Elampsis - Elampsis

Japanese: エランプシス - えらんぷしす
Elampsis - Elampsis

…This is the result of a divine revelation, not a personal illumination, but a transition or alternation from darkness to light. The Greek mystic religions called this admission of light ellampsis. In the ancient East, light was not metaphysical but natural; sun, light, life, and salvation were one. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "elapse" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは神の顕現の結果であり,個人的な照明ではなくて,闇から光への移行ないし交替である。ギリシアの神秘宗教は,この意味での光の入射を〈エランプシスellampsis〉と呼んだ。古来東方では光は形而上的なものではなくて自然的なものであり,太陽,光,生命,救いは一つであった。…

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