Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), Renaissance philosopher, mystic, and Hermetic thinker, viewed the universe as an ensouled totality, permeated by an eternal, divine light. In his writings, he describes this light as an ever-present force that approaches and knocks on the doors of our senses and cognitive faculties, with the aim of elevating the soul and transforming it into the divine itself. While he does not explicitly use the term “forza” in this context, it is clear that he refers to a living, active force, a light that is perhaps not visible but knowable, and transformative. I use “force” because Bruno’s divine light acts, moves, penetrates, transforms, and calls. It’s not merely illumination, it is an inner vector of change, and in that sense, it functions as a force within consciousness

“The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.” Giordano Bruno

This force, the divine light, manifests in various ways. In modern terms, we might say that it reveals itself within the ultrasubjective hyperspace, the inner field where consciousness experiences its own essence directly. As we have discussed together, this field becomes accessible through phosphenic visions that may arise with closed or even open eyes, when one enters a state of deep attention or contemplation. The appearances of lights, colors, and geometric patterns are not random occurrences but can be experienced as symbolic expressions of the divine, just as Bruno conceived of them, as a light that knocks.

Bruno’s vision harmonizes beautifully with what we today might describe as the inner cartography of the mystical experience. He acknowledges that the divine can present itself in forms perceptible to the senses, not merely as intellectual concepts, but as living images and sounds. This forms a bridge to the practice of Nadayoga, the mystical path of inner hearing, where divine light manifests as inner sound, the sacred vibration that draws awareness back to its source.

In our work with phosphenic perception, spontaneous light phenomena within the visual-cortical system, we observe how the divine light forms and reforms in fractal patterns, waves, spirals, and subtle beings. These are not merely physiological but may be read as gateways to a deeper reality. Bruno would say: this is the light that knocks. What appears within is not from the world of matter, but from the core of consciousness itself.

Thus we connect the ancient language of Bruno with our contemporary exploration of the Ultrasubjective Hyperspace. His call to contemplate, to receive the light, and to be transformed by what appears, remains relevant. The inner light is not a metaphor. It is perceivable. It speaks. And those who dare to look, through closed eyes or into the open sky, recognize within it the divine revealing itself through the body, the senses, and consciousness itself.

In our time, as humanity once again seeks truth beyond the external, Bruno’s vision offers a resonant key: the light is already here. We only need to learn how to see it.