as day makes way for the night, the lazy lightplay from the fading sun on the sea creating momentary shadows amongst the crashing waves. the above text was going to be the title but it didnt fit! :) (^*^) ................. And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise. And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit. S. 36:38-40 Pickthall ................. Marsilio Ficino: Liber de Sole, Chapter 6 All locate the Sun, like a lord, in the center of the world, although for different reasons. The Chaldeans, for instance, [place it] in the middle of the planets, the Egyptians actually [place it] between two quintuple worlds, as surely the five planets are above it, and below it are the moon and the five elements. . . [Some] actually postulate the disposition of the Sun in this way, such that Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are elevated above it, while on the other hand, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon are below the Sun, which proceeds as a king, taking the middle way. Going by other ways, weaker ones avoid him. ................... Nicolas Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, I, 10. In the middle of all sits the Sun enthroned. In this most beautiful temple could we place this luminary in any better position from which he can illuminate the whole at once? He is rightly called the Lamp, the Mind, the Ruler of the Universe; Hermes Trismegistus names him the Visible God, Sophocles' Electra calls him the All-seeing. So the Sun sits as upon a royal throne ruling his children the planets which circle round him.