Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

SUN-SETTING

A symbol either of the termination or the commencement of the great cycle of life. The Higher Self withdraws into the Absolute, or the Higher Self becomes obscured and unapparent to the lower consciousness.

“Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.” — ISA. lx.20.

At the end of the cycle, the individuality (thy sun) shall no longer be obscured to the consciousness, neither shall the personality (thy moon) withdraw any more into incarnation. For the Higher Self (the Lord) is united with the immortal individuality, and the grief of captivity to the lower nature is ended.

“At thy rising all live; at thy sitting they die by thee; but the duration of thy life is the life that is in thee. Eyes shine brightly until thou settest; ceaseth all labour when thou settest in the west.” (Hymn to Aten, sun‑disk.) — WIEDEMANN, *Religion of the Ancient Egyptians*, p. 42.

See Also

BONDAGE
EVENING
HORIZONS
LIBERATION
MOON (lower)
SUFFERING
WEST