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A Celebration of Light
Across cultures and throughout history, light has been humanity's most powerful metaphor.
Knowledge dispelling ignorance
Examples: The Age of Enlightenment, the Buddha's enlightenment
Light at the end of the tunnel
Examples: Candles in windows, lighthouses guiding home
Light as sacred presence
Examples: Halos, nimbus, the burning bush, Hanukkah candles
Light revealing what darkness hides
Examples: Bringing to light, shedding light on
Light as life force
Examples: Photosynthesis, sun worship, heliotherapy
Light showing the way
Examples: Lighthouse, North Star, lamp unto my feet
Light marking joy
Examples: Fireworks, Diwali, Christmas lights
Light honoring the departed
Examples: Yahrzeit candles, eternal flames
Light starting all things
Examples: Let there be light, dawn of a new day
Light as awareness
Examples: The light of consciousness, seeing the light
Diwali — Hindu festival celebrating light's triumph over darkness, knowledge over ignorance
Hanukkah — Jewish festival commemorating the miracle of oil lasting eight days
Christmas — Christians celebrate Christ as "light of the world" with candles and lights
Lantern Festival — Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year
Loy Krathong — Thai festival floating candles on water
St. Lucia's Day — Swedish festival of light on the darkest days
Obon — Japanese festival guiding ancestral spirits with lanterns
Light unites us. In every culture, we celebrate it.