1. A device for coordinating illumination of a religious, meditative, or ceremonial visual image and sound associated with the use of the visual image, comprising: a display for illuminating and displaying a visual image of a religious, meditative, or ceremonial symbol; means for producing sound; control circuitry for coordinating the illumination of the visual image and sound associated with use of the image; and wherein the control circuitry is adapted to be configured to cause production of sound for a predetermined sound time interval and to cause an increase in the intensity of the illumination of the image during the predetermined sound time interval, and to cause a decrease in the illumination of the image during a predetermined decrease time interval after the predetermined sound time interval, wherein the predetermined decrease time interval is adjustable by a user.