The Lights and Planets
by definition, they cannot be about anything physical,
because the physical ends at Saturn.
Metaphysical
These planets, therefore, show us what is beyond the
physical, what has been called the "metaphysical." My
dictionary tells me that "metaphysical" means, among
other things, "without material form or substance," which
is my point exactly—beyond Saturn. Metaphysics is not
some weirdly ‘new-age’ or even particularly hard to
understand concept. We should all get it. So, let me get
right to the point by giving you an analogy.
What is the main thing we see as the space shuttle
rockets outside of earth's orbit?—Deep dark space?
Nope, the main thing to be seen from outer space, at
least from outside of the earth's atmosphere, is Earth.
All the best photographs taken from the space shuttle
are of the earth, are they not? Here you have the KEY