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171 pages of results. 161. Symbols of an Ancient Sky: Slide Presentation & Notes by David Talbott [Journals] [Aeon]
... From: Aeon V:2 (Apr 1998) Home | Issue Contents Bookshelf Symbols of an Ancient Sky: Slide Presentation & Notes by David Talbott (KRONIA, Beaverton, Oregon, 1997) Reviewed by Pam Hanna Never has there been a unified field theory of myth and ritual, claims comparative mythologist David Talbott- until now. In this spiral-bound, soft-cover notebook, the author presents his case in black and white illustrations, depicting aspects of the physical model he espouses together with its ancient symbolic references, each of which is accompanied by explanatory text. Basing his analysis on universal mythological themes, Talbott concludes that the Golden Age of the Gods, as well as its ...
162. Forum [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Contrast this reaction to that which has greeted the evidence from which Velikovsky had adduced his catastrophe ideas. The past is catastrophic, he declared, because man's collective memory in the mythology of many nations tells us this is so. This aspect of his thesis was not particularly new, for Donnelly, Horbiger and Bellamy before him had similarly interpreted myth in a catastrophist sense. However, there have been surprisingly few critics of the interpretation. I can think of but two. Probably the most authoritative critic was Dorothy Vitaliano; undoubtably the most comprehensive was Bob Forrest. But these critics seem to have been inspired by a world view in which the past has not been catastrophic: one ...
163. The Demands of the Saturnian Configuration Theory [Journals] [Aeon]
... from all corners of the world, we are told that, "in the beginning," there was no Sun, no Moon, no stars. The planetary god of beginnings, we are told ad nauseam, ruled alone and in darkness. Whether we turn to the pages of Genesis in the Old Testament or to the ancient Egyptian myths of creation, the message is always the same; whether we seek the first appearance of the Hebrew Elohim or that of the Egyptian Atum, it is always stated that the god existed alone in darkness. We find the same situation in the ancient texts of India, not only among the Hindus but even among the lesser tribes of ...
164. The Saturn Thesis (Part 2) [Journals] [Aeon]
... the gods, and the beginning of another. ARISTOTLE'S COMET AEON: Can you expand on this? Talbott: In discussing theories of the comet, Aristotle cited a unique type of comet, in which the hair or coma radiates equally in all directions. That was a description based not on observations in his day, but on the ancient myth of the comet. The philosopher was tapping into the general tradition of the Great Comet, whose vivid and terrifying history spawned all of the later symbols and language of comets. Of course Aristotle, striving to escape the bondage of myth, frequently rejected mythical traditions that didn't accord with natural experience in his own time. There was an ...
165. The Rise of Blood Sacrifice [Journals] [Aeon]
... became the most prominent activities of the first permanent lords. The origin of these sacred procedures remained equally enigmatic. Though well documented, the textual and archaeological sources which point to catastrophic preconditions for the emergence of a sacrificial elite, are only rarely taken into consideration by students of religion. This paper tries to show the essential correctness of Mesopotamian myths, which claim the first "cult places" and their priestly personnel to have emerged as institutions for "beclouded" people in need of "counseling" after natural disasters had inflicted "destructions" on their habitats. ENIGMAS OF SACRIFICE The debate on the emergence of human and animal sacrifice in Mesopotamia's Early Bronze Age has been well under ...
166. When the Earth Nearly Died: Compelling Evidence of a Catastrophic World Change 9,500 BC [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... , with 370 pages, a comprehensive index and an enormous bibliography. It is a sort of combination of Earth in Upheaval and Worlds in Collision but with a completely different cosmic theory from that of Velikovsky. As an update of the evidence for geological catastrophe the amount of research and detail is impressive, which makes the correspondingly skimpy use of myth and the rather wild astronomical deductions somewhat disappointing. I suppose catastrophists are awaiting the book which will at last make the establishment sit up and take notice but I am afraid this is not that book. If Clube and Napier, with their more moderate theory of massive meteorite impacts, have not yet convinced the orthodox that Earth has suffered ...
167. Cosmology And PsychologyY [Journals] [Kronos]
... analytically trained mind can see in the mythological subjects their true content . . . "- I. Velikovsky, From AAAS Speech (1974) Introduction Somewhere between the infinite reaches of outer space - the Cosmos - and the labyrinthine recesses of the human mind - the Cosmos Within - lie two of Mankind's most profound psychological and emotional creations - Myth and Religion. Together, they have served man's basic need to bridge the known and the unknown, the finite and the immeasurable, the tangible and the intangible. Yet, for all their significance, the origin of myth and religion remains tantalizingly elusive and continues to provide one of the most intriguing problems in the study of man. ...
168. The Holy Land [Books]
... same plan. In unison, diverse traditions of the Near East, Europe, Asia, and the Americas recall a Holy Land par excellence, founded and ruled by the creator himself. From this Saturnian kingdom every nation took instruction in the ideals of kingship and in the proper organization of the sacred domain. The Mother Land In the creation myth the great god raised a circular plot of "earth" from the cosmic waters. The enclosure was Saturn's paradise- the kingdom of heaven- appearing as a vast wheel or throne turning about the stationary god. Saturn's Earth (1 ) In seeming reference to the fertile soil around us, the Latin poet Virgil celebrates the "mother ...
169. Forum [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Chronology & Catastrophism Review 1993 (Vol XV) Home | Issue Contents Forum Comet Catastrophes and the Interpretation of Myth - a response from David Salkeld Pages 35-44 of Review XIV (1992) present a challenge' (posed by the Editor and four responses to it) on the entwined issues of the agents responsible for cometary catastrophes and their identification in the corpus of myth. The central problem arises from Clube and Napier's books and is summarised by Bernard thus: "If .. . the real agent of catastrophe was the comet Encke - and Venus was on a stable orbit as at present - how does one reconcile the myths (indicating a cometary and catastrophic ...
170. The Death of Heracles [Journals] [Aeon]
... possessed a master like Sophocles to so dwell upon the agony of Heracles? And from whence did he get the inspiration for the bizarre imagery of the hero's "disease"? Greek Epic, Ritual, and the Origins of Tragedy It is well-known, of course, that the various tragedians chose their subject matter from the vast corpus of epic myths, which they then selectively molded to suit their particular purposes. (13) In the present play, for example, Sophocles adapts the traditional tale of Heracles' winning of Deianeira via his conquest of Acheloos. To this episode Sophocles has wedded incidents from Heracles' conflict with Iphitus and Eurytus, although these events were originally unconnected with ...
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