Book: The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth
Quotes of Book: The Greatness of Saturn: A
is the "waters" of the celestial "ocean" which come to mind, in which Noah's Ark now swims as a constellation. In the Indian version of this story the ark is a boat on which the Seven Rishis {better known to us as the Big Dipper, or Ursa Major}, and the Vedic culture that they represent, are ferried to safety by a giant Fish {the constellation Pisces}. Gazing on myth from this angle we can find in the skies many of the cast of characters of "The Greatness of Saturn." Aditi {* FOOTNOTE: A well-thought-out cosmology which catalogues such extensions of 'Earth' into 'Space' is presented by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend in Namlet's Mill, and the interested reader will find a wealth of detail worth pondering in that book.} {'The Unbroken, Unbounded One'; by extension, eternity} is the mother of the devas, the 'shining celestials,' and Diti {'The Bound, Divided, Cut One'} is the mother of the asuras, the enemies of the devas. There is good reason to believe that Aditi represents the northern celestial hemisphere and the zodiac, which being the part of the heavens that is visible throughout the year" book-quote
