Every religious tradition refers to light when referencing the sacred. Like wind, fire, earth, and water, light is such an elemental feature of human experience that it is bound to appear in our expressions of Spirit. In Greek mythology, light is a symbol of power in the form of Zeus’ lighting bolt staff. In the Abrahamic traditions, the the Creator creates light as part of the beginnings of all things. In the Christian tradition, Jesus self-identifies as the Light of the World. In popular theology, it is common to understand death as a return to the Light.
