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Is darkness synonymous with ignorance and evil Or is it the original matrix from which all life emerges and the Mother to whom it returns Higher and higher levels of artificial illumination have suppressed our contact with the numinous since the Industrial Revolution with dire consequences for society our planetary ecology and our souls This mystical testament weaves together paleobiology memoir history science and spiritual archaeology to lead readers back into the lost mysteries of the dark Not since The Teachings of Don Juan or Ishmael has a book diagnosed with such urgency and cultural coherence the problems at the heart of modern life