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"We have not met our forgotten ancestors, but we begin to sense their presence in the dark. We recognize their shadows here and there. They were once as real as we are. We would not be here if not for them. Our natures and theirs are indissolubly linked despite the aeons that may separate us. The key to who we are is waiting in those shadows."
~ Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
~ Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, 1508-1512
Fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, The Vatican, Rome |
"Before heaven and earth had taken form all was vague and amorphous. Therefore it was called the Great Beginning. The Great Beginning produced emptiness and emptiness produced the universe. . . . The combined essences became the yin and yang, the concentrated essences became the four seasons, and the scattered essences of the four seasons became the myriad creatures of the world."
~Huai-nan Tzu, 2nd c. BCE |
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