May 6, 2003 10:35
21 yrs ago
English term

darkness

Non-PRO English Art/Literary
But what of 9? It is, we all know, an odd number (very odd), and an early square. It is a 6 on its head, a circle and a line, the highest digit and the last, with something of the darkness that attaches to last things. Yet it has strange magic in it.

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the unknown, the mystery of what lies beyond

The darkness that attaches to last things would be the darkness of the unknown, the mystery of what lies beyond, since we do not know what lies beyond last things...

This darkness is at once frightening and compelling, thus the strange magic...
Peer comment(s):

agree Ino66 (X)
2 hrs
agree Sarah Ponting
2 hrs
agree Fuad Yahya
5 hrs
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+1
2 mins

las tinieblas

I would use "tinieblas" in this context.

Saludos,
Bill
Peer comment(s):

agree Arcoiris
8 mins
neutral Kim Metzger : Hi Bill. Wrong language. Cheers!
2 hrs
Oops! Maritza had posted a string of Eng>Span this AM, I goofed. Thanks, Kim!
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+5
4 mins

Evil.

In black magic the last of a sequence is considered to be mor evil than good.
Peer comment(s):

agree Louise Mawbey
25 mins
Thank you Louise.
agree Marie Scarano
1 hr
Thank you Marie.
agree Kim Metzger
2 hrs
Thank you Kim.
agree Bin Zhang
5 hrs
Thank you Bin Zhang.
agree Ino66 (X)
5 hrs
Thanks Ino66.
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26 mins

la obscuridad

I think its better for this context
Peer comment(s):

neutral Kim Metzger : Moderator's note: please English only in English monolingual.
2 hrs
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2 hrs

obscurity

engulfment (swallowing)
before the END
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3 hrs

Darkness

It could be absence of moral or spiritual values, obscurity, such as in Heart of Darkness.

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Note added at 2003-05-06 14:02:21 (GMT)
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Often used in the same context (NEW!):
dark, ness, shadow, shadows, light, harkness, evil, silence, blackness, heartless, ess, gloom, loneliness, sit, abyss, bud, depression, torture, uncertainty, wickedness

http://rhyme.lycos.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=darkness&typeofrhyme...

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Note added at 2003-05-06 14:04:18 (GMT)
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6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of
darkness.

http://rhyme.lycos.com/r/gwic.cgi?Word=darkness&Path=holy/ne...
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