Light: Work of the First Day of Creation

Light means what the eye requires so that it may seeand also what the mind requires that it may understand. We constantly use the word light in both senses; we speak of the light of day, and we also say that an explanation of a problem or difficulty “throws light on the subject.”

Light in its meaning as the illumination of the bodily universe is not a substance.

Bodily light is an active quality which pertains to a luminous bodily substance. The effect of light is different according to the different substances from which it comes.

It is suitable that the creation of light be the work of the first day, for in light other works may fittingly proceed.