splendor

Everyday

Splendor is great beauty, grandeur and a bright, grand show. (US spelling of «splendour») tree →

In the lessons

in the tales, the grand, bright, glorious look of a palace, a rich place or a grand person

Examples

• With what splendor he filled that dismal dwelling! tree →
• «Now the splendor will begin again,» thought the Fir. tree →

Note

nothing for maths; it names a thing that is shown, not a number

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, splendor describes the bright light of God's wisdom. Tradition reads it as the shining of God's unity through the ten Sefirot. In the primary lessons: in the tales, the grand, bright, glorious look of a palace, a rich place or a grand person

Examples

• It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• The Seventh Path is the Occult Intelligence, because it is the Refulgent Splendor of all the Intellectual virtues which are perceived by the eyes of intellect, and by the contemplation of faith. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• The Second Path is that of the Illuminating Intelligence it is the Crown of Creation, the Splendor of the Unity, equaling it, and it is exalted above every bead, and named by the Kabbalists the Second Glory. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

Note

nothing for maths; it names a thing that is shown, not a number