Light is the other face of darkness. Light and darkness symbolize complementary or alternating values of the evolutionary processes. Gnosticism believes that there is a divine spark, a portion of God residing in each human being. Hence, one’s purpose and redemption in life lies in releasing the spark within, allowing it to return to and reunite with its progenitor, the source of Divine Light. Post tenebras lux. Light follows darkness: both in the order of cosmic manifestation and in that of inner enlightenment. The Earth is the realm of darkness and the heavens that of light. Together, light and darkness form a universal duality that coincides with yin and yang. They are inseparable counterparts: yin contains traces of yang, and vice versa.

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