Pagan Week, Day of the Sun, and Calendar

Pagan Week, Day of the Sun, and Calendar*--No. 1

In the ancient pagan concept of the universe, the fixed center was supposed to be the earth, about which revolved Saturn (farthest), Jupi­ter, Mars, the sun, Venus, Mercury, and the moon (nearest).

BY R. L. ODOM


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BY R. L. ODOM

December 1935

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