"Cosmos" is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of "Chaos."

.....It implies the deep interconnectedness of all things. It conveys awe for the intricate and subtle way in which the universe is put together. - Carl Sagan -

The moon draped like a solfege note on the music of life.

The cosmic egg of Orphism was taken as the raw material for the alchemical magnum opus in early Greek alchemy. The first stage of the process of producing the Lapis Philosophorum, i.e., nigredo, was identified with chaos. Because of association with the creation in Genesis, where "the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters" (Gen. 1:2), Chaos was further identified with the element Water.

Sagan's Series Part One of the "Cosmos" Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr

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