Catastrophism: Man, Myth and Mayhem in Ancient History and the Sciences

281. Mountain Myths (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]

... and straighten out. We have the plagues' in Egypt' (Exodus vii- xii); the flood phenomena (xiv); the fearful presence' of the Lord' upon the Mount (xix); the altar' with its twelve pillars (xxiv); the building of an ark' adorned with cherubim, that is, dragon figures (xxv); the worship of a golden calf', a lunar symbol (xxxii); and so on. The Jewish myths of Paradise1 agree that this place was situated in the middle of the Earth; it was on a mountain and enclosed within a definite and well-guarded boundary; it was of stupendous size: finally ...

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282. Ascertaining the Year of the Capture (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]

... the appearance of the Star' of the Magi, the birth' of Christ, the Light of the World, the birth' of the Aeon of the Gnostics, and the fact that the Egyptians celebrated a water festival' at that date, seem to support the idea. The Chinese celebrate their New Year Festival, at which a dragon figures prominently in the procession, between January 20th and February i8th, after the Sun has entered the zodiacal sign of Aquarius. Then, too, many fireworks are let off with a great deal of noise. This dragon-water-fire-noise symbolism may well refer to the cataclysmal happenings at the beginning of the Aeon of Luna. Originally the Hindu months ...

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283. Editor's Page [Journals] [Aeon]

... by far the brightest comet I have ever had the fortune to observe. But a spectacle in the sky! When one reads in the prestigious Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy about "the extraordinary spectacle that a large comet can produce;" when one reads in ancient, and not-so-ancient, chronicles about comets "spreading forth in the likeness of a dragon," stretching all the way from the Irish Sea to the regions of Gaul, or of others seen "lashing their tail wildly as if in agony;" when one views ancient, and not-so-ancient, depictions of comets with their tails streaming half way across the sky, some of which were bright enough to be seen with the ...

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284. AEON Back Issues [Journals] [Aeon]

... .5 The Great Comet Venus * The Evolution of the Cosmogonic Egg * The Beginning of Time * Sothis and the Morning Star. Vol.III: No.6 A Dynamical Objection to Grubaugh's Polar Configuration * Response to Slabinski * "Worlds in Collision" * The Stratigraphy of Ancient Israel * The Saturn Thesis: Questions and Answers * Dragons and Red Dwarfs. \cdrom\pubs\journals\aeon\vol0406\124aeon.htm ...

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285. Mysteries of the Sacred Universe: The Cosmology of the Bhagavata Purana (Book Review) [Journals] [Aeon]

... , but this "sun" is there described as having orbited in one spot. The cosmic lotus makes more than one appearance. Allusions abound to the Ouroboros, the cosmic tree, the quadrifurcate rivers, the omphalos, the Golden Age and end thereof, to say nothing of the bobbing up and down of the Martian hero and the dragon combat. All this, and more, does not require much interpretation by those familiar with the still-unfolding Saturnian scenario. While Thompson is to be excused for not recog-nizing these motifs for what they really are, Saturnists will ignore his work to their own detriment. O [1 ] G. R. Kay, Hindu Astronomy (Calcutta ...

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286. 1421: The Year China Discovered America (Book Review) [Journals] [Aeon]

... Aztec ruler Montezuma, and later savants suggested Brendan of Clonfert and Nicholas of Lynn among others as the earlier apotheosis of the Aztec numen. But apparently, until now, no one thought of a Chinese treasure armada, with the image of a pale-skinned and bearded Muslim eunuch from across the sea dressed in an oriental robe fashioned like a feathered dragon. Indeed, the pillaged gold and silver carried back to Europe was squandered in supporting a European vision of empire, for by 1588 the hubristic Spanish Armada financed by what remained of this treasure was itself destroyed. Menzies remarkably had spent some 15 years researching his material on the Chinese discovery of not just the Americas, but of the ...

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287. Martian Metamorphoses [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]

... and the Planet Mars; 3. The cult of Mars in the ancient Near East; 4. The Poem of Erra; 5. The Cult of the Latin God Mars; 6. Apollo and the Planet Mars; 7. The Death of Heracles; 8. Indra: The Vedic God of the Planet Mars; 9. The Dragon Combat; 10. Mars and Pestilence; 11. Mars-Gods of the New World Publishing details: Martian Metamorphoses: The Planet Mars in Ancient Myth, by Ev Cochrane.. About 250 pages. Order from: Aeon Publishing, 601 Hayward St., Ames, IA, 50014. USA. Email: ev.cochrane@ames ...

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288. Our Rock Who Art in Heaven [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]

... the heavens - and land squarely back on Earth. Be prepared to jettison any traditional views of the Bible. Contents: 1. Our Rock is Better than their Rock. 2. Visible and Rushing. 3. In Heaven as it is on Earth. 4. Typhon. 5. Thou Didst Break into Pieces the Head of the Dragon. 6. Fish Tales. 7. Goat Songs. 8. The Serpent, Eve. 9. Elijah and Elisha. 10. Aesculapius. 11. Jesus/Christ. 12. The Old Man of the Sea. Our Rock Who Art in Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name, by Jacqueline Brook. 592 pages; B ...

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289. Plasma discharges in rock art? [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]

... saw-toothed edges and make a tumultuous noise. (That last is the ancient Egyptian scribe Ipuwer's jargon "Oh that the Earth would cease from noise and tumult be no more.") Then the sawteeth develop into strings of triangles, ladder shapes, and stacks of donuts. Several well-known mythologists in attendance jumped up shouting and pointing "The dragon! The arrows! The ladder of heaven! The backbone of the sky!" Ev fired up his laptop and opened his collection of petroglyph files. There, carved into rock walls in unmistakable detail by ancient artists, were Peratt's instabilities. For three or four or ten thousand years, no human eye has seen them. Not ...

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290. A Note on the "Land of Punt" [Journals] [Kronos]

... . C. Picard and C. Picard, The Life and Death of Carthage (N . Y., 1968), pp. 152-153- "In text No. 347 of the Proto-Canaanite inscriptions of Sinai, we find the name TNT (tinnit) used as an epithet to qualify Asherat, the Lady of the Sea Monster or Dragon'. Thus TNT would be the feminine of TN, a name which is found in its plural form TNM in Ugaritic texts. The Lady of Carthage would indeed be Asherat, as Dussaud had suggested. In support of this theory we quote the union of Tanit with Ba'al Hammon [Saturn, according to most authorities] which is ...

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