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82 pages of results. 281. Volcanism [Books] [de Grazia books]
... movement it would have heated, liquefied, and expanded. The volcanos are probably still draining the liquid. Studies of volcanic eruptions arrive at correlations between the moment of major eruption and the tidal forces exerted upon the Earth by the Sun and the Moon. Similar correlations have been detected between tides and seismism. In this regard, volcanism and earthquakes reveal themselves as close relatives. G. Beccaria ( 1716-81 ) with Stokeley, Franklin and others, set the stage early for a systematic approach to electricity in connection with earthquakes, cyclones, and volcanos, but the promised scientific drama has never been enacted [14]. As early as June 21, 1902, Elmer G. ...
282. Pillars of Straw [Journals] [Aeon]
... Peru will be enough to amaze the interested visitor. There, in the heart of the city's old section, one can stare in astonishment at the excellence of Inca walls upon which the conquering Spanish built their colonial edifices. "In narrow cobbled alleyways, walls of irregular unmortared masonry, finely cut and smooth-ed, and still- despite many earthquakes- tightly fitted, support the colonial and modern buildings that have long since replaced the upper structures." [65] While, in some cases, Inca walls are constructed of rectangular blocks in coursed masonry, what astonishes the modern visitor even more are those other walls in which the blocks have been fashioned into polygonal slabs which fit ...
283. The Great Flood -- the Myth in Genesis [Books]
... the great and complex cataclysm is rather one-sided. Luckily, the numerous deluge accounts of the world still present very full canvases and supply all the missing details. In the following we shall discuss some of the special points which show up when we critically survey the flood myths of the 0orld. Very many of them, for instance, mention earthquakes. This trait has tempted some mythologists to advance the theory that the deluge was caused by seismically engendered tidal Waves. According to Hoerbiger, as we have learnt before, these earthquakes are due to the terrestrial globe endeavouring to regain its spherical shape once the distorting pull of the satellite is at an end. Other myths report the fall ...
284. Monitor [Journals] [SIS Review]
... the way cells divide. Geology Repeated quakes New Scientist 21.11.98, p. 7, National Geographic Feb.99, geographica Rocks deep in the earth's crust may have their water content squeezed out by heat from the friction of nearby faults or magma, building up pressures rapidly and weakening the rock to cause a slippage and earthquake. This would start a chain reaction of the process, causing deep quakes at frequent intervals. One stretch of Oregon's coastline shows signs of repeated activity; raised sea levels due to the El Nino washed away sand and revealed an old forest floor of 2,000 year old tree stumps while further along the coast are stumps dated at ...
... was accompanied almost instantly by a magnetic storm on earth. It may have been a coincidence, for even though magnetic waves might be seen in the sun at a given moment, that they could traverse 92 million miles of space in the flash of an eye seems a fantastic claim. We possess many examples of magnetic storms in conjunction with earthquakes and certain volcanic eruptions, but there is no close connection between sunspots and terrestrial magnetic storms, as is shown by the fact that when there are a considerable number of sunspots magnetic storms are often not experienced at all, whereas during a season of few sunspots, such storms may, and do, occur. Sunspots, in short ...
286. Pandemonium [Books] [de Grazia books]
... in the spring of 1973, the physical processes are mediated by television through their sights and sounds; there occur physical destruction, economic dislocation and distress - all of them mediated through the eyes and ears. Admissions to nearby mental hospitals went up sharply; also the use of hard drugs, and the suicide rate. In the great Alaska earthquake of 1964, the destruction, death, terror, sounds and sights all together made their lasting impact on people. Psychiatric symptoms such as depression, withdrawal, guilt feelings, and irrational blaming of people were common reactions. The churches came alive with repenters and worshippers. Modern cases permit us to empathize with the ancients. Exaggerate them ...
287. Troy and the Greek Dark Age [Journals] [Kronos]
... II:1 , pp. 63-71. - LMG] The finding of Mycenaean pottery in Troy VI made Wilhelm Dorpfeld, Schliemann's pupil and leader of the new campaign of excavations, claim that city as the most likely to have been the Ilion of Homer.(4 ) Dorpfeld found evidence that Troy VI had been destroyed by a violent earthquake; the damage was partly repaired and the city rebuilt, though on a much smaller scale. Such evidence, in the view of Carl Blegen- who conducted the most recent excavations on the site- could hardly be reconciled with the Homeric account of a city whose walls were breached by an enemy after a lengthy siege and which, ...
288. Philologos | The Legends of the Jews: Volume IV [Books]
... charged him: "Instead of accusing My children, journey to Damascus, where the Gentiles have an idol for each day of the year. Though Israel hath thrown down My altars and slain My prophets, what concern is it of thine?" (28) The four phenomena that God sent before His appearance wind, (29) earthquake, fire, and a still small voice were to instruct Elijah about the destiny of man. God told Elijah that these four represent the worlds through which man must pass: the first stands for this world, fleeting as the wind; the earthquake is the day of death, which makes the human body to tremble and quake; ...
... Siberia to the Caucasus to the Arabian desert, great spills of naphtha burned for years, their billows of smoke lending a dark shroud for mankind's struggle to survive. In this celestial encounter, according to Velikovsky, the axis of the Earth was displaced, leaving half of the globe in prolonged darkness for several days, as global windstorms, Earthquakes and continental sweeps of mud and sea devastated the entire surface of our planet. Above, the glistening comet shone like a dragon through the tempest of dust and smoke, as Venus and its writhing serpentine tail exchanged gigantic thunderbolts. The world's myths, Velikovsky tells us, have memorialized this conflagration as the combat of a light god and ...
290. Atlantis (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]
... was called Atlantis, and its powerful kings ruled over many other islands and parts of the continent. In Libya their power reached to the frontier of Egypt, in Europe as far as Tyrrhenia. But their endeavours to extend their empire over Egypt and Greece miscarried, chiefly because of the heroism of the Athenians. Just at this time tremendous earthquakes and inundations set in, and in the course of one dire day and one terrible night the island of Atlantis sank for ever into the waves. ' Such is, in few words, the story which Plato gives us in his Timaeus and Critias- probably the greatest wonder-tale of the world. Its authenticity was doubted from the beginning. ...
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