Egocentric attitudes may have been a contributory factor behind the dominance of the geocentric world-view, but there were other reasons for preferring an Earth-centred universe to Aristarchus’ Sun-centred universe. One basic problem with the Sun-centred world-view was that it appeared...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Light is not only a physical element, it is also a mental and spiritual element and in the temple the disciple is told to revere the invisible sun even more than the visible one; for every visible thing is only...
Source: Melchizedek and the Mystery of Fire by Manly P. Hall
In his chapter of the antiquity of Masonry, [Captain George Smith] makes it to be coeval with creation, 'when,' says he, 'the sovereign architect raised on Masonic principles the beauteous globe, and commanded the master science, Geometry, to lay the...
Source: The Origin of FreeMasonry
Also sprach Zarathustra is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical 1883–1885 novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Strauss conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts roughly...
Source: Also Sprach Zarathustra
And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon
Source: Eclipse by Pink Floyd
Jesus, don't want me for a sunbeam - Sunbeams are never made like me
Source: Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam by Nirvana
I stand on the horizon - I want to step across it with you, but when the sun's this low, everything's cold on the line of the horizon
Source: Stand On the Horizon by Franz Ferdinand
We are a rock revolving around a golden sun
Source: Saltwater by Julian Lennon
Yeah, I've got a ticket to the moon, but I'd rather see the sunrise - In your eyes
Source: Ticket to the Moon by Electric Light Orchestra
Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo-doo... Here comes the sun, and I say it's all right
Source: Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles
There has to be an invisible sun, that gives us hope when the whole day's done
Source: Invisible Sun by The Police
Oh for one more trip around the sun
Source: As Lights Fall by Alan Parsons
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise, right there in front of everyone's eyes - Greatest magic trick ever under the sun, perfectly executed, skillfully done
Source: Murder Most Foul by Bob Dylan
There is no dark side in the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun.
Source: Eclipse by Pink Floyd
High Time We Made a Stand
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read.
