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38 pages of results. 241. Hurricanes and Cyclones [Books] [de Grazia books]
... "[11] Observers have been inside of this "enormous vacuum tube, somewhat similar to a geissler, neon or fluorescent light tube, conducting very low density electric current whenever there is a sufficient accumulation of electricity in the clouds to make the jump to Earth."[12] Typhon, the cosmic spectral dragon felled by a thunderbolt from Jupiter, was anciently described by Apollodorus as "rushing at heaven" with hissing and screams, spouting a great jet fire from his mouth. This same Typhon is probably the origin of the word "typhoon."[13] Cyclones and water spouts (water-bearing cyclones) often appear in groups. An outbreak of 148 tornados ...
242. TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF MYTHOLOGY: VELIKOVSKY'S CONTRIBUTION [Journals] [Aeon]
... intimate association with the Palladium (Palladium is the diminutive of Pallas), for example, has long drawn the attention of scholars, the latter object being described as a meteor-like object which fell (or was thrown) from heaven. (27) This tradition brings to mind Athena's intimate relation (and probable identification with) to Zeus' thunderbolt- the latter object being described as a fiery, serpentine-formed body or star thrown from heaven. Such traditions suggest that Homer's choice of imagery with regards to the goddess' spectacular epiphany was inspired by ancient traditions. Although some early mythographers had sought to identify Athena with the Moon, Velikovsky was the first to see an association between the ...
243. Quantavolution and Solaria Binaria [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... of his findings, took several decades. Similar stories can be told about an increasing number of places around the world. Old volcanoes are turning into meteor craters. I wonder whether Italian geologists could be wrong in regarding Lago di Bolsena as a typical extinct volcano crater. The Roman encyclopedist Pliny said that it was the spot where a Jovian thunderbolt had destroyed the Etruscan city of Volsinium. Today I can introduce these matters without being contradicted. Fifty years ago, if I said them to a respectable audience, I would be regarded as a strange character who belongs to the fringes of outer space. Immanuel Velikovsky had much to do with this change of paradigm, as you will ...
244. Cosmic Catastrophe in 'Paradise Lost' [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... , for sudden all at once thir Reeds Put forth, and to a narrow vent appli'd With nicest touch. Immediat in a flame, But soon obscur'd with smoak, 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, Though standing else as Rocks, but down they fell By thousands, Angels on Arch-Angel rowld. [Book VI, 578-94] The angelic host was temporarily defeated, but ...
245. Intensity, Scope and Suddenness [Books] [de Grazia books]
... great deal of material into the sky, including possibly the Moon, which, in any event, he claims to be a late arrival. 11. He claims that the Earth changed its motions repeatedly and that its surface morphology was drastically modified. 12. Primeval humans refer to electric discharges of the type of St. Elmo's fire and thunderbolts as much more frequent, even continuous at times, and often of much greater intensity than at present. 13. Finally, early humans thought that they had observed their own "creation"; that is, immediately upon being humanized, they felt capable of observing their distinctive internal psychic processes and their external relations with others and with ...
246. Chaos and Creation [Books] [de Grazia books]
... been the leading light pointing to the many surprises that the exploration of the solar system has since displayed. The myth of Phaeton is famous: the inexperienced youth, who was let to drive the chariot of the sun across the skies, was burning up the Earth until Zeus, implored to help, dispatched him into the sea with a thunderbolt. Dwardu Cardona puts the case succinctly, citing the originals : "That the myth of Phaeton describes a shifting of heavenly bodies, we know from Plato. That Phaeton was comet or a "blazing star", we know from Cicero. That this "blazing star" became a planet, we know from Hesiod. And that ...
247. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... Herzog, Punt, Gluckstadt, 1968 Birgit Liesching, Brussels, Belgium The Roman Augur - Some Reflections on Livy Book I Dear Sir, The first book of Livy's History of Rome contains important material. It is generally known that augurs specialised in the study of birds, animals and lightning. The fulgurator was an expert in the study of thunderbolts, and the haruspices studied the entrails of sacrificed animals. The Etruscans seem to have been the source of Roman knowledge and divination generally. In order to ascertain the will of the gods before an important undertaking, the augur had to sit on high ground for a good view. On the arx, or citadel, there was a ...
248. The Great Terror [Journals] [Kronos]
... timor' the fear theory had long since been part of the Western rationalist tradition . . . Sextus Empiricus in his treatise Against the Physicists cited Democritus of Abdera as the original source for the doctrine that the gods were born of fear. For when the men of old time beheld the disasters in the heavens, such as . . . thunderbolts and collisions between stars, and eclipses of sun and moon, they were affrighted imagining the gods to be the causes of these things'." '( 7 ) A psychologist of much later date still adhered to the fear theory. "It is unthinkable that fear should not be inherited in the flight of time . . . ...
249. Planetary Identities: I, The Concept of Deity [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... Ea and even identified with El [12], both deities of the planet Saturn [13], was akin to the Greek Poseidon who was considered the god of earthquakes [14]. In fact, the Babylonians never discarded their belief that earthquakes were actually caused by the planets [15]. Meanwhile, the ancient belief that thunderbolts originated from the same planets needs no reference. But before I am again told that my idea of primitive man' is the astronomically adept Assyro-Babylonian culture', allow me to shift the scene to the Congo basin in the heart of Africa. Would Boyles consider the Efe pygmies of the Ituri forest primitive enough? 2. The Star ...
250. The Legends of the Jews: Volume II - Job [Books]
... heavens, and for each drop there is a mould in the clouds, for were two drops to issue from the same mould, the ground would be made so miry that it could not bring forth any growth. It hath never happened that a mould hath been misplaced. Should I, then, have mistaken Job for another? Many thunderbolts I hurl from the skies, but each one comes from its own path, for were two to proceed from the same path, they would destroy the whole world. It hath never happened that a path hath been misplaced. Should I, then, have mistaken Job for another? The gazelle gives birth to her young on the ...
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