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217 pages of results. 761. The Velikovskian Upheaval: A Temporocentric Challenge [Journals] [Kronos]
... If recorded history departs from present scientific theories there is no compelling reason to reconsider our existing explanations; rather, we simply redefine our past as nonscientific in the form of myths, legends, folklore, and religious faith. This in spite of the awkwardness that, in the words of Lynn Rose (1972:31), "if ... historical evidence opens old wounds that have not healed, namely, the scientist's war with religion and the "irrational." Science, supposedly, is a rational repudiation of mythology and religion in favor of observable data in the here and now. Nonetheless, "myths," Johann Bachofen (1967:150) contended a century ago, ...
762. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... same event that it cannot have a local reference , yet is plainly not a borrowing, and in addition gives more detail? The following narrative, drawn from the Aztec myth of the Fifth Sun, satisfies all these requirements and even shows the recent origin of the lunar maria. The scene is the last day of the Fourth Age, ... only just risen, whereas Joshua places it in mid-heaven. Whether this was Crete, or further west, in Spain or even mid-Atlantic, would be worth investigation, for mythical Tollan or Aztlan is surely also legendary Atlantis. Other implications suggest themselves: with orbit changes in 1471 BC and axial tilt and wandering in 1431, dates and calendars ...
763. The Charisma of Moses [Books] [de Grazia books]
... the assimilated leading Hebraic-Egyptian types among them. If and when the time came to switch roles, the ground would be prepared. His birth would be nicely managed by a myth typical of the birth of heroes. His infant attendants, or relatives, would become his "true" family - mother, Aaron, Miriam. His Egyptianized friends ... high places [50]. The age of the Delphic altar technology is uncertain. It may well go back to Mosaic times. Here again, we await archaeological and mythological studies that are illuminated by appropriate hypotheses. We will question later how the god Thoth (Hermes) and Moses were connected. There is an old tradition both flattering ...
764. Human Sacrifice - Then and Now [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... jaguars to spill each others' blood on a mountain to pray for rain. The jaguar is associated with rain and lightning and darkness and the night sky. A Mayan myth declares that the world will end when jaguars rise up from their underworld kingdom and devour the Sun and Moon. Once again sacrifice becomes inextricably linked with the cosmos. ... through sacrifice. He became the father of a great nation by agreeing to sacrifice his son Isaac. At this point it can be contended that the sacrifice actually occurred. Mythology is full of examples of dying, resurrected gods at the founding of societies. A variation is founding twins with the death of only one and we begin to get ...
... to his father's chariot, but because he was not able to keep them in the path of his father, produced a general conflagration and destruction. This evidently is a myth which arose from the fact that, as the upper vapors declined, the sun came more vividly into view, and as the waters of the deluge fell, it ... the progress of science. While we may be able from time to time to present to the world even vast accumulations of evidence gleaned from the fields of geology and especially mythology, we can do but little more than suggest to more able and scholarly minds than our own the work to be done in the fields of Philology and Biology. ...
766. Thoth Vol III, No. 11: Aug 25, 1999 [Journals] [Thoth]
... are explicable by the concrete play of light and shadow off the polar configuration as the Earth turned on its axis. Hence, I would say that Gemini has a global myth behind it, tying the constellation symbolically to the memory of creation.- RITUAL BALL GAMES Dave Davis, Dwardu Cardona, Dave Talbott DAVE DAVIS: Stecchini claimed that ... " (enclosing serpent-dragon) comes to form the enclosure or boundary of the land of the gods. HEAVENLY TWINS IN EGYPT: Shu and Tefnut are two of my favorite mythical figures, and are intimately tied to the differentiation of the unified Atum (something we've discussed at some length in earlier threads). "From one god, I ...
767. The Cosmic Serpent by Victor Clube and Bill Napier [Journals] [Kronos]
... fragments of the comet collided with our planet. Weaving a cloth from threads of Greek, Biblical, and Egyptian history, Clube and Napier argue convincingly that many of the myths and legends of ancient times can be explained in terms of the evolution of this comet. Cometary fragments, seen apparently fighting in the night sky, were regarded as ... a subject which has become increasingly popular and respectable in scientific circles during recent years. It is also interdisciplinary, covering topics as diverse as astronomy, geology, evolution, mythology, archaeology, and ancient history. Whereas most modern authors of quasi-catastrophist theories limit themselves to a single event or a series of related events, in this their first ...
768. Thoth Vol II, No. 15: Oct 1, 1998 [Journals] [Thoth]
... . . . . . . . . by Mel Acheson THE TWO FACES OF "PLAUSABILITY" . . . . . . . . . . Dave Talbott TWO MAORI MYTHS. . . . . . . . . . . . submitted by Ken Dietiker comments by Dwardu Cardona and Dave Talbott THE DOMES ON VENUS. . . . ... . Dwardu. DAVID TALBOTT COMMENTS: While the Maori tales show the typical signs of fragmentation, dilution, and elaboration, the theme is archetypal and traces to the first mythical expressions in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Dwardu is correct that the appearance of a CRESCENT in the sky is a key to understanding the motif. The nature of this crescent ...
769. Was the Spiral a Symbol or an Art-Motif? [Books]
... was to find children developing rashes on their skins. He deals with the matter as a whole in the chapter entitled "The Art of Savages" of his Custom and Myth,3where he writes: The Greek fret pattern especially seems to be one of the earliest that men learnt to draw (figure 21). The svastika, as ... the religious or magico-religious associations of the objects in question. Their list, however, can be greatly added to. Certain reptiles, plants and animals figure in the ancient mythological collections. Serpents were sacred in many lands, and they coil themselves m spiral form; many climbing plants, including the sacred ivy, the sacred vine, the ...
770. Was the Spiral a Symbol or an Art-Motif? [Books]
... was to find children developing rashes on their skins. He deals with the matter as a whole in the chapter entitled "The Art of Savages" of his Custom and Myth,3where he writes: The Greek fret pattern especially seems to be one of the earliest that men learnt to draw (figure 21). The svastika, as ... the religious or magico-religious associations of the objects in question. Their list, however, can be greatly added to. Certain reptiles, plants and animals figure in the ancient mythological collections. Serpents were sacred in many lands, and they coil themselves m spiral form; many climbing plants, including the sacred ivy, the sacred vine, the ...
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