Before the exploration of space, of the moon and the planets, man hailed
that the heavens were the home and province of powerful gods who controlled
not just the vast firmament, but the earthly fate of man himself and that
the pantheon of powerful, warring deities, was the cause and reason for
the human condition, for the past and the future, and for which great monuments
would be created on earth as in heaven. But in time man replaced these
gods with new gods and new religions that provided no more certain or greater
answers than those worshipped by his Greek or Roman or Egyptian ancestors.
And while we've chosen now our monolithic and benevolent gods and found
our certainties in science, believers all, we wait for a sign, a revelation.
Our eyes turn skyward ready to accept the truly incredible to find our
destiny written in the stars. But how do we best look to see? With new
eyes or old?