Divine light

Effect of light from the rose window in Bari Cathedral, recurring in religious architecture to metaphorically allude to the spiritual light.[1]

In theology, divine light (also called divine radiance or divine refulgence) is an aspect of divine presence perceived as light during a theophany or vision, or represented as such in allegory or metaphor.

Light has always been associated with a religious and philosophical symbolic meaning, considered a source of not only physical but metaphysical illumination, as a metaphor for the revelation of a truth hidden in the shadows.[2]

The value of light often recurs in history of philosophy, especially Neoplatonic, in the course of which it is understood both as a structural component of every being, including physical ones, and as a metaphor of spiritual light.[2]

  1. ^ Painton Cowen (2006). "The Rose Window, splendor and symbol". The Art Book.
  2. ^ a b "La matefisica della luce" (in Italian).

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