A Spaceman Came Traveling -- Chris de Burgh

A spaceman came travelling on his ship from afar, 'Twas light years of time since his mission did start, And over a village he halted his craft,
And it hung in the sky like a star, just like a star

He followed a light and came down to a shed, Where a mother and child were lying there on a bed, A bright light of silver shone round his head,
And he had the face of an angle, and they were afraid

Then the stranger spoke, he said "Do not fear,I come from a planet a long way from here, And I bring a message for mankind to hear,"
And suddenly the sweetest music filled the air And it went La La
Peace and goodwill to all men, and love for the child

This lovely music went trembling through the ground, And many were wakened on hearing that sound, And travellers on the road, the village they found, By the light of that ship in the sky, which shone all round

And just before dawn at the paling of the sky, The stranger returned and said "Now I must fly, When two thousand years of your time has gone by,
This song will begin once again, to a baby's cry"

And it went La La This song will begin once again To a baby's cry
And it goes La La Peace and goodwill to all men, and Love for the child
Oh the whole world is waiting, waiting to hear the song again,
There are thousands standing on the edge of the world,
And a star is moving somewhere, the time is nearly here,
This song will begin once again, to a baby's cry

 when he readChariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken. The book made him think "what if the star of Bethlehem was a space craft and what if there is a benevolent being or entity in the universe keeping an eye on the world and our foolish things that we do to each other?"   (wikipedia) 



        


The Gates of Hell is a monumental sculptural group work by  Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from "The Inferno", the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It stands at 6 m high, 4 m wide and 1 m deep and contains 180 figures. The figures range from 15 cm high up to more than one metre. Several of the figures were also cast independently by Rodin.  (wikipedia)