1. From the beginning to the end is the arrow of time, its head all that will be, its shaft all that is, its tail all that was. 2. With the first span time created all the things that was, is, and will be; and this we call matter. 3. With the second span time created the void, and all the enormity thereof; and the void swallowed up all that was, is, and will be; and this we call space. 4. With the third span time created the great lights; but the void swallowed that up too, all save one; so that all their light is but a pittance against the darkness of the night sky; and these we call the stars.