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by Tira Brandon-Evans
Star StuffTira Brandon-Evans - 2008
"We are made of star-stuff.
We speak for earth.
Our obligation to survive and flourish is
owed not just to ourselves but also to that
cosmos ancient and vast from which we spring!"
Carl Sagan
ABOUT THE COVER ART
This digital art was created by Tira Brandon-Evans from uncopyrighted images found in various places on the web. The starfield is the Trifid Nebula, also called object M20 or NGC6514. It is an emission and reflection nebula. "The red emission nebula contains a bright blue star cluster near its center: it glows red because the ultraviolet light of the stars ionizes the hydrogen gas, which then recombines and emits the characteristic red hydrogen-alpha light." The Trifid is in the constellation of Sagittarius, somewhere between 2200 and 7600 light-years from our planet Earth. To learn more of the Trifid and for wallpaper for your computer go to: http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0587.html
ABOUT THE COVER VERSE
"We are made of star-stuff.
We speak for earth.
Our obligation to survive and flourish is
owed not just to ourselves but also to that
cosmos ancient and vast from which we spring!"
Carl Sagan
"Years ago I avidly absorbed Carl Sagan's wonderful series, Cosmos. One of the most enduring messages he transmitted in that series was we are part of something that is immense and ancient beyond imagining. The universe is vast and eternity is long. Our ancestors viewed the night sky with an awe and reverence we seldom feel. They knew they were of the Earth and of the Stars. This is one of the treasures we may recieve from them if we will stop and be aware we are made of star-stuff."
Tira Brandon-Evans is the Founder and Moderator of the Society of Celtic Shamans, editor of Earthsongs: Journal of the Society of Celtic Shamans, and is, herself, a Faery Shaman. Her books, The Green and Burning Tree: A Faery Shaman's Handbook, Portals of the Seasons: A Celtic Wheel of the Year, Through the Unremembered Gate: Journeys of Initiation, The Labyrinthine Way: Walking Ancient Paths in a Modern World, and Healing Waters, are all published by Elder Grove Press. She is presently writing a book about the Ogham. You may contact Tira by email at info@faeryshaman.org.
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