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217 pages of results. 591. Conclusion (In the Beginning: God) [Books]
... God XVII Conclusion With this we have exhausted the mythological material contained in the Book of Genesis. In the light of Hoerbiger's Theory of the satellites of the Earth the different myths revealed new interesting, and exciting meanings, meanings moreover, which had never been attributed to them before. When we now look back upon the material we have discussed ... From: In the Beginning: God by H. S. Bellamy CD Home | Contents In the Beginning: God XVII Conclusion With this we have exhausted the mythological material contained in the Book of Genesis. In the light of Hoerbiger's Theory of the satellites of the Earth the different myths revealed new interesting, and exciting meanings, meanings ...
... From: The Book of Revelation is History by H. S. Bellamy CD Home | Contents Contents | Intro Cosmological Interpretation The First Cycle of Myths The Second Cycle of Myths The Third Cycle of Myths Capture Cataclysm of Luna Appendices Notes The Cosmological Basis of the Interpretation This interpretation of, or commentary on, the apocalyptic material, that ... , the cosmological myths, contained in the Book of Revelation, is based not on the-rather vague teachings of the old school of comparative mythology, which claims descent and support from philology, but upon the vigorous tenets of a new school of explanatory mythology, which has been inspired by the teachings of a singularly interesting new cosmological theory: This ...
593. The Loss of Paradise and the Fall, of Man [Books]
... of Paradise and the Fall, of Man The only great and powerful cosmic force imaginable as capable of acting on our planet is that wielded by a satellite. But the myth of the loss of Paradise does not describe the cataclysm wrought by the breakdown of the predecessor of our present Moon. It pictures quite another occurrence, one that is ... to Hoerbiger, our present Moon was captured (Note 43). The influence of the climatic breakdown upon life was very far reaching. The Book of Genesis contains no mythological account of the tidal catastrophe which happened when the planet Luna was captured. The reason for this omission is not quite clear. It is certainly not absent because the ...
594. The Creation of the Earth -- General Remarks [Books]
... The Creation of the Earth- General Remarks As I have pointed out before, there is nothing in the creation accounts in the Book of Genesis, nor in any other myth of that: type, which actually refers, or may even be construed to refer to absolute creation' that is, creatio ex nihilo, of everything that exists ... book. As to the natural wear-and-tear, the distortion and mis-stressing of traditional material, we need not say more than that it is a fact: Our system of explanatory mythology is able to repair most of the ravages thus caused, either by reference to our cosmogonic theory or by comparison with similar myths. The system of selection practised by ...
595. Internet Universe: Free book previews [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... $11.95. This is the first book dedicated specifically to showing the important roles insects have played in mythology, and is a comprehensive and readable survey of insect myths from around the world. The book ranges from older, better-known insect myths such as sacred scarabs to new unpublished subjects such as insects as examples of parallel mythology. ... .iuniverse.com/bookstore/ [Click on the "Browse Before You Buy" links for a free preview. Printed books available for a charge.] Insect Mythology by Gene Kritsky, Ron Cherry. Publ. 2000, 156 pages, ISBN: 0-595-15017-9. $11.95. This is the first book dedicated specifically to ...
596. Myths of the Great Flood (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]
... From: Moons, Myths and Man by H. S. Bellamy CD Rom Home Last | Contents | Next 12 Myths of the Great Flood There are more than five hundred deluge myths, told by about two hundred and fifty different peoples or tribe's. All of them are remarkably similar; many of them have, on the other ... has been taken as an indication that they are derived from the same original source; while their dissimilar passages are regarded as fanciful private additions to fanciful tales. But the mythological deductions from Hoerbiger's Cosmological Theory reveal the deluge myths in a different light. The deluge myths have not a common source, but a common cause: the Deluge itself ...
597. Alexander and the Amazons: Ancient Belief and Modern Analysis [Journals] [Aeon]
... Alexander's journey, but also provides an example of the ancient's approach to mythology. This paper will examine each of Alexander's encounters with the Amazons individually and propose conclusions concerning the myths by using the following method: first, each writer's account will be quoted, in English translation, (11) and discussed; then the writer's views concerning the ... From: Aeon IV:4 (Apr 1996) Home | Issue Contents Alexander and the Amazons: Ancient Belief and Modern Analysis Tammy Jo Eckhart Introduction Amazon mythology (1 ) is commonly encountered in the writings and art of the ancient Greeks and Romans. While the abundance of writers who mention Amazons indicates that the ancients considered them an ...
598. The Wayward Sun [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... hand over his buffalo-skin cloak. The children are immediately alert, their eyes wide with anticipation. Listen now, on this feast of the Sun-Dance, to the Utes' myth of the taming of the sun. Once upon a time Ta-wats, the hare-god, was sitting with his family by the camp-fire in the solemn woods, anxiously waiting ... the end of the world. But for the survivors, it became the first day of a new world order. The German-American anthropologist Franz Boas (1858-1942) traced the mythology of the Utes to the Canadian province of British Columbia ,2 where the mythological trail connected the Utes with the Kutenai, and in turn the Okanagan. The Kutenai ...
599. Some Implications of Saunders' Lunar Hypothesis [Journals] [SIS Review]
... (the point of inflexion' in the glyphs) would represent the intersection of the MOP and Earth's spin axis in either case. Behaviour of the Moon and Earth in Myth and History In a private communication dated 8th March 2004, Dwardu Cardona, whose knowledge of the ancient records is formidable, takes a dismissive view of Saunders' hypothesis ... orbit slowly turned 180o about the earth. The sequence of events is identified. ' [1 ] This note discusses concepts proposed in ELD, first in terms of related mytho-historical records and then from a dynamical standpoint. Assuming the stones at Newgrange are a reliable record of what was seen by prehistoric man, and that they relate to the ...
600. The Creation of the Earth -- the Third Account [Books]
... of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life . . . (Note 15) Let us now examine the various points of this myth, both on their own merit and in the light of similar points in the myths of other peoples. The most essential difference between the creation account in Genesis i ... rather turgid, and often obscure. And while the first account could, to all intents and purposes, be termed scientific', the third must be classed among the mythological' ones, that is, among those which do not so much present statements of absolute facts, but offer general pictorial descriptions which are deeply tinged by human considerations ...
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