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Closed-eye hallucination. Closed-eye hallucinations and closed-eye visualizations ( CEV) are hallucinations that occur when one's eyes are closed or when one is in a darkened room. They should not be confused with phosphenes, perceived light and shapes when pressure is applied to the eye's retina, or some other non-visual external cause ...
Divine light. (Redirected from 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 ...
In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus ( Latin for 'foolish flame'; [1] pl. ignes fatui ), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. The phenomenon is known in much of European folklore by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, friar's lantern, and ...
The astral plane, also called the astral realm or the astral world, is a plane of existence postulated by classical, medieval, oriental, and esoteric philosophies and mystery religions. [1] It is the world of the celestial spheres, crossed by the soul in its astral body on the way to being born and after death, and is generally believed to be ...
It’s not the only color for a cause. Purple probably won’t be the only porch light color you’ll see. People use red porch lights to highlight women’s heart health. And blue porch lights ...
The blue field entoptic phenomenon is an entoptic phenomenon characterized by the appearance of tiny bright dots (nicknamed blue-sky sprites) moving quickly along undulating pathways in the visual field, especially when looking into bright blue light such as the sky. [1] The dots are short-lived, visible for about one second or less, and ...
Hypnagogia. Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, also defined as the waning state of consciousness during the onset of sleep. Its opposite state is described as hypnopompia – the transitional state from sleep into wakefulness. Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" phase include ...
Apollo, god of light, among many other things. Eos, goddess of the dawn. Hemera, personification of day. Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios. Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the ...