Loumain

From the French loup (wolf) and humain (human).

French pronunciation: /lu.mɛ̃/ — English approximation: loo-MEHN (with a nasalised final vowel).

A human being who retains an animal, instinctive and sensory way of perceiving reality.

The Loumain sniffs before classifying, senses before explaining, and may understand the world through the nose.

The Loumain does not reject thought. Rather, the Loumain recognises that understanding may precede explanation.

Relationship with the Crestignacian

Every Crestignacian is a Loumain, but not every Loumain necessarily becomes a Crestignacian.

The Loumain is the nose of the Crestignacian: it senses and detects phenomena.

The Crestignacian possesses this Loumain faculty and may go further, creating the very word that makes a previously unnamed reality visible.

The Loumain may sniff out a phenomenon and simply move on. The Crestignacian may stop and observe:

“This scent deserves a word.”

The louphic approach

The louphic approach is the Loumain way of apprehending phenomena: sensing reality before enclosing it within an explanation or demonstration.

It must not be confused with Louesy, which is a poetic practice.

Louphically (adverb): observing, sensing or describing a phenomenon according to the louphic approach.

The retained French form is loumain, preferred to louhmain for its simplicity and musicality.