The Dog Star Comments

The Astronomical knowledge of Sirius rising at the Nile's Flooding was noticed by learned men who developed that secret knowledge into a powerful priesthood. i think this later developed into the rule of the Pharoahs! It is amazing that this small germ of an idea. cloaked by elaborate rituals, should lead to such power and I likened it in a way to a poem which often starts with an image which we cloak in rhythms and rhymes to create a powerful effect. i suppose the English Equivalent would be the Midsummer Festival and places such as Stonehenge. Science was very important, even then. Paul Valery said the dream is knowledge I think many discoveries come in dreams too. Tom