Symbolic Effects of Colors in Mystical Literature

Abstract

Mystical knowledge and intuitive experiences of mystics can not be included in limited circle of words and needs a metaphorical language. One way for sensorying up of images is using the element of color. In mystical literature, many of mental affairs and abstract concepts can be displayed through colors. This article is library-based and draws upon the psychology of colors, it investigates the colors of soul, emotions, feelings and traits, and also light colors and colors of seven subtle bodies in mystical literature. The mystic, in each of seven centers of the subtle bodies, has different perceptions of colors; perceptions that shows the stages of development and inner discovery. In coordination between inside and outside, the color of his cloak indeed accords with the mystic’s spiritual rank and internal affairs; but from another viewpoint, color is the mystery of veil upon soul and wordly interests that must be passed by to ascend to God and discoloration.

Keywords

• the psychology of color
• colors of soul
• mystical literature