Spiritual Manifestation of Natural Light in Sacred Buildings: A Comparative Study

The main sources of all natural light are the sun, the moon and the stars. In other words, the principle source of illumination is the light as mediated by atmosphere. According to some philosophers, spiritual and holy light include not only material and quantified aspect, but because of non-physical properties it treats as a spiritual connector between God and man. The light is the main part of existence which not only contacts to the surface of objects, but also helps them to form. Light is the key of finding space fundamental in making holy places meaningful. This paper tries to make a comparative analysis about the role of the light in some of most famous sacred buildings around the world. As such, the methodology preferred in this piece of research is based on descriptive, analytic and comparative method