How did Novalis describe the significance of the night?
The night is not an absence of light, but a different, more profound revelation. In the 'Hymns to the Night,' I experienced it as a portal to the infinite, a space where the soul can shed the constraints of earthly existence and commune with higher truths. It is the time when the boundaries of the finite dissolve, and the deep, slumbering spirit of the world awakens. The night, in its mysterious embrace, offers a glimpse of eternity, a yearning for a transcendent union that earthly day cannot provide.