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153 pages of results. 511. Child of Saturn (Part III) [Journals] [Kronos]
... and goddess (devi) has the Same connotation. "Deva, god, comes from the root div, to be resplendent, ' to shine. ' In primeval India the idea of god was associated with the idea of light." (5 ) If Hindu deities, as seems certain, owe their origin to the anthropomorphosis of celestial bodies, we can understand how their association with light germinated. Venus, however, is not the only celestial luminary. That the Mahadevi is called tara, star, and is said to be "of the form of the Moon",(6 ) does identify her as a celestial body but, again, not necessarily as ...
512. The Empire Strikes Back [Books] [de Grazia books]
... once but repeatedly, and all of his supporters with him. In a field so broad, hundreds of major statements and thousands of details offered in over a thousand published pages somehow emerged unscathed. Several scores of statements were indicted for ambiguity or rendered more doubtful. What everyone knew ahead of time could be reasserted: the prevailing theory of celestial mechanics would only make nonsense out of data presented. In addition, planet Venus probably lacks massive clouds of hydrocarbon; if so, either such clouds were never there or they burned off over time, the latter being V. s second line of defense. All in all, this was so small a bag that V., ...
513. Instantaneous Shifts of the Poles [Journals] [Aeon]
... and join in the furtherance of this truth. Patten has claimed as many as 150 magnetic pole reversals in historic and near historic times. The force and energy required for this magnetic reversal, however, is given differently by these two researchers. Barbiero makes the statement: "But we do know that the planet is periodically hit by large celestial bodies at high speeds." Here Barbiero would seem to be setting the stage for his 500 to 1000 meter-in-diameter asteroid as his "large body" in collision with Earth. Or does he mean his "large celestial body" to be the size of the one which collided with Earth in what is now Wyoming, thus creating the ...
514. Amenophis, Osarsiph and Arzu. More on the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... Osarsiph; such numbers reflect the turbulence and subsequent repression of Merenptah's early years, implying the deep unpopularity into which the XIXth Dynasty had fallen. These rebels called for help from the "shepherds" of Jerusalem, who sent a 200,000-strong army to their aid. Merenptah, terrified that the gods were against him (undoubtedly alarmed by celestial portents) fled with all his court to the protection of Ethiopia's king for 13 years while the rebels devastated Egypt's gods and temples and burned its cities. One would naturally not expect Merenptah to record this ignominious episode; but the inscriptional evidence gives him an eighth year of reign, and if the rebellion occurred in this year and extended ...
515. Vox Popvli [Journals] [Aeon]
... N is the Lone Star on the horizon, and her father Re has given her the whole of the sky when he brightens." [5 ] In spite of the antiquity of the text, this, again, looks like a reference to our Morning Star, which does indeed appear on the horizon (rather than at the north celestial pole), alone in the sky, just before sunrise. The opening of the gates of the Netherworld makes for a beautiful metaphor for Venus appearing on the horizon before sunrise, just as the sky begins to brighten. I therefore suggest that the quoted passages refer to the planet Venus as it would have appeared on the horizon as ...
516. William H. Stiebing, Jr., and Immanuel Velikovsky [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... From: The Velikovskian Vol 1 No 2 (1993) Home | Issue Contents William H. Stiebing, Jr., and Immanuel Velikovsky Charles Ginenthal Velikovsky has had a great number of vocal critics over the past few decades who have raised many points of negative evidence regarding recent celestial catastrophism. One of them is Professor William H. Stiebing, Jr., a teacher of ancient history and archeology, since 1967, at the University of New Orleans, where he is presently a Professor of History. In 1984, he presented an attack on Velikovsky's theoretical scenario that, so far as I know, has not been analyzed. (1 ) Since this criticism was presented ...
517. Introduction to Velikovsky [Articles]
... .. . records ranging from unequivocal statements in written documents, through remembrances expressed in myth and legend, to mute archaeological evidence in the form of obsolete calendars and sundials- and his examination of geological and paleontological reports from all parts of the globe, led him to conclude that modern man's snug little world, set in a framework of celestial harmony and imperceptible evolution, is but an illusion. Velikovsky's reappraisal of world history ravages established doctrine in disciplines from astronomy to psychology; universal gravitation of masses is not the only force governing celestial motions- electromagnetic forces must also play important roles; enigmatic breaks in the geological record denote, not interminable ages of languorous erosion and deposition gently ...
518. The Saturn Myth: Contents [Books]
... close to the earth, and visually dominated the heavens. Talbott's close textual and symbolic analysis reveals the fundamental themes of Saturn imagery and proves that all of them- including the "cosmic ship", the "island at the top of the world", the "eye of heaven" and "the revolving temple" were based on celestial observations in the northern sky. In addition he shows how such diverse symbols as the Cross, "sun" -wheels, holy mountains, crowns of royalty and sacred pillars grew out of ancient Saturn worship. Talbott contends that Saturn's appearance at the time, radically different from today, inspired man's leap into civilization, since many aspects ...
519. Jerusalem - City of Saturn [Journals] [Kronos]
... it would appear that the role of Saturn was highly, perhaps preeminently, significant. And, as it happens, Saturnian aspects were not entirely overlooked by us; they were merely underestimated.(3 ) Before proceeding further, however, it should be stated quite emphatically that no firm conclusion can be drawn from the religio-historical data regarding the celestial activity of Saturn during the period under discussion. Most likely, the Saturnian elements that confront us in first millennium ritual, symbolism, and theophoric names either echo residual influences emanating from the so-called Golden Age - a time when Saturn reigned alone and supreme(4 ) (apparently, the Saturnian legacy is so powerful that it is capable ...
520. Chapter I: The Worship of the Sun and the Dawn [Books]
... perfectly distinct stages. I do not mean to say that these stages follow each other exactly, but that at one period one stagee was more developed than another, and so on. For instance, in the first stage, wonder and worship were the prevalent features; in the second, there was the need of applying the observation of celestial phenomena in two directions, one the direction of utility- such as the formation of a calendar and the foundation of years and months; and the other the astrological direction. Supplied as we moderns are with the results of astronomical observation in the shape of almanacs, pocket-books, and the like, it is always difficult, and for ...
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