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76 pages of results. 181. On the Disproportion between Geological Time and Historical Time Part One - Of Apes and Men [Journals] [SIS Review]
... exploded into being, contracted and collapsed. By contrast, Genesis implies that the Earth and the whole Universe came into existence less than 10,000 years ago. In the philosophical model human history traces a general progress from dullness and ignorance to intelligence and knowledge, so that this is itself a reason for preferring its explanation of the alleged prehistoric world: the model is the product of human knowledge and intelligence at its most advanced. By contrast, the historical model is not a product of reasoning, but a report, and because the roots of its tradition are ever receding, so as to place it at an increasing disadvantage, it can survive only by offering a more ...
182. Scientific Dating Problems: The Radiometric Dating Of Earth's Rocks [Journals] [SIS Review]
... /argon (K /Ar) alternatives were introduced but failed to resolve the contradictions. Each decade of the second half of the century saw the current' radiometric dating techniques branded unreliable and new reliable' techniques being heralded as the solution. Few asked why. One who did was an American Professor of Metallurgy, Melvin Cook. His Prehistory and Earth Models [1966 - PEM] identified several fundamental flaws in assumptions underlying radiometric dating. This book, published in London, went largely unnoticed. The Society for Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS), not founded till 1974, published a review of PEM in 1988 [3 ]. Cook updated PEM with Scientific Prehistory in 1993. ...
183. Megalithic Astronomy [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Review Vol 1 No 2 (Spring 1976) Home | Issue Contents Neolithic Stone Circles - their Purpose and Interpretation Megalithic Astronomy Euan MacKie Valuable evidence which must be considered in relation to theories of recent catastrophism is provided by the prehistoric standing stone observatories in the British Isles and Brittany. Enough work has been done on these Late Neolithic sites to make it clear that a large number of them were positioned and designed in order to mark accurately the rising and setting positions of celestial bodies and they thus provide a record of the state of parts of the Solar System about 4000 years ago. The disadvantage of this kind of evidence is that, since it depends on ...
184. On the Nature of Cometary Symbolism [Journals] [Kronos]
... From: Kronos Vol. XI No. 1 (Fall 1985) Home | Issue Contents On the Nature of Cometary Symbolism David Talbott and Ev Cochrane BACKGROUND In our previous paper (KRONOS X:1 ), we proposed a unique mythological connection between a former "sun" god and a prehistoric comet. The old god we recognized as Saturn, the central, polar sun of earliest remembered times; and the comet we identified as Velikovsky's comet Venus, an active participant in the events of Saturn's epoch. Numerous myths and closely related symbols, we suggested, appear to associate a comet-like Venus with the band of the "enclosed sun" , the ancient image of Saturn ...
185. Footprints. Ch.14 Extinction (Earth In Upheaval) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Earth in Upheaval]
... From "Earth in Upheaval" © 1955 by Immanuel Velikovsky | FULL TEXT NOT AVAILABLE Contents Footprints In numerous places and in various formations are found footprints of animals of prehistoric times. Those of dinosaurs and other animals are clearly impressed in rock. The accepted explanation is that these animals walked on muddy ground, and their imprints were preserved as the ground became hard and stony. This explanation cannot stand up against critical examination. On muddy ground one may find impressions of the hoofs of cattle or horses. But the very next rain will smudge these impressions, and after a short while they will be there no more. If we do not find the hoof prints of cattle ...
186. On Number as Artifact (Part 3: Conclusion) [Journals] [Horus]
... This corroborates what is already known of Western calendar-making, which since Mesopotamia and Egypt has always favored the 12month year. Interestingly, the pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and Central America have shown a no less demonstrable affinity for 13 and 18, suggesting quite a different calendar orientation. This indicates the role of number as artifact and underscores the need for prehistorians to become aware of its significance. Literally all pre-Columbian lore celebrates the number 13 - a number clearly not thought to be unlucky in early Central America. It was combined with the vigesimal 20 (the Mayans counted toes as well as fingers) to make the unusual 260-day ritual calendar. The 360-day "round yea? was reached, ...
187. The Saturn Theory [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Dwardu Cardona, Ev Cochrane is one of the primary architects of the Saturn theory. His research interests include ancient mythology, archaeoastronomy, and evolutionary theory. He has an MS from Iowa State University, where he studied genetics and psychology. Summary The paper offers a brief summary of the Saturn theory - specifically, the idea that during the prehistoric period a colossal configuration of planets dominated the celestial landscape and left an indelible mark on primary belief systems of ancient man. Evidence is presented that the planet Venus only recently moved on a radically different orbit. The author also offers a serious of basic ground rules for establishing a science of mythology. The Saturn theory, in addition to ...
188. Ladder to Heaven [Journals] [Aeon]
... appear in conjunction with a luminous staircase. Hence the glaring anomaly presented by such widespread traditions, attested in the New World and Old alike. In order to understand the traditions of a ladder associated with the ancient sun-god, it is instructive to take note of the evidence from rock art. Consider the image represented in Figure Two, from prehistoric California: Here a ladder-like form distends downwards from a so-called sun image. Inasmuch as this image has no obvious reference in the current sky, scholars might be inclined to overlook its possible relevance to the mythological motif under discussion here. Yet if one considers the possibility, however remote, that this image commemorates a former configuration in the ...
189. Cataclysms of the Earth [Books]
... rocks, or strata, displaced from their original horizontal plane, and recognize the evidence of the shifting of the earth's so-called crust. In the cross sections of canyons we note the succession of layers-the permanent markings made by rock formation in earlier epochs. We uncover animal and plant fossils and by their depth and placement can construct a chronology of prehistoric life. The movement of the rivers carving out new beds and the pounding of the oceans on their shores all remind us of the endless motion of the land and seas. These, however, are but the surface phenomena of the evolution of our globe. Rarely do we speculate on the forces constantly reforming the planet as a whole ...
190. Quantalism: The Big Picture [Journals] [Aeon]
... have treated the adverb tris as a conventional numerical, in the tradition of (pre-Christian) religious trinitarianism, with the result that the entire compound, shorn of verbal extravagance, comes to mean little more than "very great." Quantalistically speaking, however, this epithet may be taken at face value to indicate that, on three separate prehistoric occasions, the planet Mercury approached the earth so closely as to appear to be the largest object in the sky. During the 3rd century of our era, the leading deity of the Roman Empire was Sol Invictus, "the unconquered sun." Its cult was promoted by the Syrian-born emperor Elagabalus, whose Semitic name meant "the ...
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