The darkness cannot comprehend the light, but it intuits it vaguely as an intrusion on its familiar shadows. The darkness described here is spiritual. Sometimes this darkness seeks social respectability, perhaps by joining some church congregation, but its interest, if so, lies in appearances. For it enjoys the snug feeling of ego-consciousness. Limitless self-expansion, if offered for its serious contemplation, makes it recoil as if from an abyss.
Light offers that fulfillment which people seek mistakenly in dark materialism.
Harmonious chords and beautiful melodies are no threat to cacophony. They simply rearrange the notes and make them pleasing to the ear. It is of course true that in beautiful music cacophony ceases to exist. Those who identify themselves with cacophony have an active dislike of harmony. There is, however, a relationship between harmony and discord, for both use essentially the same notes.