Divine light

For other uses, see Divine light (disambiguation) and Light of God.
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).