against the bed. “That's it? You were afraid of an energumen?” Beside
me Neos shuddered. Only a fool wouldn't be afraid of an energumen. Of all the ...
5
Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality
I is the voice of Kalamat, an energumen. The aristocracy of the geneslaves,
energumen are human in form, eight feet tall, (that's about two and a half metres,
in Europe) strong in proportion and more than humanly intelligent — or so we're
told.
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Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson: Ethiopian Thought in the Making ...
... and discursive system encountered abroad, that is, a text through which other
texts and voices speak. A body through which others speak is called an
energumen: literally, as the Oxford English Dictionary puts it, “one that is wrought
upon.
Wendy Laura Belcher, 2012
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misinformed ...
8
The Huston Smith Reader
The following eyewitness account by Peter Goullart is condensed from his book
The Monastery ofJade Mountain: The energumen, a rather emaciated man of
about twenty-five, lay on an iron bedstead on a rush mat. He was very pale and ...
Huston Smith, Jeffery Paine, 2012
9
The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good ...
The victim of such a possession was called an energumen. His body was under
the temporary control of a demon, who could be expelled by exorcism. Such
possession was in no way voluntary; the victim had not used his free will to invite
the ...
Jeffrey Burton Russell, 1992
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Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the ...
In a book that sets out the prehistory of the early modern European witch craze, Nancy Caciola shows how medieval people decided whom to venerate as a saint infused with the spirit of God and whom to avoid as a demoniac possessed of an ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENERGUMEN»
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energumen is used in the context of the following news items.
Lost and Found: Shirley Clarke and Pascale Ogier
And Pascale Ogier was a young energumen of the new Paris night life. Antoine de Baecque and Noël Herpe's indispensable biography of ... «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
Shayley Martin's spelling bee run ends just short of finals
Earlier today Shayley spelled "energumen" and “tachytely” correctly. Of the 281 spellers who started competition this week only 46 made the ... «Roanoke Times, May 14»
Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
... the creation of anything even resembling Obamacare, despite what dictatorially John Roberts, that vile energumen in the U.S. supreme court, ... «TIME, Sep 13»
The Hollywood Movie Made for FDR's Inauguration
He is instantly transformed into a brusque and brave energumen who dismisses his cabinet, stands up to a Congress that's ready to impeach ... «New Yorker, Jan 13»
Obies 2009: What's Your Worst Theater Experience?
I wrote a play called Energumen, produced by Soho Rep in their one season at Bellevue. (Yes, the hospital.) To make a cross backstage, one ... «Village Voice, May 09»
