As
the people move upward, First Man makes day and night. He becomes a being of power and has in his
possession sacred stones and shells. The concept of evil comes early, but
rather than a negative phenomenon, it is a force which must be controlled and
used when needed. First Man says, “I am filled with evil, and yet there is a
time to use it and a time to withhold it.”
Thus, First Man and the emerging People are not good or bad; they hold
within themselves the powers of darkness and light. Neither perfection nor the elimination of
evil are goals to be sought; the key is always balance.
