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245 pages of results. 11. The Great Comet Venus [Journals] [Aeon]
... as it is identified with the planet Venus. The anomalous "cometary" traits of Venus in ancient myth and astronomy became key pieces of the argument, and the strength of the argument derived from the breadth of sources. Velikovsky ... closest planetary neighbor, moving on an orbit 108 million kilometers (67 million miles) from the Sun. Modern astronomers have always believed that Venus, evolving within its own enclave in the solar system, has followed its present path ... , 1950), p. 306. 213. Ibid., p. 307. 214. Manilius, Astronomica 1.885ff. 215. Ibid. 216. D. Carrasco, op. cit., p. ...
12. Intimations of an Alien Sky [Journals] [Aeon]
... , not to mention such mundane trials as family squabbles and lost sheep. Now it has often been stated that astronomy is the daughter of astrology but the truth is that both these disciplines were born as Siamese twins of etiology. ... , I had reason to claim that, in its cosmic interpretation, the mythological record "is backed by the astronomical lore that was current at the time." (1 ) While not meant to be exhaustive, a compendium ... Astrologie Grecque (Paris, 1899), p. 93. 33. Ibid. 34. Hyginus, De Astronomia (also known as Poetica Astronomica), II:42:6-10 35. There are even some indications that ...
13. Collective Behaviorism and Ancient Astronomy [Journals] [Horus]
... From: Horus Vol. 2 No. 1 (Winter 1986) Home | Issue Contents Collective Behaviorism and Ancient Astronomy David Griffard In Psychology and Ancient Astronomical Discovery (KRONOS II:4 ) it was shown that some form of ... lore seems always to have accompanied human development. In historical peoples, there is no question of the emphasis given to astronomy. Time-reckoning and the control of agriculture, religious beliefs, governmental (theocratic) authority, monumental architecture - ... particular days of the annual (or other astronomic) cycle. Clearly the range of environmental controls over the ancient astronomer's behavior, from the purely natural seasonal contingencies of reinforcement to the complex social and economic rewards for correct knowledge and ...
14. Velikovsky's Sources Volume Five [Books]
... this passage, as later in a whole chapter (chap. xi), we quit the proper domain of astronomy, and trench upon that of astrology. V is not happy with this sentiment. To him there is something ... section 49; to the University of Michigan Press for permission to quote from Rufus and Tien's translation of the Soochow Astronomical Chart in section 55; and to Cambridge University Press for permission to quote from Needham's "Science and Civilisation in ... Gaubil's essay "Une Histoire de l'Astronomie Chinoise", which appeared in vol.2 of "Observations Mathematiques, Astronomiques, Géograthiques, Chronologiques et Physiques, Tirées des Anciens Livres Chinois", edited and published by P. Etienne ...
15. Astronomy and Chronology [Journals] [Pensee]
... Pensée Vol. 3 No 2: (Spring-Summer 1973) "Immanuel Velikovsky Reconsidered IV" Home | Issue Contents Astronomy and Chronology Immanuel Velikovsky Copyright 1973 by Immanuel Velikovsky The sources of error in the conventional chronology This paper, first ... the Egyptian dynasties of Manetho in his Thesaurus temporum (1606). "Sothic period" calculation, or an astronomical clue to Egyptian chronology, seemed to give promise. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there were made no attempts ... keinen Herrscher dieses Namens. Wenn man also einen Königsnamen und nicht etwa einen Privatmann, z. B. einen Astronomen, darin suchen will, bleibt nichts übrig, als den Namen zu korrigieren- man hat sehr oft Me(r ...
16. The Celestial Ship of North Vol. I [Books]
... worship his Maker alone, that First Cause of which all other causes are but relegations or emanations. Astrology and astronomy, esoteric and exotetic knowledge of the heavenly bodies or entities, have lain at the generating heart of every great ... experiences, due to the knowledge of the ancient scholars, so conversant with life here below and so versed in astronomical knowledge. They taught their myths and allegories whithersoever they went. These did not spring up independently in various places ... the world. Their unity in mythology is conclusively proven. The further one searches into the great past the more profound grows his wonder. "Origen observes, If the Law of Moses had contained nothing which was to be understood ...
17. The Nature of the Cytherean Atmosphere [Journals] [Pensee]
... , J. Atmos. Sci. 25 (1968): 644; R. Goody, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 (1969): 303; and P. J. Gierasch, Icarus 13 (1970) ... adequate testing, the first three have been amply vindicated, evidently- at least in part- to the surprise of many astronomers who had long entertained contrary views (3 , 7). Confirmatory Findings In recent years, Earth-based studies of ... . G. Young, Icarus 17 (1972): 632. 25. V. I. Moroz, Astronomicheskii Zhurnal 40 (1963): 144 [Soviet Astronomy-AJ 7 (1963):1091. 26. A. ...
... Theon manuscript, to the era of Menophres can be counted on for the work of erecting a chronology based on astronomy, or on Sirius' heliacal rising, or a Sothic period of 1,460 years. Between the end ... not respected because they are considered "absurdly high".[1 ] Historians, however, believe they have astronomical evidence to determine the numerical values for the basic plan. No records of solar and lunar eclipses were found in ... Reich keinen Herrscher dieses Namens. Wenn man also einen Königsnamen und nicht etwa einen Privatmann z. B. einen Astronomen, darin suchen will bleibt nichts übrig, als den Namen zu korrigieren-man hat sehr oft Me(r )neptah ...
... the Mexicans, Velikovsky found, Venus was called a "star that smoked," the very phrase which Mexican astronomy used to describe a comet. On the other side of the world, the Hindu Vedas depict Venus "like ... highly successful commercially (becoming a number-one best seller in 1950), Velikovsky was quickly repudiated en masse by accredited astronomers, physicists, historians and other specialists. His claims, it was said, violated the self-evident principles of physics ... was published, Velikovsky wrote in Stargazers and Gravediggers, (NY 1983) p. 284, "In the astronomer's view there can be no greater effrontery than the questioning of their truths, and nothing enrages them more than to ...
20. "Just Plainly Wrong": A Critique of Peter Huber (Second Installment) [Journals] [Kronos]
... to rely on computation instead of actual observations. This can be seen from Science Awakening II: The Birth of Astronomy, written, according to the title page, "by Bartel L. van der Waerden with contributions by Peter ... stringent test not only of the attribution of the Venus tablets to Ammizaduga, but also of what Rose calls the astronomers' dogma. ' "The Babylonian calendar is based on the true lunar month: the month begins on the ... astronomer will calculate possible dates for the event. The historian will then arrange his chronology so as to fit the astronomer's retrocalculations. Then some time passes, and the chronology becomes orthodox. The grounds for the chronology are forgotten, ...
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