mana

"The world's capacity for uncommon power can be summed up in the general idea of 'mana,' an impersonal, even pre-theistic notion which refers not to a 'thing; but to the shaping of existential meaning within which things can be first located. Consequently, the sacred means the presence of mana, while the profane simply means the absence of mana. Moreover the sacred is no longer separated from the profane: it lies dormant within the profane and can show itself anytime or be invoked through a ritual."

Lawrence J. Hatab, Myth and Philosophy. A contest of Truths, p. 22