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... has been transplanted into the garden, lost its saltness, and has been metamorphosed into two distinct vegetables, as unlike each other as is each to the parent plant the red cabbage and the cauliflower. These, and a multitude of analogous facts, are undoubtedly among the wonders of nature, and attest more strongly, perhaps, the extent ... seems to have been fully persuaded ; and he also shows that he was deeply impressed with a belief prevalent amongst the older naturalists, that the primeval ocean invested the whole planet long after it became the habitation of living beings ; and thus he was inclined to assert the priority of the types of marine animals to those of the terrestrial, ...
12. The Electric Saturnian System [Journals] [Aeon]
... 1999 New Scientist article there is a discussion of a report from the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, of June that same year, concerning computer simulations of a red giant star swallowing planets. [2 ] Surprisingly, they found that a large planet continues to orbit inside the star for thousands of years, only slowly being evaporated ... (Feb 2001) Home | Issue Contents The Electric Saturnian System An interview with Wallace Thornhill AEON: In a recent article you stated that astronomers "accept the idea that planets could orbit within the thin [atmospheric] envelope" of brown dwarf stars. [1 ] Could you expand on this and, perhaps, tell us which astronomers ...
13. Indra's Theft of the Sun-God's Wheel [Journals] [Aeon]
... the planet Mars makes this tradition of direct relevance to the present study. Thus Ugaritic scribes identified Reseph with the Akkadian Nergal, the latter god being commonly identified with the red planet in ancient times. (89) Modern scholars have likewise identified Reseph with Mars, although they have yet to appreciate the incongruity of Reseph/Mars' involvement ... the Sun thy body, thy form, Immortal One, is seen expanding." (85) How does all of this relate to our hypothesis that Indra represents the planet Mars? (86) The fact of the matter is, as we have documented elsewhere, that the planet Mars was associated with eclipse-like phenomena by other ancient peoples ...
14. Henry H. Bauer and Immanuel Velikovsky [Books]
... recommend you read Bauer's Chapter 7." Therefore, let us examine some examples in Chapter 7. In Chapter 7, "Velikovsky's Physical Science," subchapter heading "Red Herrings and Straw Men," Bauer states: "Velikovsky does not hesitate to use the specialists' jargon and the tone of authority, but his statements about methods ... 1 ) Ellenberger further claims that, unlike Bauer's analysis, "Many scientists derisively attacked Velikovsky's theories about terrestrial catastrophes, biblical chronologies, and Earth's close encounters' with other planets. But they seriously undercut their case by resorting to innuendo, ridicule, misrepresentation [and] ad hominem arguments . . . ." (2 ) Therefore, ...
15. On Dragons and Red Dwarves [Journals] [Aeon]
... From: Aeon III:6 (Dec 1994) Home | Issue Contents On Dragons and Red Dwarves Ev Cochrane For countless millennia the campfire served as meeting place and center stage alike as bards entertained their audiences with thrilling tales of dashing heroes. During this period every tribal community had, as it were, its own Homer who, ... basic events behind the myth of the dragon-combat. That those events were celestial in nature there can be little doubt. And as the celestial prototype for the warrior-hero, the planet Mars figures prominently in numerous ancient myths of the dragon-combat. Indeed, it is the hero's identity with Mars which alone provides the rationale for many of the most bizarre ...
16. Indra: A Case Study in Comparative Mythology [Journals] [Aeon]
... analysis. In short, the thesis was put forward that the mythology of the world's great heroes commemorated- at least in part- the ancient appearance and activities of the red planet in relation to its celestial neighbors. If the ancients' identification of Heracles with the planet Mars has a rational basis it will provide us with an invaluable foundation ... the same point had been made by numerous scholars before. (3 ) It was the attempt to trace the traditions of Heracles and Gilgamesh to ancient conceptions associated with the planet Mars that represented a radical departure from the norm in mythological analysis. In short, the thesis was put forward that the mythology of the world's great heroes commemorated- ...
17. The Female Star [Journals] [Aeon]
... by Isaac of Antioch; and finally with Lucifer, the morning star, by Jerome." [8 ] The ancient Sumerians knew the planet Venus as Ninsi'ana, "Red lady of heaven." [9 ] This name is attested in inscriptions of Amar-Suen (conventionally dated to 2046-2038 B.C .) and shortly thereafter in the ... contribution to make, for it holds that these particular mythical themes commemorate specific historical events witnessed by ancient man the world over- namely, spectacular cataclysms associated with the respective planets. The Lady of Heaven A survey of the mythology surrounding Venus reveals a vast set of endlessly recurring themes: the planet as mother goddess; the planet as agent ...
18. Velikovsky's Sources Volume Three [Books]
... proved themselves "servants of the most high God" (Dan.3 .19- 27). Likewise, the Anglo- Saxons had their ordeal of walking over red- hot ploughshares to settle their judicial disputes. Thus we come to the Letopolitan festival of the Night of Fire for the Adversaries. Wainwright writes: "As might ... clouds conveyed a sweet odour. In the Papyrus Anastasi IV, written in the year of misery', in which it is said that the months are reversed, the planet- god is described as arriving with the sweet wind before him'." Here of course V has transformed the god Amun into a planet- god, presumably ...
19. Velikovsky's Sources Volume Six [Books]
... , Antares has as much claim on this meteorite as Mars, and though it may only be a coincidence, it is worth pointing out that both Mars and Antares are red in colour. This may or may not be the reason why these two particular heavenly bodies are mentioned here, but certainly in Remusat's catalogue there is no support for ... text referring to the prodigy reads as follows (translation by P. Hyde): "At this time two suns could be seen fighting in the sky. The five planets were shaken by strange movements. Part of Mount T'ai-chan collapsed. The river Lao ran dry. The barbarians invaded the Wed valley." This does not differ significantly ...
20. The Opening of The Mouth Ritual - Part II [Journals] [Aeon]
... the main events took place at night, the archaic "day." there are many references to the direction North. the colours white, green or blue, and red predominate. the funeral instruments are of meteoric iron, the Metal of Heaven. the mummy, wrapped in strips of white linen, evoked the spiral fila-mentary appearance of ... god. the purpose of the rite was to re-animate mummies just as the sun-god Osiris and the polar configuration itself was once returned to "normal." The Myths, Planets, And Gods "Mythology and ritual [for the Egyptians were facets of one reality]." [4 ] We now turn to the most crucial factor, ...
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