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328 pages of results. 141. On Models and Scenarios [Journals] [Aeon]
... revolving enclosure, Saturn as the sun-in-crescent, Saturn on the world mountain, etc. This original thesis of the polar configuration included several additional ideas- including that of the catastrophic transformation of the configuration into the "world tree" of seven bands, and the idea that many myths which had long been understood in terrestrial terms- such as ... "polar column" appears in this issue), there had been, to the best of my knowledge, no prior discussion of the component ideas by Velikovsians or other catastrophists: Saturn as a polar power; Saturn as the ancient sun god, Saturn dwelling within a revolving enclosure, Saturn as the sun-in-crescent, Saturn on the world mountain ...
142. Astronomical Theories and Ice Ages [Articles]
... Catastrophism Old & New London, 6th June 1981 Astronomical Theories and Ice Ages Peter Warlow When I first agreed to give this talk, I thought it would be a fairly easy task to summarise the Milankovitch Theory of Ice Ages, but just to make sure, I thought I'd look up a few references, just to get my facts ... know what causes Ice Ages, either, and really, we are still all, both conventional people and the less conventional people like ourselves, we are all really just catastrophists, in place of the Flood, which was obviously a catastrophe, we now have Ice Ages, well, an Ice Age is a catastrophe, too, and ...
143. Origins: Today's Science, Tomorrow's Myth, by James E. Strickling [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Chronology & Catastrophism Review 1997:2 (Apr 1998) Home | Issue Contents Origins: Today's Science, Tomorrow's Myth by James E. Strickling (Peripheral Vision, Norcross, Georgia, 2nd edn. 1996) Reviewed by Trevor Palmer James Strickling, holds degrees in electrical engineering and marketing. Also, according to the ... synonymous with Velikovskian planetary catastrophism, not apparently being aware of other forms. He makes no mention of the cooling Earth model of Élie de Beaumont, admired by 19th century catastrophists, nor does he consider supernova explosions, collisions between neutron stars, passage through dark matter', extensive volcanism or crustal displacements, all of which have been put ...
144. Geophysical Time Series and Catastrophism [Journals] [Catastrophist Geology]
... From: Catastrophist Geology Year 1 No. 1 (June 1976) Home | Issue Contents Geophysical Time Series and Catastrophism Vít Klemeš Hydrology Research Division, Inland Waters Directorate Department of the Environment Ottawa, Canada. Introduction The old goal of a great many Egyptian rulers and governments to harness the Nile River and make use of the Nile water ... From: Catastrophist Geology Year 1 No. 1 (June 1976) Home | Issue Contents Geophysical Time Series and Catastrophism Vít Klemeš Hydrology Research Division, Inland Waters Directorate Department of the Environment Ottawa, Canada. Introduction The old goal of a great many Egyptian rulers and governments to harness the Nile River and make use of the Nile water ...
145. The Signature of Catastrophe (Reinterpreting the Geological Record) [Journals] [Aeon]
... From: Aeon I:2 (Feb 1988) Home | Issue Contents The Signature of Catastrophe (Reinterpreting the Geological Record)James E. Strickling FOREWORD Our geology and anthropology textbooks today boldly declare the credo of uniformitarianism: "The present is the key to the past." In most scientific forums today the rule is that no ... , they have the audacity to preach, could not have happened then." (1 ) Yet this declaration of uniformitarian philosophy is set against a growing interest in global catastrophism-the belief that our planet has undergone stupendous devastation in the past, even in historical times. To many, scientists and laymen alike, the evidence for repeated cataclysms can ...
146. The Advancement of Science [Books] [de Grazia books]
... When this is applied to science, as the science of science, a partial truth such as V. s concept of collective fear being inherited from the trauma of ancient catastrophes takes its place as a modest useful contribution to the science of science. The more general truth is contained in Deg's model of the gestalt of creation where Homo Schizo ... environmental stresses. Perhaps half the plant species are instances of proportional structural explosions. New, bigger Boeings are planned, to double the B-747 capacity with little inventiveness. Like catastrophist topological math, there may be mostly wordage here, from our point of view. The many new ideas that occur to me in my writings appear to emerge from ...
147. Settled Sky and Unsettled Mind [Books] [de Grazia books]
... . WHAT HOMER REMEMBERED Earlier, we decided to place Homer's "publication" of the Odyssey around 630 B.C ., two generations after the end of the Martian catastrophes. We mentioned in another place that amnesia can set in abruptly following a grave event and the sublimation of the troublesome subconscious memory could be accomplished quickly as well. ... atrocious political acts for an example. Still, the question gnaws at us: "Did Homer really not known of the disasters of the century before him?" The catastrophist reaches, all too easily at times, for the "proof by non-existent proof," which comes close to begging the question. Thus, physical and biological destruction ...
148. I.Q.: A University Program [Books] [de Grazia books]
... and perennial "fringe" area of a number of humanistic and scientific disciplines centers upon the evidence that in the history and pre-history of man extensive natural changes occurred abruptly and catastrophically, and brought "quantavolutional" rather than evolutionary changes of geography, climate, the solar system, the biosphere, culture, and the human mind. These quantavolutions ... languages. At present, three journals, "Kronos" (USA), "The Society for Interdisciplinary Studies Review" (England) [2 ], and "Catastrophist Geology" (Brazil) are devoted to the area; the literature also appears in other periodicals and in an increasing number of books; and William Corliss Co. ...
149. Ancient History Study Group Report on meeting of 6th March 1999 [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Chronology & Catastrophism Review 1999:2 (Feb 2000) Home | Issue Contents Ancient History Study Group Report on meeting of 6th March 1999 John Crowe John Crowe: The Exodus In a way, we began with the Exodus. It was Velikovsky's belief that the Biblical Exodus story was based on one or more actual catastrophic ... that was the seed from which stemmed his life's work as a catastrophist and ancient historian. The Exodus of the Hebrews was the Genesis of the SIS. Velikovsky also believed that the effects of such events must have extended well beyond the borders of Egypt and hence must have left their calling card within the archaeological record. Many SIS members apparently ...
150. Society News (AGM 2000) [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Chronology & Catastrophism Review 2001:1 (Apr 2001) Home | Issue Contents Society News Jill Abery AGM 2000 The Society's first AGM of the new millennium was held once again in April in the University of London Union, where recent refurbishing and improved catering facilities lent a pleasant background for a small but enthusiastic gathering to ... be taken literally. His conclusions did not bode well for some chronological reconstructions. We were then very pleased to be able to welcome Han Kloosterman who used to edit a catastrophist geology journal, perhaps familiar to longer standing members, and whose long experience of geology in Brazil had led him to question and come into conflict with the accepted norms ...
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