And thirdly, during the obscuration the light of the moon is reddened, and at last extinguished, by the blood which flows from its wounds; which belief originates with the Edda, and obtains in the Western world.
As the moment of total obscuration approached, a red band of light would rapidly form in the neighbourhood of the disappearing limb of the sun, and gradually extend around the earth.
That essential nature no doubt is something eternally accomplished, but as in the Samsâra state it is obscured by Nescience in the form of Karman; the text refers to the cessation of such obscuration as 'accomplishment.
And that, in the case of a being consisting of non-differenced light, obscuration by Nescience would be tantamount to complete destruction, we have already explained above.
The obscuration of the soul's true nature results either from the soul's connexion with the body or from its connexion with the power of matter in a subtle state.
To that substance which is pure light, free from all division and distinction, there cannot belong two modes of being, and hence obscuration and light cannot abide in it together.
Where, therefore, light itself and alone constitutes the essential nature of a thing, there can either be no obscuration at all, or if there is such it means complete annihilation of the thing.
For, as we have shown before, obscuration of the light of that which is nothing but light means destruction of that light.
This and other arguments have been already set forth; as also that the hypothesis ofobscuration contradicts other views held by the Advaitin.
Brahman, would mean complete destruction of Brahman; so that the hypothesis of obscuration is altogether excluded.
Assuming such to be the case, the variable light of some stars may indicate a similar phenomenon, or they may be stellar magnetic periods, differing only in the degree of obscuration and its duration.
It is beautiful;--even in its great obscuration and decadence, it is among the beautifulest, most touching objects one sees on the Earth.
Farther out a second white glow appeared from behind the obscuration of the buildings and below it a green speck--a starboard light.
Then the lights were gone, and the eddies of the gale ceased to bring echoes of the obscuration signals.
Natural Theology, our science would seem to result in an obscuration of the magnificently Supreme Power already accepted.
We do not indeed doubt that the sun exists behind the cloud, but we certainly do not see it; still less can we call the obscuration a special proof of its presence.
The passing off of thisobscuration was "hastened and secured" by the initiative of Eli Thayer and Charles Robinson.
How long that obscuration shall last, is known only to the power that directs all human events.
Sir Norman Lockyer believed he saw the obscuration of a large region by clouds, this obscuration continuing for some hours.
When the gusts of wind are fitful like squalls at sea, the obscuration would be fitful, to clear up again.
We note the gradual obscuration of objects on the planet as they approach the edge of the disk, where they are necessarily viewed through a greatly increased thickness of Martian atmosphere.
This is the last expression of refined culture, and at the same time of that obscuration of consciousness with which all the cultured classes of our time are occupied.
The real reason for this decrease in the number of executions and the growth of the opposition on principle to capital punishment in this country is the increasing obscuration of the belief in immortality.
Clouds obscure-- But for which obscurationall were bright?
The continued obscuration of Las Casas by reason of the long delay in printing his manuscript served to give Herrera, through many generations, a prominence as an authoritative source which he could not otherwise have had.
His death was not as Columbus's was, an obscuration that no one noted; his life was prolonged in the school of seamanship which he had created.
To some extent the obscuration of the noonday glare of man's waking consciousness must reveal the far-reaching faint corona of his unsuspected and impalpable powers.
Coleridge's Kubla Khan had long ago shown the world that a great poet might owe his masterpiece to the obscuration of waking sense.
Such an obscuration of the sun would indeed produce a remarkable effect on the sky at night, which a little attention would disclose.
There are, however, other classes of variable stars, the fluctuation of whose light can hardly be due to occasional obscuration by dark bodies.
Defn: Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.
Defn: The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse.
The obscuration of the intruder by its penetration of the esophageal wall.
The obscuration of the intruder by inflammatory sequelae.
The obscuration of the intruder by secretion or food debris.
Pierre aroused the reviewers to such a storm of abuse that legend has assigned Melville’s swift obscuration to this dispraise.
This company accounts for Melville’s swiftobscuration in a summary and comprehensive manner, by intimating that Melville went insane.
And where rudimentary vision exists, sudden obscuration of light, implying the passage of something large, causes convulsive muscular movements which mostly carry the body away from the source of danger.
To regard the two as different would indicate obscuration of vision.
They are stupefaction of judgment, obscuration of every faculty, darkness and blind darkness.
But in those matters in which so great an obscuration does not take place, it may still be the case, that the matter which makes a difference is of no great consequence.
