Carl Sagan can launch into an essay on wave mechanics and the electromagnetic spectrum with the behaviour of a bath toy and deliver not just lucid knowledge but luminous understanding.
While Rhizophysa species are to our knowledge non-luminous, Rosacea species are bioluminescent; however the pattern of luminescence emission (Fig. 6D) which occurs diffusely across the whole body, does not match the fluorescence patterns (Fig. 6G), which are discrete points on the gastrozooids (feeding polyps).
I felt soothed by the ordinary yet somehow remarkable knowledge that these luminous figures were far from immune to the pain of unrequited love and the humiliation of rejection (spotlight, here, on Anais Nin and Gore Vidal).
When he retired, one scholar said he brought to that job "luminous intellect, personal conviction, deep historical knowledge, the eye of an artist and the pen of an angel, and above all, an incorruptible devotion to the common good".
It all goes down with disarming ease, but Spears's close knowledge of vocal technique, and his luminous writing for the harp, hint at deeper mysteries.
This is particularly true of the episodes that have been previously published as short stories, luminous narratives that swarm with a heart-rending knowledge of life.
The checklist for an art-crowd evening such as this is scant: luminous, clashing colours are a must; an obscene knowledge of art (or at least a bluffer's guide) is essential; and flat shoes that aid agility while hopping from one exhibit to the next are useful.
But knowledge of how to clasp a luminous prize is not power to inattentive fingers.
We have used web bag to discover useful knowledge from a web table such as visible documents (or web sites), luminous documents and luminous paths.
Intuitive knowledge thus constitutes a superior means of accessing the luminous reality and the divine realm of metaphysical truths.
