From that moment when the Great Architect of the Universe pronounced his creative fiat, light has been of supreme importance to man.
Material and symbolic light has been the central principle of his cosmogonies and his religions.
The first religion of the world was probably the worship of light and in most of the ancient mysteries and cults, light was ever the object of attainment.
Among the Hebrews light was symbolised in the breastplate of the high priest by the Urim (from the Hebrew Aur, meaning light), while the priests of Egypt used the symbol of light in their revelations to the neophyte.
