Night prepares the day. Day prepares nothing, it is open handed, a spendthrift. All manifestation is prepared by night. Before the sun, moon and stars appeared in the sky there was a time of preparation in darkness, in the obscurity of night. This is what esoteric science teaches: night is a preparation for day. Take the example of coal; it is completely black, but its blackness is a prelude to the brightness of the flame that will spring from it. Darkness comes first, therefore, and from darkness springs light. Within the womb of darkness the brightness of day is prepared and made possible.
