Numen Lumen my Amicae!
What is up my readers! So this weekend I am visiting my sister at her college. Wich as most know has a Latin motto as all other colleges have. The motto is numen lumen which they claim to mean intellectual and spiritual light but is literally translated as divine light. I pulled their exact wording for there description and the history from their website; “The official Elon University seal was created in 1908 and adopted by the Board of Trustees. The seal includes the Latin words “numen lumen” (spiritual and intellectual light), which is the university’s motto. Two pillars that represent power and strength sit in the middle of the seal, along with the Holy Bible and several other books. The Bible refers to the historical religious foundations of Elon, and the books represent culture and knowledge. The candlestick and flame represent the light that members of the Elon community spread throughout the world, and the “All-Seeing Eye” is a representation of those keeping watch over the institution.” Now I looked on a ton of web articles, yes even including Wikipedia, and this is all of the historical backgrounds for the motto. I think this motto appropriately embodies Elon as a whole. My reasoning behind this is that Elon College was founded by the Christian Connection, but Elon is no longer directly affiliated with the United Church of Christ but maintains its historic relationship. so the spiritual represents that as well as whatever it means to you. In fact according to Wikipedia: “Elon has worked closely with the Interfaith Youth Core in developing a university distinguished by religious diversity and interreligious dialogue.[51] The university has received praise for its efforts to build a multi-faith center that is open to students of all religious traditions. The Truitt Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, located within the Numen Lumen Pavilion of the Academic Village, serves a wide variety of purposes and continues to be a model of tolerance and learning for other universities.[57]”. And being a college the intellectual light has got to represent the knowledge that they bring in and out of the classrooms. Thank you for reading, This is Emma signing off;
Stay eruditus!
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