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... set darkness upon thy land. ' The deluge surged over the Earth. The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder [the uproar of the unchained elements] they hasted away. ' (Psalms civ. 6 -7.) Colossal hailstorms swept over the globe, lashing the land ... beings are often made responsible for the winds. The Algonkians say that birds create the winds. The Sioux and other tribes say that thunder is the noise which the dark-fiery thunder-bird makes by flapping his wings. In early art the cherubim were painted with red, that is, fiery faces; even Chaucer still speaks of a fyr-red cherubinnes face ...
92. Bookshelf [Journals] [SIS Review]
... from the London Times (14.8 .1849) which describes a mass of ice, about twenty feet in circumference which fell in Ross-shire after a loud peal of thunder. The reports go back to 1811, which makes some difficulty for the "passing aircraft" hypothesis, though New Scientist might like to take up this reviewer's suggestion ... an article by R. F. Griffiths (Meteorological Magazine, Sept. 75), discussing a block of ice which fell from the sky in Manchester after a loud thunderclap. Commenting on this on 2nd October, New Scientist offered the usual explanation - that it had fallen from a passing aircraft. The Sunday Times later reported (23 ...
93. The Lesser Light [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... In the words of Hesiod (8th Century B.C .) : ". . . [Zeus] was reigning in heaven, himself holding the lightning and glowing thunderbolt, when he had overcome by might his father Cronus. . . ." Jupiter's fate was later realized as the once brilliant planetary disc shrank to a pin point ... arranged a festival during which Maire-Monan had to jump over three blazing bonfires. "He jumped the first but fainted above the second and was burned up. His bursting produced thunder, while the flames became lightning. Then he was carried up to heaven, where he became a star."3 A celestial scenario thus finds obscure expression in ...
... Ætnam Impositam, ruptis flammam expirare caminis. Et, fessum quoties mutet latus, intremere omnem Murmure Trinacriam, & cœlam subtexere fumo.-Ætna, whose ruins make a thunder; Sometimes black clouds of smoke, that rowl about Mingled with flakes of fire, it belches out. And sometimes Balls of flame it darts on high, Of ... Within deep Cells under the Earth, a store Of fire-materials, molten stones, and Ore, It gathers, then spews out, and gathers more. Enceladus, when thunder-struck by Jove, Was bury'd here, and Ætna thrown above; And when, to change his wearied side, he turns, The Island trembles and the Mountain burns ...
95. Thoth Vol V, No 1: Jan 15, 2001 [Journals] [Thoth]
... of fire.") I asked about electrical causes of residual nuclear radiation, and I like your answer: .. .like particle accelerators in labs, a planetary thunderbolt would also be capable of initiating both fusion and fission reactions that could produce radioactive isotopes. Stupendous discharges could involve temperatures great enough for fusion (around 10^8 ... is also expected and was reported in the famous Chicago fires at the time of the return of Biela's comet. It is also interesting, given the widespread association of "thunderstones" with lightning, that the blast should be called an "iron thunderbolt". The parasol imagery is interesting and potentially important. CARDONA: Well, I guess ...
96. Fire From Heaven [Journals] [SIS Review]
... struck by lightning would become hot. Lightning is also a common phenomenon, unlike meterorites, but lightning may have become associated with them. Many meteorite falls are associated with thunderous, or explosive sounds and these are sometimes loud enough to vibrate, shake, or even damage buildings. The thunder claps' are, in effect, sonic booms ... of dragon stones lodged in the heads of dragons has origins in the discovery of meteorites on the ground, hence providing a clear connection between meteor and dragon. Objects called thunderstones, unlike real meteorites, included Stone Age flint arrowheads, stone axe-heads and even fossils such as belemnites and echinoids [8 ]. When lightning strikes a sandy soil ...
97. When Venus Was A Comet [Journals] [Kronos]
... by the wide-ranging explanations that have been offered to account for Inanna's destructive qualities. Jacobsen, for example, compares the meteorological phenomena in the previous passages with those of a thunderstorm, concluding that Inanna was the "power in the rain clouds".(33) J. Wilson, reviewing many of the same passages, understands Inanna as ... down-(line 20). Propelled on your own wings you peck away at the land-(line 27). With a roaring storm you roar; with Thunder you continually thunder- (lines 29 & 30)." It is difficult to reconcile such statements with the current peaceful movements of the planet Venus, and yet ...
98. China's Dragon [Journals] [Pensee]
... springs from the pearl is the symbol for thunder and that the antlerlike appendages are symbols of lightning; so he considers the flaming sphere to be a combination of moon and thunderstorm symbols (21), a reading congruent with a rejection of catastrophes. Such a combination as he proposes will seem to some to be justified. Study of the ... three more motifs. Flame symbols strewn among the cloud symbols show the heavens to be on fire. Fire is further emphasized by a globe with fire symbols- with lightning and thunder symbols as well. The globe is being chased by the dragon, also in flames or giving off lightning, these things being shown by antlerlike tendrils coming from the ...
99. Cosmic Catastrophe in 'Paradise Lost' [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... all Heav'n appeerd, From those deep-throated Engins belcht, whose roar Emboweld with outragious noise the Air, And all her entrails tore, disgorging foule Thir devilish glut, chaind Thunderbolts and Hail Of Iron Globes, hich on the Victor Host Leveld, with such impetuous furie smote, That whom they hit, none on thir feet might stand, ... in Celestial Panoplie all armd Of radiant Urim , work divinely wrought, Ascended; at his right hand Victorie Sate Eagle-Wingd, beside him hung his Bow And Quiver with three-bolted Thunder stor'd And from about him fierce Effusion rowld Of smoak and bickering flame, and sparkles dire; [Book VI, 749-66] At once the Four spred out thir ...
100. Thoth Vol IV, No 3: Feb 15, 2000 [Journals] [Thoth]
... established by Talbott, that the over- riding concern of our ancestors was with the actions of the capricious and warring planetary gods. And the weapon of choice was the thunderbolt. It was no earthly spark. It took the strange involuted, corkscrew form of plasmoids and was associated with stones (meteorites) falling from the sky and global ... the gradualness of it all, which is at best a platitude, only good for pacifying the mind, since no one is willing to imagine that civilization appeared in a thunderclap." The use of the word "thunderclap" is remarkably prescient of the authors for it has been established by Talbott, that the over- riding concern of ...
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