Love and Light Are the Same Thing: Yeshua/Jesus' Ultimate Message
In reading about Greek mysticism and one type of Sufi mysticism, it is interesting to note that both describe “God” as light or illumination. The Greeks distinguished between God’s essence (ousia) and his energies (energeiai) and felt that one could experience his energies or “rays of divinity”, his illumination, but not his essence. In a form of Sufism known as Ishraqi (Illumination), the core of the philosophy is the symbol of light. For followers of Ishraqi, light is seen as the perfect... Sign in to see full entry.