On Harmonizing "Language of Light": Poetry, between Mimesis and Catharsis

Abstract

The study was undertaken with 2 objectives: 1) A more detailed introduction on semio-bio-photonics, already published and 2) Some original conclusions concerning the persuasive effects of the poetic language. To clarify the genesis and resonant power of (poetic) language, two pluridisciplinary perspectives are required: a) contributions from semiotics, phonology and linguistics, neuro-physiology and biophotonics, in order to justify the mimetic dimension of the words by its sonorous signifier; and b) contributions from psycho-logics and psycho-analysis connected to literary hermeneutics, in order to explain how mental images and thoughts become emoted. The both perspectives are (auto)referentially connected – for a more explicit illustration – to the poetic / metaphoric language used by the authors. In this integrative way, the paper is complex, acknowledging the assumption of sufi thinkers that our words are "sounds full of light".