 Therefore, it is the state or power of gods and divine beings ("shen") that is multiplied by their appearance in vision during trance or by location through a ritual of inspiration into the objects that represent them.Their activity, actuality, is "xian ling", literally "holy virtue, sacred efficacy, the sacred as manifest", or numen.Ling is a power like that of the uncanny intelligence of great masters of building of or healing, and is a divine reciprocation for offerings and pledges of devotion to a deity or demon.