Retrograde Motion

From the song of Umare the stars were born. And from these stars seven were placed apart to govern and serve the Earth. Here were built the dwellings of the dosciumae, and on each of these stars, which are the planets, Umare placed a ruler entrusted to govern and protect the Earth. These seven rulers the men call the Æteslae. The first of the Æteslae is Atestalume. He was appointed by Umare as the king of the Æteslae. His dwelling is the Sun, and the dwelling of Nesaluma, his queen, is the Moon. Together they watch over the day and night. Atestalume is counted the wisest of the dosciumae, yet he is not proud. He perceives all the doings of men and judges between them. He is benevolent, and deals kindly with them.  Nesaluma is queen of the night, and she cares for all creatures that wander under her pale light. She nurtures the plants that grow. As the rest she feeds the soil and coats them with her blanket of dew.  Uthlome is the strongest of the dosciumae. It was he w...

In the darkness before all time, there was a tone: a solitary note which Umare sung out into the void. No other tone has ever equaled this tone in fullness or beauty. And within this tone resounded other tones emanating from the one. These tones were distinct from one another, but inseparable from the unity of the one. They proceeded from the root distinct, yet inseparable from the purity of the one. And the fullness of Umare sang into the void. And from Umare, the one, came to be all that ever has been. The first created beings were the Dosciumae: called thus by men because they were created first to glorify Umare. He created them from his song to sing harmony with his song, and he taught them first of all creatures to sing his song and to devise harmonies to accompany his own. All the dosciumae sung together the glorious song with the one.  As the harmony of the dosciumae progressed, lead by Umare, the void began to be changed. At the new sound the Earth was brought forth. ...