Largely equating Light with being, wisdom, intuition or awareness, the Western Mystery Tradition has done little to help the situation. Intellectually and symbolically, Darkness has been associated with ignorance, malevolence and deception. Thus, to redefine the significance of black magick is to defy much traditional symbolism based on cultural bias. However, not to do so jeopardizes our potential understanding of Death and Mystery. Black is associated with negative things.
Negation is quite valuable in our world.
It is part and parcel of Nature. The destruction of waste and form allows the recreation of All. While many see negation as a force to be combatted, avoided or destroyed, the value of embracing negation and negativity as valuable and integral elements of universal flux can never be over-estimated. Darkness is often associated with the unconscious mind. Light, as the symbol of conscious illumination, is often contrasted with this directly.