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153 pages of results. 761. Thoth Vol III, No. 16: Dec 1, 1999 [Journals] [Thoth]
... nor the language in the concrete terms explicitly given by the ancient texts themselves. [For an illustration of the planetary conjunction in one of its most prominent phases, go to: www.kronia.com and click on the "Saturn theory" on the left menu.] The primeval conjunction means first and foremost the visible alignment of celestial powers (Saturn, Venus, Mars, extremely close to the earth) producing the image of a unified, "all- containing" power in the sky, a god standing "alone" in the cosmic waters. Even after differentiation of these powers, they continue to stand in conjunction, though the alignment is then more dynamic ...
762. Forum [Journals] [SIS Review]
... occasions in historic times, then there must have been disturbances in the Earth's motion, (the constancy of which is so fundamental to the uniformitarian position). If this can be established, the search for a mechanism to account for such disturbances becomes no longer a chase after a will-o-the-wisp, but an essential part of the continuing research into celestial mechanics. It is hard to think of any other of Velikovsky's claims which could have such a dramatic impact. We therefore need to ask, in particular: (a ) What evidence can Egyptologists produce to support the often-repeated statement that the 365-day "civil" calendar (without leap-years) was in use as far back as the Old ...
763. Shapley, Velikovsky And the Scientific Spirit [Journals] [Pensee]
... exceedingly pleasing personality and evident sincerity, because his conclusions were pretty obviously based on incompetent data" --this a peculiar comment on a book he hadn't read to one who had read it. He continued with the argument that the notion of changes in the constitution of the solar system in historical times flies in the face of the successful record of celestial mechanics and their role in man's work. "The laws of mechanics .. . have been tested competently and thoroughly .. . if Dr. Velikovsky is right, the rest of us are crazy. And seriously, this may be the case. It is, however, improbable." He concluded by saying that the Harvard ...
764. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... but why it should be Odin, who had only one eye, escapes me. If I may venture a bold speculation outside my own field, I would suggest that this is instead a somewhat distorted picture of the planet Mars with its two satellites, passing close to the Earth. Below, I have made a sketch of what the celestial prototype may have looked like. The image may also have given rise to the legend that Romulus and his brother Remus were sucking the wolf. There are at least two possible objections. One is that king Readwald lived in the 7th century AD, how could he have possessed a picture of a celestial event that was visible about 1500 ...
765. Focus [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Velikovsky's "The Orientation of the Pyramids" and "On Decoding Hawkins' Stonehenge Decoded'". With sections 3, 4 and 5, more technical astronomical aspects make an appearance, ranging from the stability of the solar system and the research on possible orbits by Rose and Ransom to Juergens' pioneering work on electrical forces, "Reconciling Celestial Mechanics and Velikovskian Catastrophism". The problems of the Venusian atmosphere are examined via the debate between Velikovsky and A.W . Burgstahler, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Kansas, and the data relating to the lunar rocks provides another debate, this time with Professor York of the University of Toronto. This section concludes with Velikovsky's ...
766. Bibliography (Immanuel Velikovsky's Jewish Science) [Books]
... : Censorship Can Take Indirect Forms." New York Times, (Feb. 18), C25. McGuire, William. (1974). Ed., The Freud/Jung Letters: The Correspondence between Sigmund Freud and C.G . Jung. Prlnceton University Press. Menzel, Donald H. (1952). "The Celestial Mechanics of Electrically Charged Planets." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 96, 5 (0ct.), 524-25.. (1963). "The Debate over Velikovsky: An Astronomer's Rejoinder." Harper's, 227 (Dec.), 83-86. Merton, Robert R. (1968). Social Theory and Social ...
767. Pyramid Builders and Hyksos [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... of Sweeney's other indirect evidence can probably also be classed as admissible', but care is necessary as experience teaches that name and dynasty juggling can be made to support an extraordinarily wide range of different hypotheses. (vi) My Ninsianna tablet analysis suggested that the repetition-of-births' episodes mentioned in ancient texts can be explained as the outcome of a celestial disturbance (a particular sudden shift of the vernal equinox). There could have been more than one such occurrence but it is a near certainty that none could have occurred outside the 880-730 BC limits mentioned above (assuming that 1400 BC and earlier eras can be ruled out on other grounds). According to Egypt of the Pharaohs, ...
768. Focus [Journals] [SIS Review]
... the ease with which clear descriptions in ancient authors of astounding natural phenomena are read as political metaphors, in defiance of "the idea that people might actually have meant what they said". The criteria for this latter interpretation, Dr Meynell felt, were especially strengthened, as Velikovsky had pointed out, by the occurrence of similar descriptions of celestial effects from different locations unlikely to have a common cultural influence; alternative explanations, such as Panbabylonism, had all proved untenable. DR EUAN MACKIE, Assistant Keeper, Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow: The Evidence of Radiocarbon Dates. Speaking without notes, Dr MacKie covered material included in the paper read by him at the Nice Congress ...
769. Cosmic Catastrophe in 'Paradise Lost' [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... , But with swift wheele reverse, deep entring shar'd All his right side; then Satan first knew pain, And writh'd him to and fro convolv'd; so sore The griding sword with discontinuous wound Pass'd through him, but th'Ethereal substance clos'd Not long divisible, and from the gash A stream of Nectarous humor issuing flowd Sanguin, such as Celestial Spirits may bleed, And all his Armour staind ere while so bright [Book VI, 320-34] About half way through Book VI night descended on the battlefield and imposed a truce. Satan called a council, and decided to manufacture artillery and gunpowder: these "triple-mounted" rows of "pillars laid on wheels" (lines 572-73 ...
770. Stephen Jay Gould and Immanuel Velikovsky [Books]
... an observation of a solar eclipse which took place on April 9, 1567. His data has been employed by scientists to analyze the concept that the size of the sun may be shrinking." (41) If one were to dismiss data because it is old, then astronomers would never be able to retrocalculate the motions and behavior of celestial bodies. This approach is simply throwing out the baby with the bath water. What I wish to stress is that it is not the age of scientific evidence nor the source-Clavius and Scheiner's old Latin texts- nor the work of 19th century geologists Velikovsky often cited that is in question. The real question is one of evidence, ...
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