AE 526 - Darkness

  AE 526 [1-2]

The evil of falsity is the falsity of doctrine
out of which comes evil of life,
and the falsity of evil is the evil of life
out of which comes the falsity of doctrine.

Darkness signifies falsity because light signifies truth,
and falsity is the opposite of truth as darkness is of light;
moreover, when the light of life,
which is the Divine truth,
is not with a person,
the shadow of death is with him, which is falsity;
for a person from what is his own (proprium)
is in every evil and in falsity from the evil,
and he is removed from these
only by means of the truths of the church;
consequently where there are no truths
there are the falsities of evil.