This little book is for those men, women, and children who desire to become better acquainted with the stars of the night. While our information is factual and the charts are accurate, no attempt has been made to delineate the technical phases of celestial mechanics. Our efforts have been devoted to descriptive and observational astronomy. Through the use of this volume the amateur stargazer can have a full appreciation of the heavens without the aid of a telescope.
The legendary stories of the constellations have come down to us through the ages from the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans and others. These early peoples endeavored to relate the curious groupings of stars to things that were familiar to them such as the lion, bear, eagle, warrior, etc. And thus were born romantic mythological accounts of truths and principles best known to the early men who conceived them. Today we still use the names that they gave to the constellations of stars. Perhaps their history is written in the night sky!
May the reader find in these pages inspiration and an understanding of the scintillating light of the stars which in their majestic march across the heavens warm the coldness of space and illuminate the dark deeps of the firmament.
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The Theater of the Sky
Preface
Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
Draco
Cassiopeia
Cepheus
Andromeda
Perseus
Pegasus
Hercules
Bootes
Corona Borealis
Cygnus
Lyra
Aquila
Ophiuchus and Serpens
Pisces
Aries
Triangulum
Aquarius
Capricornus
Scorpius
Sagittarius
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Auriga
Gemini
Orion
Canis Major
Canis Minor
Taurus, the Pleiades, and Hyades
Comparative Sizes of the Planets
Solar System
The Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars
Asteroids
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Stars
The Light-Year
Comets and Meteors
Precession of the Equinoxes
The Zodiac
The Brightest Stars North of Lattitude 40
A Thousand Years of Yesterdays
Rosicrucian Principles for Home and Business
Self Mastery and Fate with the Cycles of Life
The Symbolic Prophecy of the Great Pyramid
Behold the Sign - Ancient Symbolism
The Immortalized Words of the Past
Rosicrucian Questions and Answers
Lemuria: The Lost Continent of the Pacific
Our Cosmic Neighbors: Story of the Stars
The Initiatory Process in Ancient Egypt
Sepher Yezirah - A Book on Creation
Cares that Infest - Between Man and Happiness
The Eternal Fruits of Knowledge
Mysticism: The Ultimate Experience
Rosicrucian History and Mysteries
Treasures of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum