Lucifer in the Sky with Diamonds (Wiki Reader)

LUCIFER in the sky with diamonds

The word Lucifer in translation means “the morning star, the planet Venus”, or, as an adjective, “light-bringing” Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer. The tradition, influenced by Gnosticism, usually reveres Lucifer not as the Devil, but as a liberator or guiding spirit or even the true god.

STELLAR EVOLUTION

Stellar evolution is the process by which a star undergoes a sequence of radical changes during its lifetime.

Depending on the mass of the star, this lifetime ranges from only a few million years for the most massive to trillions of years for the least massive, which is considerably longer than the age of the universe.

QUASAR

Quasars are the most energetic, luminous and distant members of objects called active galactic nuclei. They tend to inhabit the very center of active, young galaxies, and are among the most powerful objects known in the universe, emitting up to a thousand times the energy output of the Milky Way, which contains 200–400 billion stars.

OCEANIA

Oceania is a region centred on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Oceania was originally conceived as the lands of the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the Strait of Malacca to the coast of the Americas. The word Océanie is a French language word derived from the Greek word ōkeanós.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

The National Geographic Society headquartered in Washington, D.C. is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Founded in 1888 “to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge.� National Geographic Magazine, published its first issue in October 1888, nine months after the Society was founded.

THE GODFATHER

An American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, The Godfather was a blockbuster breaking many box office records to become the highest grossing film of 1972. Numerous directors were considered, but Paramount wanted to keep it “ethnic to the core�.

TILE

Often used to form wall and floor coverings, tiles can range from simple squares to complex mosaics. Certain shapes of tiles can be replicated to cover a surface with no gaps. These shapes are said to tessellate and such a tiling is called a tessellation. Tiles are most often made of ceramic, typically glazed for internal uses and unglazed for roofing.

CANARY ISLANDS STONECHAT

A sedentary resident found only on the island of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands stonechat is now considered endangered as construction encroaches upon their habitat.

Due to its fairly high reproductive rate, if enough habitat is secured and predators are kept at bay, it should be able to hold its own.

SHEEP

An adult female sheep is referred to as a ewe, an intact male as a ram, a castrated male as a wether, and a younger sheep as a lamb. Being a key animal in the history of farming, sheep have a deeply entrenched place in human culture, and find representation in much modern language and symbology.

ANGEL

A supernatural being or spirit found in various religions and mythologies, the conception of angels is best understood in contrast to demons and is thought to be “influenced by the ancient Persian tradition of Zoroastrianism, which viewed the world as a battleground between forces of good and forces of evil, between light and darkness.�