The Sun The brightest star by Star La Land artist of the International Metis Art School,California Some five billion years ago a magnificent living being of light and energy was conceived and born from within the magical dark womb of space. This brilliant being, our Grandmother and Grandfather Sun, is the brightest star we can see from our Mother Planet, and was the first born within our solar system. All subsequent life, including humans, within our Solar System has been conceived and born from our Grandmother and Grandfather Sun. Our Sun is one million times the size of our Earth. The Sun is so large that matter created in the center can take from one to fifty million years to reach the outer surface. It is difficult to imagine a star, of such magnitude. Stonehenge in Great Britain Every day our Grandmother and Grandfather Sun sends us light through 148 million kilometers of space. This dance of light and energy on our Earth enables all plants, animals, and humans to live, and gives us the ability to see all the wondrous and challenging forms of Life. In our modern time with the conveniences that electricity provides us, it is too easy to forget how significant our Grandmother and Grandfather Sun are to our very existence. In past centuries people were more aware of our intimate and essential relationship with the Sun. People awoke with the light of the morning and slept with the darkness of night, in rhythm with the natural cycles of our Earth. Many people also experienced the direct relationship of the sun and the garden. Now so often we walk into a store and buy our food without giving thought to the sunlight that makes the growth and existence of the plants and animals possible. Our Sun gives to us in so many ways, our lives are inseparable from the gifts of light and energy. As the ancients did in the past, we need to, in our time honor and respect our vital and precious relationship with Grandmother and Grandfather Sun. See also: The Numbers of the Sun Symbols and Deities tied to the Sun Greeting the Sun 10 Yoga positions for one's well-being Wuriupranili, La Donna-Sole One of the astronomical myths from northern Australia Fire an attribute of the universe The Ordeal by Fire Fire and Shamanism The Cult of Hephaestus son of Hera and Zeus whose forge made the arms and jewels of Greek Mythology What is a Volcano Vesuvius an important lap in the Grand Tour of intellectuals in the 1700's Dragon's Heart a correspondent's recollection of the flames in Kuwait The Drama of Fires In 1997, more of the world's tropical forests has burned than in any other epoch recorded by history: so reports the International WWF Saving Electricity in the Home: some advice on how to better use electrical energy The Electric Water-heater: some advice on how to better use electrical energy Home Appliances: advice on how to better use electric energy Back HOME Blue Planet On Line E-mail:blueplanet@catpress.com Via Faentina, 127 - 50133 Florence, Italy ph. +39 55 575488 - fax +39 55 587321 © Blue Planet - All rights reserved