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12/6/2008
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Season Of Light: Many Faiths Acknowledge The Season's Darkness
Author: Gretchen Murray Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (MI)
Title: SEASON OF LIGHT: MANY FAITHS ACKNOWLEDGE THE SEASON'S DARKNESS
Maybe it's because Daylight-Saving Time ended just a week or two before the first snowstorm of the season, but once we turned the clocks back on Nov. 2, the world plunged into darkness. Daylight savings one day -- depths of winter the next.
It might be why the lights of the season are so noticeable this year, not just the commercial lighting that lines the city streets but the season's religious celebrations that share the commonality of light.
In Christian, Jewish and some nature-based traditions, candles and lamps are symbols of spiritual enlightenment and the triumph over darkness, cold or loneliness.
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Autumn Butterfly (Surprise, Arizona) - Email Me
What a very pleasent article!
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