Dec 9 2021.... Just heard in Spirit just now....'the Dark Night' but this is NOT referring to the dark night of the soul! What I was able to find on the net about this phrase....
Dark night poem.... The dark night is not pleasant, but to the end that it allows one to approach nearer to God and His love, the poet calls it a “happy night” and a “night more lovely than the dawn.” At the end of one’s journey, he concludes, God takes away all feeling, leaving the traveler senseless to everything except the presence of God Himself.
https://www.gotquestions.org/dark-night-soul.html This stuck out for some reason so will include it here as well....
....The monk taught that one seeking God will cast off all attachments to this world and live a life of austerity. Before attaining union with God, however, the soul must pass through a personal experience of Christ’s passion. This time of testing and agony is accompanied by confusion, fear, and uncertainty— including doubts of God—but on the other side are Christ’s glory, serenity, and a mystical union with God.
From a theological standpoint, the concept of a dark night of the soul fits with the Catholic teaching of the necessity of purgatory and of earning God’s favor through penance and other works. However, the idea of a step-by-step process of self-denial and affliction culminating in glory is not taught in Scripture.
*****Jesus predicted that His followers would face persecution ( John 15:20 ), but He also gives His peace to those same followers ( John 14:27 ). A believer has God’s peace now; he doesn’t have to experience a “dark night” first ( Romans 5:1 ). The child of God is already seated “in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus” ( Ephesians 2:6 ). Neither Jesus nor the apostles ever taught a “dark night of the soul.” The ideas contained in “The Dark Night of the Soul” have been applied in contexts outside of Catholicism. Protestants have been known to use the phrase to describe a period of questioning one’s salvation. And the phrase is sometimes used generically to describe any type of mental, emotional, or spiritual anguish.. ......
I'm getting in Spirit...'time of testing'.. and the phrase ...darkest before the dawn as well.....
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Literally, the phrase means a night that is darker than most nights , for example because it is a new moon, or clouds obscure the moon and stars. On such a night it may be difficult to see any danger until it is too late -- danger ranging from something on the ground that you trip over to wild animals or violent people attacking you. ......
Chaldean Numerology The numerical value of dark night in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology The numerical value of dark night in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2 ...... Note here biblically speaking the number 9 means judgement and the number 2 means polarity as in the polarity of thought, light and darkness aka the ying/yang symbol. aka opposites. In Spirit i am seeing the Pisces symbol/zodiac which is symbolic of opposites that are tethered/joined together by a rope...but 2 also means union as well biblically.
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the phrase means a night that is,to wild animals or violent people attacking you.
.....I have seen this expression in literary texts. It means a very dark night, with no moonlight at all and it is used to enhance a feeling of foreboding. It can be called a hyperpole.
......It might be better to use both halves in answeering your question. The first half, "Dark Night" refers to period of personal upheaval or crisis. Both halves: Dark Night, Early Dawn (DNED) is a phrase whose usage probably best elucidates the fuller context behind what a Dark Night exactly is. Transpersonal Studies usage can be summed up in the following: Dark Night...", as in Dark Night, Early Dawn typically can be used to refer to a period of great spiritual testing and, when coupled with "...Early Dawn", transformation. For more you might gloss over the book Summary of the central metaphore, Dark Night, Early Dawn.
Frequently a Dark Night is a period in which the mettle of a given subject is tested to such an extent as to not only unwind the topical or superficial egoic structures of the person, but when harnessed the crisis energy can additionally be utilized to unwind and deconstruct the foundational and subterranean structures.
Also, the actual crisis or context may not objectively warrant such a description, but the diligence and energy channelled into the situation and egoic structures involved would be sufficient to be a Dark Night experience to the subject.
When used in the superlative, there is an understanding of the Darkest Night laying bare the subject's entire self as a collection of dis-integrated parts. There is, in the sense of the Early Dawn, an opportunity to collect these fragmented elements of the person and to integrate them into a more cohesive personhood.
....Literally, the phrase means a night that is darker than most nights, for example because it is a new moon, or clouds obscure the moon and stars. On such a night it may be difficult to see any danger until it is too late -- danger ranging from something on the ground that you trip over to wild animals or violent people attacking you. Thus such a night is considered scary. Thus figuratively the phrase can refer to a frightening time, like "When the dictator took over our country was plunged into the darkest of nights." ........
PSALMS 12 For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.
1 Help, Lord , for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. 2 Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts. 3 May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue— 4 those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?” 5 “Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord . “I will protect them from those who malign them.” 6 And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. 7 You, Lord , will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, 8 who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race. ......
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