"In our lives we experience these alternations of creation and destruction, growth and decay, birth and death, light and dark, conscious and unconscious.

Unfortunately, in our society we have been taught to fear and resist the decreasing energies represented by the dark, by decay, death, and the unconscious."

"Without the time to withdraw, rest, and recuperate from the demands of the outer activities of conscious waking life, our bodies and minds cannot sustain their supply of vital energy. If we correctly understand the dark, however, we can use the cover of darkness to learn the magic of our own particular secret rites, which can lead to a revitalized and replenished life."

—Demetra George from Mysteries of the Dark Moon