Spirituality & Light - What/Why the connection?

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It seems to me that Intelligent Design enters into trying to penetrate the mystery of why human spiritual illumination as in a deep NDE OBE almost always involves going to a place of supernal light. It didn't have to be that way - after all, why not make Spirit be perceived as a very deep but ultimately melodious sound, or a different color like yellow or violet? Our consciousness as human beings appears to have been designed for such a perception, probably because the designers felt that based on physical experience on Earth, perceived physical light or illumination (which physically reveals what is out there on the Earth) faintly mirrors and best symbolizes the all-encompassing penetrating and revealing Light of spirit.

This painting and painter got mentioned in the UFO & UAP round table New Thinking Allowed hosted:

Henry Ossawa Tanner, who was one of the most accomplished African-American artists of his day, is celebrated for his depictions of biblical subjects using a modernist visual language. This video explores how Henry Ossawa Tanner’s 1898 painting The Annunciation visualizes the Virgin Mary in a moment of spiritual transformation. Developing a visual method that unites realism and mystery, this painting makes the annunciation more immediate and intimate for the modern viewer. Written and narrated by Dr. James Romaine.

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Cross-referencing for possible relevance: post #20 (re Bill Chalker's "Solid Light" review) in our UFOs (and related) Text Resources Thread.

[Laird]

Possibly of relevance in this thread (but I can move it to a psychedelic-related thread if you think not, @Sciborg_S_Patel):

The Universe Is Painted With Colors You Can’t See. Psychedelics Can Unlock This Hidden World, Scientists Say.

By Stav Dimitropoulos for Popular Mechanics on May 29, 2025.

“It’s a brilliant, blinding white light that is so radiant it contains everything within it. You feel that white light with every bit of your body—like you’re experiencing the vibratory pattern of it, the intricacies and infinite nature of it.”

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The all-consuming white light is a common theme among many participants at his retreat, Brierre says. But others report seeing different colors from “soft pink and gentle pastel” to “clean blue,” he continues.

While it's mostly a brain-based analysis, it does have a more expansive acknowledgment towards the end:

But Sobhani doesn’t think science tells the full story.

“I believe we should stay open to all possibilities, including ones that are non-materialist and outside the usual scientific worldview,” she says. “Saying things are just a hallucination is lazy—because if the brain is evolutionarily driven to conserve energy, why would it waste so much [energy] creating meaningless visions? That explanation feels too simple.” She adds that “it is a well-supported fact that the brain is becoming untethered from its normal boundaries on psychedelics,” and whether that reveals something hidden about reality is still an open question.

“But yes, I believe it’s likely that there are aspects of reality that sit outside our perception, and it’s possible psychedelics reveal some of that.”