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225 pages of results. 71. Trisms and Planetary Iconography [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... between them. While the duel appears real enough, the strange decorations in the background do not. Did these decorations represent objects visible in the sky during the Trojan War or were artists merely depicting symbols whose meaning is still unclear to us? And, if these decorative objects were real, how do they fit into Velikovsky's scenario? Are planets hiding Waldo-like in the sky, perhaps accompanied by celestial debris or are these objects apparitions, perhaps engendered by magnetic fields? To resolve these problems, I propose to catalog these objects and their appearance in other works of art. If enough of them can be abstracted and characterized, then, perhaps, their meaning will emerge. To ...
72. Indra: A Case Study in Comparative Mythology [Journals] [Aeon]
... ) For example, we documented numerous parallels between Heracles and Gilgamesh, the latter being the most conspicuous hero in Near Eastern literature. In itself this was nothing new; the same point had been made by numerous scholars before. (3 ) It was the attempt to trace the traditions of Heracles and Gilgamesh to ancient conceptions associated with the planet Mars that represented a radical departure from the norm in mythological analysis. In short, the thesis was put forward that the mythology of the world's great heroes commemorated- at least in part- the ancient appearance and activities of the red planet in relation to its celestial neighbors. If the ancients' identification of Heracles with the planet Mars ...
73. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning [Books]
... , or Tables, of Ulug Beg, and of Al Tizini's work, derived them from Ezor, a Girdle; while the more recent Dillmann referred them to Zahir, from Zuhrah, a Glittering Star, and so signifying something specially luminous. Still this Bible word has been variously rendered, appearing for the Greater Bear, Sirius, the planets, or even for the constellations in general; indeed it has been thought to signify the Lunar Mansions. Another name with the Jews for the zodiac was Galgal HammszfLl6th, the Circle of the Signs; and Bayer said that they fancifully designated it as Opus Phrygionarnm, the Work of the Phrygians, i.e ., of the ...
74. The Hamon-Gabriel-Mars Connection (Forum) [Journals] [Kronos]
... 3), nevertheless, Mr. Cardona's correction is a relatively minor one, since Is.33 :3 remains, as I state in VS, a tortuously indirect and nebulous piece of "evidence" for Martian catastrophism. I find it very difficult to take seriously the idea that Isaiah is describing an era of catastrophe induced by the planet Mars when the closest we get to a mention of Mars is Is.33:3 . Thus when the remarks which Mr. Cardona quotes from VSI, p. 12 are considered in their proper context - viz. a commentary on the Martian content of the Book of Isaiah - those remarks are far from being out of order ...
75. Suns and Planets in Neolithic Rock Art [Journals] [Aeon]
... From: Aeon III:2 (May 1993) Home | Issue Contents Suns and Planets in Neolithic Rock Art Ev Cochrane If you have had your attention directed to the novelties of thought in your own lifetime, you will have observed that almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first presented.- A. Whitehead In science, unlike religion, the great revelations lie in the future; the coming generations are the authorities; and the pupil is greater than the master, if he has the gift to see things anew. All fruitful ideas have been conceived in the minds of non-conformists, for whom the known is still the unknown, ...
76. Variations on a Theme of Philolaos [Journals] [Kronos]
... explained in terms of an orbital movement of the Sun around the Central Fire, and the month is explained in terms of an orbital movement of the Moon around the Central Fire. Neither Earth nor the Sun is identified as the center of the orbit of any other body; both Earth and the Sun as well as the Moon, the planets (more of which later), and the fixed stars- are described as being in orbit around the Central Fire. Thus the system of Philolaos is neither heliocentric nor heliostatic, but also is neither geocentric nor geostatic. (Copernicus and Bruno were well aware that the concept of a moving Earth derived from antiquity, and both of ...
77. From Myth to a Physical Model [Journals] [Aeon]
... you are entering uncharted territory. And if the excursion has any sane and rational justification, then the ground-rules for study of the past are radically changed. The key is to follow the anomaly. For example: perhaps you begin to notice that a variety of mythical themes all point to an anomalous conclusion about the past- say, the planet Venus' former cometary identity (first discerned by Velikovsky). You begin to wonder if Venus' recurring identity as soul-star, hair star, bearded star, serpent-dragon, torch of heaven, feathered serpent, bearded serpent, hairy serpent, fiery serpent, etc.- all acknowledged pre-astronomical glyphs of the comet- might actually be explained ...
... does Venus exhibit tectonic topography? In this regard C. Leroy Ellenberger reports that, "G .W . Wetherill and C.L . Drake reported [in Science, Vol. 209, July 4, 1980), p. 103] that Preliminary radar data obtained from Pioneer Venus suggest that plate tectonics is also absent on that planet' and G.H . Pettengill et. al. reported [in Scientific American, (August 1980), p. 65, that] The tectonic motion of large plates appears not to have played a dominant role in altering the surface [of Venus] that tectonic motion has on the Earth. ' While H. Masursky ...
79. On Comets and Kings [Journals] [Aeon]
... thought to be connected with war, famine, the plague, the downfall of kings and monarchs, the end of the world, universal suffering, ill-luck, and sickness." (18) In Comet, Carl Sagan and Nancy Punchen noted the consensus of opinion surrounding comets: "Rarely have so many diverse cultures, all over the planet, agreed so well. In the history of the world, more societies have advocated incest or infanticide than have taught that comets were benign, or even neutral. Everywhere on Earth, with only a few exceptions, comets were harbingers of unwanted change, ill fortune, evil. It was common knowledge." (19) The ...
80. The Nature of Venus' Heat [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... Ever since 1956, when the American team of radio astronomers from the U.S . Naval Research laboratory, headed by Cornell H. Meyer, discovered that "the surface of Venus is hot- far hotter than anyone had previously imagined," (1 ) (Emphasis added.) which fits Immanuel Velikovsky's hypothesis that Venus was a newborn planet in the early cool-down stages of its development, the scientific community- and, in particular, the astronomers- sought a non-Velikovskian, non-catastrophist explanation for this surprising finding. It was and still is unthinkable to these upholders of a stable solar system that Venus could be a recently born, newly acquired member of the solar system's family. Ultimately, ...
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