Explore the nature of darkness and light, delving into cultural and mythological interpretations of opposites and their impact on our understanding of good and evil.
This course dives into the meanings and symbolism behind darkness and its opposite, light. You'll explore how these concepts appear in culture, religion, and media, and why they matter to our understanding of good and evil.
Finally someone explains what darkness really is
In this course we will explore what the Dark Side or darkness really is. As a byproduct you will also learn what the Light is.
The hues white and black are widely used to depict opposites. Visually, white and black offer a high contrast. In Western culture, white and black traditionally symbolize the dichotomy of good and evil, metaphorically related to light and darkness and day and night. The dichotomy of light and darkness appears already in the Pythagorean Table of Opposites.
in religion and mythology
The Genesis creation narrative has God "separate light from darkness" on the First Day.
War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness
The underworld (Hades, Tartarus) was imagined as a chthonic place of darkness, contrasting with the celestial realm of the gods. Christian notions of heaven and hell inherit this conception, as do the "dark angels" vs. the unfallen angels, often with aureola (halos), inChristian mythology.
"Black and white thinking" is the false dichotomy of assuming anything not good is evil and vice versa.
Dress
White often represents purity or innocence in Western culture, particularly as white clothing or objects are easy to stain. In most Western countries white is the color worn by brides at weddings. Angels are typically depicted as clothed in white robes. In manyHollywood Westerns, bad cowboys wear black hats while the good ones wear white. Melodrama villains are dressed in black and heroines in white dresses. Evil witches are stereotypically dressed in black and good fairies in white.
This can be reversed as a deliberate play on conventions, by having the evil character dress in white, as a symbol of their hypocrisy or arrogance. For example, Don Fanucci in "The Godfather, Part II" is an evil character, but wears an expensive all-white suit as a sign of his esteem, power and prestige. Sometimes protagonists can wear black too, as inStar Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, wherein Luke Skywalker wears black during the final battle.
In computer security, a black hat is an attacker with evil intentions, while a white hat bears no such ill will. (This is derived from the Western movie convention.)
Magic
Healing or "good" paranormal magic is called White magic. Black magic is a destructive or evil form of magic.
A Treatise on White Magic is a book by Alice Bailey, a Theosophist.
White witch.
The Yin and yang symbol (ć€ȘæćŸ tĂ ijĂtĂș), attributed to LĂĄi ZhÄ«-DĂ© (1525â1604).
The Dark Ages vs. the Age of Enlightenment.
As shown in The Lord of the Rings, the antagonist is Sauron, who is the "Dark Lord."
The topos of "light and darkness" is also reflected in numerous titles in popular culture, such as Heart of Darkness (1899), Light in My Darkness (1927), Darkness and the Light (1942),Creatures of Light and Darkness (1969), From Darkness to Light (1973), Darkness and Light (1989), The Lord of the Light and of the Darkness (1993), the Star Trek: Deep Space 9episode "The Darkness and the Light" (1997), the Babylon 5 episode "Between the Darkness and the Light" (1997), and Out of the Darkness, Into the Light (1998).
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Understand what is Light
Understand what is Darkness
Know how to choose the Light over Darkness
6 Lectures
Hi :) I hope you'll let me share with you some wonderful teachings. I hold a PhD in Mythology & Occultism from Bircham University. I've been researching different spiritual and religious teachings, ancient and modern texts and the occult for the past decade. I specialize in channeled teachings. These are teachings that were transmitted to people from beings on the...
Very Good I enjoyed it
Very beautifully explained and detailed! worth the price just to get good cut and dry explanations for self-examination.
Very unique topic. Never thought about things this way. Glad I took this course.
Intresting and Gilad makes good points.
I only gave it a 4 initially, as i hoped for more info and more indepth ways of understanding.
But changed it to 4,5 as the instructor ask for a 5 for his own reasons. as I personally am from the opinion that everyone should at least have this basic understanding which is thought, to create a better world and universe, it means that by definition the course should have a good rating - or else people will not buy it...
I have bought virtually all his courses, and if they teach me new insights then the money spend is ok. If not, then i probably already did enough research myself, as I dive myself into freemasonry. Kaballah, gnosis, hermetics,..and ancient wisdom from historic times.. in that case i just got another viewpoint on my findings, which i therefore do not consider it a waste of money even if i learned nothing new. The course is also defined as beginner level...which it is..and therefore can not be made accountable for my other expectations.. Therefore: good job Gilad !
I needed this course. Thank you
Good explanations of life but could use ways to practice how and when you choose the best side for you
a few blips at first
otherwise absolutely fantastic. given me a lot to think about and alternative ways
well done enjoyed it
This course is really very basic, this is just an introduction to concepts that I already knew. So I did not learn much things but I have to say it is well explained.
The content seemed promising at start, but I really couldn't make out the point of the rest of the course.
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Conny R.
Lovely! Thank you!