The second lecture “Journey to Illumination: From Cradle to Grave” describes the story of  galaxy clustering together with evolution of structures towards their youth and old age. As the galaxies move away from the void centre they become larger and form denser clustering. The loose clusters of not so fully developed galaxies become denser clusters of young evolved galaxies like in the Coma cluster of galaxies which lies several hundreds of millions of light years away from the void. In this lecture we trace the evolution of larger and larger clusters and the development of galaxies with Active Galactic Nuclei. The process of growth of galaxies create many more small galaxies as ejections occurring from the main structure. These smaller galaxies form the major galactic content of the clusters around the central bodies. The interactions of the luminous galaxies with themselves and the dark galaxies  present around create a youthful play ground of the galaxies in the universe. More the structures move southwards the galaxies become more powerful and develop more energetic active galactic nuclei from where smaller galaxies and jets of high energy particles move out in space. When we reach the sky near Centaur and Hydra constellation the galaxies reach their highest splendour and form densest clusters of evolved active galaxies. These clusters by then form associations with each other and build even bigger cosmic structure called super-cluster of clusters. The most well known super-cluster in this region is Shapely super-cluster. The clusters forming this super-cluster is much more dense than the Coma cluster of galaxies and the galaxies forming the clusters are bigger and more active. They create marvellous illumination in the universe. The journey of the illumined world proceeds further south towards a realm known as the “Great Attractor”.  The galaxies appear to be moving towards something immensely great, like rivers flowing towards a great ocean. As one passes the realm of the most luminous universe, the galaxies, after ejections of jets become older and redder. The old galaxies continue the formation of denser clusters and bigger association than the Shapeley super-cluster.  In Horologium constellation they form an enormous structure resembling a huge wheel. The clusters array along the outer rim of this wheel.  It also contains a small inner rim where huge red star looking objects shine.  The spaces between the rims and the centre appears more and more dark. It is death ring of the galaxies. The interactions of galaxies in the clusters break them apart into smaller structures, which again break apart into even smaller structures. Thus the decay of the once luminous world occurs following a cascade of disintegration. Finally these disintegrated parts are drawn inside a whirlpool of darknesswhich forms at the centre. The centre of the Horologium super-super-cluster becomes the centre of a graveyard of galaxies which extends far outside Horlogium. Remarkably one sees a three armed spiral structure where old galaxies find their rests which is spread over a region which could be billion of light years in extension.

Thus the darkness from where the galaxies started their journey become their resting place at the end before the cycle repeats again for the next generation.