Quote of the Day

[Dave Monroe]

"'Thro' our whole gazing-lives, Venus has been a tiny Dot of Light,
going through phases like the Moon, ever against the black face of
Eternity. But on the day of this Transit, all shall suddenly
reverse,-- as she is caught, dark, embodied, solid, against the face
of the Sun,-- a Goddess descended from light to Matter.'" (M&D, Ch. 9,
p. 92)

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Thanks, Heikki Raudaskoski!