A shaman is a tribal healer who can act as a medium between the visible world and the spirit world. Shamans are kind of a mix between priests and doctors. Like a priest, a shaman is a holy man who represents a religion â in this case, shamanism. Like a doctor, a shaman heals people â or at least claims to do so. If you're not into shamanism, you can use this term more generally: A really good teacher, especially one who works a little mysteriously, might be said to work like a shaman.
While the response is activated by the physics of light waves, the response itself is both physiological and psychological. Suppose that white light-i.e., light consisting of the full range of wavelengths within the visible light spectrum-is incident upon the retina.
The Sun in Visible Light. What we call visible light can be broken into two categories: white light, and filtered light. White light pictures show how the Sun appears to the naked eye, when all the colors of the rainbow are collected by the camera. Filtered light refers to the selection of specific colors by using a filter.