The Imaginative Power
The power of imagination in man. The power and ability to imagine things and sights.
("The great sage Rambam wrote, "There are people to whom the intellectual power is imbued with the power of the imagination, to the point that they speak of the future and dream righteous dreams. And because of this, they were prophets of Baal, and because of this, they believed in them." - Radak Jeremiah, Chapter One)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַכֹּחַ הַמְּדַמֶּה
Definition (Hebrew)
יְכֹלֶת הַדִּמְיוֹן שֶׁבָּאָדָם. הַכֹּחַ וְהַיְּכֹלֶת לְהַעֲלוֹת בַּדִּמְיוֹן דְּבָרִים וּמַרְאוֹת.
("כָּתַב הֶחָכָם הַגָּדוֹל רַמְבָּ"ם זַ"ל כִּי יֵשׁ אֲנָשִׁים שֶׁיִּשְׁפַּע אֲלֵיהֶם הַכֹּחַ הַשִּׂכְלִי בְּכֹחַ הַמְּדַמֶּה עַד שֶׁיְּדַבְּרוּ עֲתִידוֹת וְיַחַלְמוּ חֲלוֹמוֹת צוֹדְקוֹת וּמִזֶּה הַכַּת הָיוּ נְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל וּמִפְּנֵי זֶה הָיוּ מַאֲמִינִים בָּהֶם "- רָדָ"ק יִרְמְיָהוּ פֶּרֶק יָד)