Whereas light, active, male energy forms yin energy, yang energy is formed from dark, passive, female energy. In various Chinese cosmogonic myths, light and dark have a prominent role as essential features and forces of the universe. Hesiod’s Theogony says that “First of all, the Void came into being” and “out of Void came Darkness and black Night, and out of Night came Light and Day.” Even the Big Bang, which originated from our modern mythology of science, is described as an explosion of light. We are told that “the earth was without form, and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep.” Later, “God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Ultimately, “God divided the light from the darkness.” So initially, in this telling, darkness and light are connected-if not one-and later divided. For many Western readers the creation of the universe given to us from Christianity is well-known.
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