Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

DAYS

Symbolic of periods of manifestation. Cycles of involution and evolution. The "six days" of Genesis i. are all periods of involution, not of evolution. It is stated that the "evening and the morning were one day," that is, the twelve hours between the evening and the morning were the period meant, which corresponds with the twelve hours of the night of the Egyptian Tuat. The under-world or lower world of our present experience is always said to be in darkness, because the Higher Self (the sun) is obscured, and we are plunged in spiritual ignorance and error.

"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day." - GENESIS i. 5.

The "light" is the consciousness, the spirit-side of being, whilst the "darkness" is the material, the form-side of nature. "Evening" and "morning" are symbolic of the indrawing and the outgoing forces, constituting the first Life-wave.

See Also

DARKNESS
EVENING
LIGHT
MORNING
NIGHT
SEASONS (Six)
SEPHIROTH
SIX
WEEK