An important source of inspiration are Kabbalah teachings about the "lights", relating them to the Sephirot or emanations of the soul. Each of the modules is constructed with a special color scheme and visual dance which correlates to ideas about the specific Sephirot.
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Light 8 Malchut Kingdom ת-נ Brown |
Light 7 Yesod Foundation ש-נ Green |
Light 6 Hod Praise נ-ר Orange |
Light 5 Netzach Victory ק-נ Purple |
Light 4 Tiferet Beauty נ-צ Yellow |
Light 3 Gevurah Severity פ-נ Red |
Light 2 Chesed Kindness נ-ע Blue
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Light 1 Bina Intellect נ-ס Infra-red |
An added input is a meditation suggested by the great Safad kabbalist of the 15th century, the Holy Ari (Luria), which is to visualize in the flames upon lighting the candles each night a marriage or "zivug" of the letter nun (נ) in the shamash, with the last eight letters of the Hebrew alphabet: the first night נ-ס, the second night נ-ע and so on. All of the eight consecutive combinations make a two-letter word in Hebrew (itself a rare occurrence). Somehow these two letter "words" do mysteriously appear in the modules and not because of any premeditation on my part.
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