The Light of Creation, also known as "The Light", is a primordial aspect of The Presence. Believed to have been brought to Earth by The Voice at the dawn of creation when it was nothing more than a formless void of Great Darkness, the Light was in fact once an immaculate perfection of whiteness without flaws, but became an integral part of the first narrative through its interactions with the Great Darkness, and created within itself story.
History
Origins
Not much is known about the origins of The Light, except that in the beginning, when all was nothing more than a formless void of primordial darkness, God, as "The Voice", uttered the words; "Let There Be Light", and there was Light upon the dark infinitude. Imperceptible at first to the unknowing eyes of the Great Darkness, the Light grows until the infinitude shruddened and the Darkness finally screamed in pain and relief. This caused an imperceptible flaw in what was once the immaculate perfection of The Light.[3][1][4][5]
In that moment, as The Source, great energies were born and The Source generated a breed of super-celestial beings called "Hands" to shape these energies into Systems of Life which would constitute a Greater Omniverse of infinite creations rising and falling in the Overvoid. With the creation of their Multiverse, every member of the Hands would die and return to The Source of All Things. However, one amongst their number, Perpetua refused to return to The Source after fulfilling her function. Of the Overvoid, Perpetua created the Over-Monitor, the Anti-Monitor and the World Forger to manage the different aspects of her creation. She attempted to create a viscous, predatory Multiverse, one locked in a never-ending cycle of crisis and rebirth. Her children, however, betrayed her, and she was imprisoned within the Source Wall, which protects The Source, and traps all those who attempt to pass beyond it as Promethean Giants. Her flawed, predatory Multiverse was restarted.[6][7][8][9]
After discovering the flaw tainting its immaculate perfection, The Light, as the Overvoid, extended a probe into the Multiverse, which upon reporting back the concept of events, irreparably altered the Overvoid's awareness. The probe, having been split in two, withdrew and left behind as a result of the contact was a titanic entity in the shape of one of the inhabitants of the Orrery of Worlds. The Overvoid itself remains implacable, though the presence of the giant would infect its mind with perpetual questions, and thereby the concept of 'story'.[10][11]
The Great Darkness would try to weaken the Light in many ways as part of its desire to engage with the Light above and participate and see the stories of the Multiverse.[1][12]
Aspects
Many so-called 'Supreme' Entities were referred to as The Light of Creation; each being aspects of the same whole.
- The Source: The great energy behind creation; the Source is a "universal spirit" that gave rise to, encompasses and transcends all existence. It is the "source" of creativity and creation that fuels all things that exist.
- The Presence: The ultimate creator; the Presence, also known as "Yahweh" among the Angels, is the God of the Covenant and is responsible for the power that created the Multiverse. His face and name was molded by Humans' dreams and beliefs through the Collective Unconscious. The Presence's true nature, however, is eternal; without beginning or end, the Voice, the Hand, the Source, the Light being aspects of him.
- Overvoid: The living conscious void beyond the Monitor Sphere and the Multiverse; the Overvoid, once an immaculate perfection of boundless, timeless whiteness without flaws, became part of the first narrative with the discovery of the flaw within itself. To distinguish itself from the flaw, the Overvoid named itself "Monitor-Mind The Over-Void".
Notes
- The Overvoid and The Presence have both been referred to as the Light.[1] In addition, The Presence and the Source have been declared to be aspects of the same whole, all three representing the same omniversal force of life emanated by God when he, as the Voice, first spoken.
See Also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Justice League Incarnate #4
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 6) #13
- ↑ Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
- ↑ Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #4
- ↑ Green Lantern (Volume 6) #8
- ↑ New Gods #5
- ↑ Justice League (Volume 4) #22
- ↑ Dark Nights: Death Metal #1
- ↑ Dark Nights: Death Metal Multiverse's End #1
- ↑ Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1
- ↑ The Multiversity Guidebook #1
- ↑ Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green #1