Darkness is view as a dual concept not only referring to the forces of decline and opposition, but also to the state of procreation from which all things arise.
Days of Darkness.
CHAPTER I.--My Death.
I have been a Wanderer through a far country, in those lands that have no name--no place--for you of earth, and I would set down as briefly as I can my wanderings, ...
"there was darkness over the whole landand at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"[37] ...
Darkness that knew no bounds was in Abyss, and Water [too] and subtle Breath intelligent; these were by Power of God in Chaos.
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
The second line: "From darkness lead me to light", is another form for the same idea, as is also the third : "From death lead me to immortality".
The darkness is the metaphysical virgin state of the feminine that must be brought to life and light by the masculine part of the First Principle. The virgin state is the feminine side of the First Principle prior to its act of manifestation.
The Darkness of Death and the Darkness of the Tomb are, and have ever been, common phrases; no wonder, then, that the ancients sought to minimise it.
Then darkness came over the face of the waters. The age of Gods and Men was over and Humanity was left alone. The Grail was kept in safe keeping by the Gods while Humanity was left to fend for itself.
"AND DARKNESS WILL FLY FROM THEE. By invigorating the Organs the Soul makes use of for communicating with exterior objects, the Soul must acquire greater powers not only for conception but also for retention, ...
Since darkness is often thought to symbolize evil, the Festival of Lights is a celebration of conquering the darkness of this time of the month with light.
The God of Darkness reaches maturity and defeats his alter-ego, the God of Light. The Goddess and the God of Darkness conceive the Dark Child that will be born at Litha.
Samhain
The God is crowned as the Dark King.
Forces of Darkness (Forces of Evil, Forces of Materiality) -- The involutionary or materialistic forces which uphold the matter aspect of the planet.
'When I say Darkness, I mean a lacking of knowing ... and for this reason it is not called a cloud of the air, but a cloud of unknowing that is betwixt thee and thy God.' -(Ibid.) ...
Gwyllgi "dog of darkness" - Wales
Barguest - Yorkshire
Even though these creatures go by different names depending on their location throughout the British Isles they all share very well defined traits.
We may sleep in darkness or remain half-asleep in twilight, or otherwise be in joyous contemplation in moonlight or start discovering our world in sunlight. It is as we may choose.
Sri Aurobindo says: ...
Illuminating the darkness was one of early man's first concerns, along with finding a source for heat on cold dark nights. Gaining control of fire solved both the illumination and heat problems.
1 John 1:5, "God is light and in him there is no darkness at all." This means God is comprised of the rivers of light called the sefirot and in the Garden of God the sefirot are the light where there is no darkness.
The Darkness, the Water, and Breath: Ancient Birth of the World Mythology
A Guide to Understanding Cosmogonic Myths and Theoretical Science
Foutz: Introduction to the Gilgamesh Epic
Google: "Shin-eqi-unninni" worlds first known author ...
The young lady used sometimes to indulge the romantic love of solitude by sitting in her own apartment in the evening till twilight, and even darkness, was approaching.
-- Angels of Light, Powers of Darkness: Thinking Biblically About Angels, Satan & Principalities.
-- Angels, Satan, and Demons: Invisible Beings That Inhabit the Spiritual World.
-- Apocryphal Book of Tobit.
John, and say "and (Absolute) light (which is darkness) shineth in darkness (which is illusionary material light); and the darkness comprehendeth it not." This absolute light is also absolute and immutable law.
‘to enter such great darknesses and obscurities of sacred matters, the hiding places of secret words; and, as if from the most hidden inner depths of oracles and most ancient philosophy, ...
There may be a hint of sadness within us now, an inner sense of fear and trepidation, as the world begins to tilt toward the time of darkness.
Individualisation The coming together (out of the darkness of abstraction) of the two factors of Spirit and matter by means of a third factor, the intelligent will, purpose and action of an Entity.
Now, with the power of the pentagram and the Ineffable Name, you have sealed yourself off from the outer world, the profane world of ignorance and darkness, from the false and the unseemly.
Russell, J. B. 1988. The prince of darkness: radical evil and the power of good in history. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
Russell, J. B. 1984. Lucifer: the devil in the middle ages. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
 See also: World, Light, Spirit, Ritual, Spiritual
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