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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: Branchspell shone on the whole of it, but Alppain only on a part.
The broad crescent that reflected Branchspell's rays alone was white
and brilliant; but the part that was illuminated by both suns shone
with a greenish radiance that had almost solar power, and yet was
cold and cheerless. On gazing at that combined light, he felt the
same sense of disintegration that the afterglow of Alppain had always
caused in him; but now the feeling was not physical, but merely
aesthetic. The moon did not appear romantic to him, but disturbing
and mystical.
Earthrid rose, and stood quietly for a minute. In the bright
moonlight, his face seemed to have undergone a change. It lost its
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