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... that is outside its sphere of interest. But ancient geographers, as, for instance, Strato, according to Strabo, testified that originally the strait of the Pillars did not exist, but the rock was eventually broken through in a cataclysm. And Seneca, evidently quoting an old tradition, says that Spain was torn away from Africa by earthquakes. Greek- mythology treasures even more distinct traditions. Originally, says Diodorus Siculus, quoting ancient lore, `the two continents of Europe and Africa were joined, but Hercules cut a passage between them whereupon the ocean mingled with the inner sea'. This happened in the course of the execution of his eleventh `labour', ...
132. Doomsday: The Science of Catastrophe by Fred Warshofsky [Journals] [Kronos]
... . 140-141. (Quite apart from the intrinsic improbability of this scenario, the Velikovskian view is that our Moon, which is far too large to be an ordinary planetary satellite, was captured by the Earth during the late Stone Age- barely 1/100,000th as long ago as Warshofsky proposes.) 3. That the Chilean earthquake of 1960, measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale, was the most severe ever to have occurred: p. 148. (The Velikovskian view is not merely that the earthquakes of the Martian and Venusian [as well as earlier- LMG] catastrophes must have been more severe than those of our time but that at least ...
133. "Papyrus Ipuwer" and Worlds in Collision [Journals] [SIS Review]
... . Furthermore, the "noise, without wrangling", in the passage just quoted, has undergone a similar context-transplant in Worlds in Collision (I , iv: "Theophany"): "The din caused by the groaning earth repeated itself again and again, but not so loud, as subterranean strata readjusted themselves after being dislocated; earthquakes incessantly shook the ground for years. The Papyrus Ipuwer calls these years "years of noise". "Years of noise. There is no end to noise," and again, "Oh that the earth would cease from noise, and tumult (uproar) be no more." " Whilst treading cautiously on the grounds of ...
134. The Nature and Scale of an Exodus Catastrophe Reassessed [Journals] [SIS Review]
... say is that it probably happened somewhere between modern Ismalia and Suez; a crossing here would lead the Israelites into the wilderness of Shur, as in Exodus 15:22. Turning to the cause and nature of the phenomenon, although Exodus 14:21 refers to a strong east wind dividing the waters, other references to the event imply earthquake activity:'... the earth trembled and shook. Thy way was through the sea .. . ' (Psalm 77:18-19; cf. Psalm 68:7-8; 97:4 );'... the earth swallowed them' (Exodus 15:12). In this connection we should note that ...
135. Monitor [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... probes have now subsided, as inferred from the large decline in the size of the plasma torus, recorded by Ulysses. The torus is formed of particles from the volcanoes which are ionized in Jupiter's fierce radiation belts. At the same time Jupiter's magnetosphere has doubled in size and is less organised than it was 13 years ago. ELECTROMAGNETISM Electrical earthquakes New Scientist 27.3 .93, p. 8 Japanese seismologists have recorded strong electrical activity underground immediately preceding an earthquake. Ball lightning keeps cool New Scientist 20.3 .93, p.18 A chemist has used his knowledge of thermodynamics to explain some of the characteristics of ball lightning. He suggests a hot plasma core ...
136. Appendices (The Book of Revelation is History) [Books]
... (14) And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands, and I will draw out the sword after them. There were warnings of the impending disaster: (iii. 12) . . . I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing [literally: an earthquake] .. . (13) I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and the noise of a great rushing [literally: an-earthquake]. '( 15) Then I came to them .. . at Tel-a bib [ ...
137. Monitor [Journals] [SIS Review]
... chemical reaction. One of the commonest elements on Earth is silicon, which is unstable at high temperatures and breaks down to produce heat and light. A bolt of lightning striking soil could release silicon vapour which could form a ball and begin to glow with chemical energy. A recent investigation of reports from observers in Quebec during a series of earthquakes in 1988-89 shows that the commonest type of earthquake lights seen were round, incandescent masses, which varied in form and were not always seen near the epicentre nor at peak seismic activity. Unseen Influences New Scientist 10.6 .00, p. 10, 18.3 .00, p. 18, 5.2 . ...
138. Mid-fourteenth Century: Periodicity Of Frenzy. Ch.3 In Fear And Trembling (Mankind in Amnesia) [Velikovsky]
... event. In 1337 a great comet appeared in the heavens, its far-extending tail sowing deep dread in the minds of the ignorant masses. During the three succeeding years the land was visited by enormous flying armies of locusts, which descended in myriads upon the fields, and left the shadow of famine in their track. In 1348 came an earthquake of such frightful violence that many men deemed the end of the world to be presaged. Its devastations were widely spread. Cyprus, Greece, and Italy were terribly visited, and [the seismic tremor] extended through the Alpine valleys...Mountains sank into the earth...The air grew thick and stifling. There ...
139. Monitor [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Lightning can produce brief, intense bursts of X-rays and other radiation; and a dramatic new form of lightning in the form of gigantic jets has been recorded along with the sprites' which were eventually accepted as appearing above the clouds after years of the now familiar orthodox scepticism. Scientists are now accepting that both light and heat anomalies occur before earthquakes, even suggesting that they are due to the development of huge electric fields by pressures on rock. Electrical Origin of the Solar System (New Scientist, 17.5 .03. pp. 26-29) The theory that planets formed slowly from matter clumping together in a disc of dust and gas surrounding the young Sun is under fire ...
140. KA [Books]
... art of augury, and claimed that the birth of their art was at Tarquinia, where a boy, Tages, sprang up out of a ploughed field. Although a child, he had the wisdom of an old man [1 ]. The fulguriator at Rome specialised in the study of thunderbolts. There are frequent references to lightning and earthquakes in classical literature. Cicero, 1st century B.C ., in his work on divination, writes that earthquakes have often given warning of disaster, and that the Etruscans have interpreted them [2 ]. Some of Rome's most important institutions were Etruscan in origin. The general opinion in the ancient world was that Etruscans had come ...
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