Epiphany (holiday) them almonds, dried figs, nuts, cookies or other good things that they have at home. In Spain and some Latin American countries, Epiphany day is called "El Día de los Reyes" i.e., the day when a group of Kings or Magi, as related in the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, arrived to worship and bring three gifts to the baby Jesus after following a star in the heavens. This day is sometimes known as the "Día de los Tres Reyes Magos" (The day of the Three Royal Magi) or "La Pascua de los Negros" (Holy Day of the
Epiphany (feeling) was only published posthumously in 1944. For the philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas, epiphany or a manifestation of the divine is seen in another's face (see face-to-face). In traditional and pre-modern cultures, initiation rites and mystery religions have served as vehicles of epiphany, as well as the arts. The Greek dramatists and poets would, in the ideal, induct the audience into states of "catharsis" or "kenosis", respectively. In modern times an epiphany lies behind the title of William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch", a drug-influenced state, as Burroughs explained, "a frozen moment when everyone sees what is at the end of the fork." Both