dark world

plural dark worlds

1. The realm beyond normal human perception; the world of the supernatural, occult or unknown.

   He has, of course, the right to speak authoritatively, and he laughs at my theory that there was a crack in Pansay's head and a little bit of the Dark World came through and pressed him to death.

   1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 8

2. The realm lacking the light of enlightenment, scripture, the truth, etc.

   Israel was the candlestick, the Scriptures were the light, and the dark world without was to be made ready for receiving the light.

   1871, Edward Harold, The World and the Man, Ely: T.A. Hills and Son, page 6