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80 pages of results. 181. Interviewing Immanuel Velikovsky: An Introduction [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... , you are not able to reach. Therefore, later you see, again and again in articles and books discussing the problems of interdisciplinary synthesis, that narrow field, and I could quote quite a few authors and philosophers on this subject. I experienced it...when I came into a new field for me- ancient history and cosmology, I observed that phenomena that appeared to be local were not local, they were global. And today it sometimes happens to me that, when I speak at some university, I find that geologists at that place would not agree with me. They would say, "Well, it's a very local catastrophe." But if ...
182. Time, Electricity and Quantavolution [Books] [de Grazia books]
... an internal guiding dynamic, sufficient reason to promote the concept of quantavolution. The guiding dynamic for quantavolution, whether in biology, geology or astronomy, may be electricity, a "strong force" that has been generally accorded a weak place in most sciences. For several reasons, we believe that electricity is the necessary and sufficient impulsion of cosmology. We noticed that a strong force is needed to accomplish change, whether in biology or astrophysics. Basically, electricity is to "gravitation" (if such exists independently of electricity) as 10 36 is to 1. The behavior of stellar bodies, including the Sun, can be described in electrical terms. The composition of " ...
183. Ionizing the Galaxy [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... be limited to certain rather sharply bounded regions in space surrounding O-type stars." The presence of wide spread ionization in our galaxy and others therefore implies that something is seriously wrong, or at least very incomplete, with this picture. Wal Thornhill comments: This discovery is another nail in the coffin (if more were needed) for a cosmology driven by gravity alone. I have argued strongly in favor of the new plasma cosmology which proposes that galaxies are giant electrical circuits, for example, carrying power along the arms of our galaxy toward the galactic centre. In this model, it is not necessary to rely only upon ultraviolet radiation to ionize neutral hydrogen atoms. The energy ...
184. Venus and Sirius: Some Unexpected Similarities [Journals] [Kronos]
... connections to such cycles of time hold little surprise and are probably not to be considered independently. The separation of these concepts here is primarily for convenience of exposition. The heliacal rising of Sirius, in fact, marked the beginning of the sacred Egyptian year, reflecting not only the calendrical importance of Sirius to the Egyptians, but also its cosmological significance. Sirius was also the basis for the Egyptian "great year"- called by the Greeks [cynic] and the Romans [canicularis]- a cycle of 1461 years of 365 days.(70) The beginning of the 365 day year for the Maya occurred with the month named Pop, ruled by a jaguar god ...
185. The Cosmic String of Pearls [Journals] [Aeon]
... not only that the Yoga tradition was based on ancient cosmography, but also that the mountain, the spine, and the serpent were three equivalent symbolic expressions of the same polar axis. Other Symbolizations This survey of mythical expressions of the string of pearls is by no means complete, for many more examples could be adduced. According to Iranian cosmology, the star Gokihar will one day fall down from the sky to Earth by means of a moon beam. "On that day the fire and the smoke (? ) will melt the metal in the mountains and hills and stand on the earth like a stream. Then all people will ascend in the molten metal and be purified ...
186. Thera Revisited: A Final Rejoinder [Journals] [Kronos]
... separate LM IA and LM IB in a revised chronology. (Of course, there would probably be no gap between Troy VIIb and Troy VIII in a revised chronology; but that is another problem.) Having disposed of Ellenberger's premature "repudiation" of Velikovsky's chronology, we are now left with only the question of Thera's place in Velikovsky's cosmological scenario. But first it is necessary to point out that Ellenberger's bald assertion about the ice cores and "Velikovsky's catastrophes" in the NYT displays an utter disregard and complete denial of Lynn Rose's criticism and comments on ice cores in KRONOS XII: I (1987), pp. 43-68 and KRONOS XII:2 (1987), ...
187. The Garden, the Fall and the Restoration [Articles]
... intelligent force, also reason, and the event cause, also termed necessity. As he says, "for the generation of this cosmos was a mixed result of reason and necessity. Reason overrules necessity by persuading her to guide the greatest part of the things that become towards what is best." On this foundation, Timaeus erects a cosmological model whose essential attributes are motion and force. The cosmos as a whole is characterized as the moving image of eternity. Sun, Moon, the other five planets, and Earth are called the instruments of time. Stars, planets, and Earth alike are gods, that is animate beings having a source of rational motion within themselves ...
188. A Personal Reminiscence [Journals] [Aeon]
... of the opposing scientists, for they felt that Velikovsky was using his scholarly stature to perpetrate a scientific fraud and thus to elevate himself to the ranks of the greatest minds. But in this evaluation of Velikovsky's motives, attitude, and philosophy, they were wrong. Velikovsky had not set out to challenge Newtonian authority and to invent a new cosmology, or even to question some features of Newtonian gravity as applied to the motions of the planets. Indeed, with a meager background in mathematics and astronomy and hardly any in physics, he was ill prepared for such a project, to say the least. Already established in Europe as an author and a noteworthy scholar when he came ...
189. About the SIS. How to Join [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... a growing interest in the works of modern catastrophists, notably the highly controversial Dr Immanuel Velikovsky. In his books Worlds in Collision, Earth in Upheaval and Ages in Chaos he argued that the ancient myths and sources such as the Bible contained records of planetary catastrophes in the Earth's history and, based on this, he suggested that geology, cosmology and ancient history should be reconsidered. In cosmology he proposed that electricity played a much larger role than in the orthodox scheme and that Venus in particular was a young planet. In ancient history, he proposed that the orthodox chronology should be severely shortened to eliminate false identifications and fictitious dark ages'. Over the years, the SIS ...
190. When the Gods Came Down by Alan F. Alford (Reviewed) [Journals] [SIS Review]
... he thinks is correct. His thesis is that the religions of the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians were not Sun or Moon cults but exploded planet cults (p . 361). However we never get any real detail, such as how, why and when the planet is supposed to have exploded, where it came from, or what the cosmological evidence for or against the idea might be. Other possible cosmic explanations for the same myths, such as Velikovsky's planetary near-collision theory [1 ] are hardly discussed at all. Given that this is the heart of the book's argument, it is just not good enough. So the book's substance does not really live up to the promise ...
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