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171 pages of results. 141. The Genie Of The Pivot [Journals] [Kronos]
... From: Kronos Vol. X No. 1 (Fall 1984) Home | Issue Contents The Genie Of The Pivot Roger Ashton Copyright (c ) 1984 by Roger Ashton ABSTRACT: Investigation of the links between gods and planets suggests a connection between Saturn and the Celestial Pole. This can be inferred from Greek and Roman myths. The same can be repeatedly extracted from materials included in the later compendia of Hindu myths. Sufficient evidence of this sort can be amassed to warrant serious consideration of the proposition that Saturn at the Celestial Pole was the central theme of myth many millennia ago. The correctness of this reconstruction of myth depends upon the total context of mythical metaphors, symbols ...
142. A Fire not Blown [Books]
... Princeton, NJ-08542, USA Copyright 1997 by Metron Publications. All rights reserved. Q-CD vol. 13, A Fire Not Blown, Preface 2 PREFACE In this work I have tried to develop some of the ideas that I put forward in my previous book Ka. The chief aim has been to apply my first work's electrical interpretation of ancient myths and cosmology to a particular area of the ancient Mediterranean world, then to quote further examples of religious practice and the relevant vocabulary from a wider area.There has inevitably been repetitions of examples and interpretations from my earlier work. In my first book I gave about twenty cases of reversals of direction of writing, suggesting that something more ...
143. Night of the Gods: The Axis and the Universe-Tree [Books]
... Harvisptokhm,1 the Tree of all seed and it is also the Hindu Parijata,2 yielding all the objects of desire, which we have already seen (under the heading of "The Spear") churned-up out of mid-Ocean. It is also the Tree of desires or of ages, the kalpa-druma, kalpa-taru, or kalpa-vrikshas of Hindu myth, of which there are four planted on the four buttresses of Mount Meru, Vriksha - tree in the Rig Veda. Soma himself is Vishnu, says the Satapatha-brahmana,3 Soma was Vritra. In the Rig Veda and its commentaries Gayatri, in the shape of a hawk, forcibly carries off the Soma from Swarga, the paradise ...
144. The Tertiary Satellite immediately before its Cataclysmic Breakdown (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]
... From: Moons, Myths and Man by H. S. Bellamy CD Rom Home Last | Contents | Next 3 The Tertiary Satellite immediately before its Cataclysmic Breakdown We shall now enter upon our task of examiningthe cosmological myths in the light of the teachings of Hoerbiger's Theory. As we have seen, Hoerbiger maintained that universal cataclysms have been caused by satellites which have spiralled closer to the Earth until they have finally disintegrated. The ensuing chapters will follow one another more or less in the order of events required by the theory. But the succession of events will not only result from the logic of a theory; it is also the order insisted on by many of the myths ...
145. On Comets and Kings [Journals] [Aeon]
... believed to be the spirits of the departed on their way to the other world." (30) The question facing the investigator of these widespread traditions is not only how to account for their origin, but for their strange specificity. Why would a comet be envisaged as the soul of a great king? Astronomers and students of ancient myth seem at a loss to explain the curious mythology of the comet. Brandt and Chapman, in Introduction to Comets, are among the few astronomers to even attempt an explanation: "Memorable events in human existence occur constantly. A bright comet might have appeared to Stone Age people at the time of a great drought when food was scarce ...
146. Bob Forrest and Venus As A Comet In World Mythology [Books]
... claimed that- Planets now moving on stable orbits many millions of miles from Earth have not always moved on these paths. The solar system has been unstable within human memory. That means not millions or billions of years ago, but within the past few thousand years. More than once in recent history, errant planets menaced the Earth. In myths and legends the world over, ancient man preserved a record of spectacular encounters between planets. Hence, we cannot understand ancient myth by any reference to the way things are today. Based on a new interpretation of ancient records, Velikovsky offered a dramatic profile of our planetary neighbors, raising issues that had never been broached before. He ...
147. The Female Star [Journals] [Aeon]
... From: Aeon V:3 (Dec 1998) Home | Issue Contents The Female Star Ev Cochrane I am frequently asked why anyone should care about ancient myth? The answer, quite simply, is that for many millennia myth served as the primary means of recording and communicating ancient man's most fundamental beliefs regarding the nature of the cosmos, history, and the origin of the sacred. In this sense, ancient myth constitutes an important chapter in the intellectual history of our species and is thus a ripe field of study for all students of anthropology and evolutionary psychology. If it turns out that myth also preserves valuable clues for understanding the recent history of our Solar System, ...
148. Velikovsky's Sources Volume One [Books]
... , "Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak and let the earth hear the words of my mouth." The idea that God- or magic- can alter or even halt the course of the sun is a widespread one. But what does that signify ? I cannot, of course, disprove V's idea that such myths are based on actual past events. I can suggest a reasonable, if less spectacular, alternative such as this. The unerring regularity and constancy of the sun, plus the fact that since all earthly life depends on it, is a natural symbol of power. All combine together to make it a natural target for mythological demonstrations of ...
149. Cosmic Catastrophism [Journals] [Aeon]
... in psychoanalysis) who also read very widely in the natural sciences, history, and law. In the spring of 1940, while studying the biblical account of the Exodus, he became convinced that some natural upheaval had occurred at the time of Moses and that it should have been noted by Egyptian authors as well as in the texts, myths, epics, and folklore of other ancient peoples. So, over the next few years he searched the records of one ancient nation after another locating what he thought to be references to the same catastrophic events described in the Bible. (5 ) The results of Velikovsky's research were published in Worlds in Collision (1950), which ...
150. Indra: A Case Study in Comparative Mythology [Journals] [Aeon]
... para-Vedic tradition, still others probably reflecting the fictional impulses of a later age. (7 ) If the vast majority of Indra's deeds can be found in the Veda, it is not always a simple matter to interpret their original significance. Not unlike the Egyptian Pyramid Texts, the Vedic hymns generally present only the barest outlines of a particular myth, the details of the myth, presumably, being thoroughly familiar to the audience. Moreover, although it forms the oldest body of Indian texts, the Veda itself is the product of many authors and bears numerous signs of having undergone a considerable evolution. (8 ) Thus it is hardly surprising to find that the Vedic traditions- ...
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