ellampsis (ελλαμπσις)

(Language: Greek)

Short Description: irradiation, shining forth, manifestation, illumination, flowing from the principle as a cause

Long Description: irradiation, shining forth, manifestation, illumination, flowing from the principle as a cause; for Proclus, ‘only an illumination (ellampsis) from the intellective gods renders us capable of being connected to those intelligible-and-intellective Forms… For this reason, indeed, Socrates in Phaedrus (249d) compares the contemplation to mystery-rites ( teletais), initiations ( muesesi) and visions ( epopteias), elevating our souls under the arch of Heaven, and to Heaven itself, and to the place above Heaven’ ( In Parm.949).

Sources: The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys