Urania Pendant with Carl Sagan Quote special candle enchanting fragrance of fresh Lilacs

enchanting fragrance of fresh Lilacs in bloom

Raku exhibits a variety of colors

In today's oil world

with prose that shimmers like cut diamonds

Urania Pendant with Carl Sagan Quote special candle enchanting fragrance of fresh LilacsThe front of this pendant features a hand colored reproduction of a medieval armillary sphere (a mechanical representation of the constellations and planets) being embraced by Urania, daughter of Zeus and the muse of astronomy. This was a common motif in medieval art when astronomy and astrology were one discipline. On the back is Carl Sagan's famous quote:"We are made of star stuff."giving a modern scientific take on the ancient belief that we are