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164 pages of results. 241. Beliefs Connected with the Cross and the Swastika [Books]
... those which gave origin to those influences which caused him to suffer. In the next chapter it will be shown that before the East came into prominence in consequence of the religious and political ascendancy of the solar cult, the North was regarded in Egypt as the most influential cardinal point. The stellar cult was at an early period more influential ... Connected with the Cross and the Swastika Swastika and gods of the cardinal points - Various symbols used like swastika - Various forms of swastika - Importance of cardinal points in ancient religions - Posts or pillars of cardinal points - Nile flowing from sky - Ancient Stellar cult - Egyptian, Chinese, Semitic and Celtic crosses - Mexican concepts - Greek augurs ...
242. Beliefs Connected with the Cross and the Swastika [Books]
... those which gave origin to those influences which caused him to suffer. In the next chapter it will be shown that before the East came into prominence in consequence of the religious and political ascendancy of the solar cult, the North was regarded in Egypt as the most influential cardinal point. The stellar cult was at an early period more influential ... Connected with the Cross and the Swastika Swastika and gods of the cardinal points - Various symbols used like swastika - Various forms of swastika - Importance of cardinal points in ancient religions - Posts or pillars of cardinal points - Nile flowing from sky - Ancient Stellar cult - Egyptian, Chinese, Semitic and Celtic crosses - Mexican concepts - Greek augurs ...
243. The Oracles and their Cessation - a Tribute to Julian Jaynes [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... , of the fear of comets, etc, is wars in heaven'. Stove considers that Jaynes would probably defend himself by observing that planetary gods must be a late religious development. It is interesting that in a later issue of Encounter, a certain A. F. Bainbridge has a letter published which also congratulates Stove for his exposition ... is not built to support such a burden. I would not be Julian Jaynes if they paid me a thousand dollars an hour." Concerning the question: why does religion exist? ' Stove writes: "This is the question of questions concerning Homo sapiens. And I want to commend and argue with a book published some dozen years ...
244. Chapter 13 Scythian Princes in the Royal Tombs of Ur [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... the exact social positions of the dead in the Royal Tombs, it seems safe to say they were a small group of top-ranking members of the political and [or] religious establishment of the day.28 The Scythians were surely top-ranking political members of the day: Cardona's statement that the word "king" on a cylinder seal "puts ... their sovereign. Cardona writes about certain similarities between the Scythian and Sumerian graves but has failed to give us any evidence at all from Sumerian history, art, literature, religion, etc., for the Sumerians having ever been involved in this burial rite before this time or after. Jacquetta Hawkes states that ". . . this practice ...
245. Astral Kingship [Journals] [Aeon]
... was affiliated with the planet Saturn. (34) It should in no way surprise us, then, to find that our present Sun had been later mistakenly substituted in religious pantheons for a different celestial body. (35) With this in mind, let us then return to a discussion of the divine parentage of Pharaoh with the intention ... not occur until well after the time of Hammurabi. (4 ) Originally a god of agriculture and magic, Marduk was assimilated into many of the major gods of Sumero-Akkadian religion, eventually becoming supreme among the gods and "King of the gods." (5 ) "In his visible manifestation he was Nibiru, the planet Jupiter. ...
246. The Papyrus Ipuwer, Egyptian Version Of The Plagues - A New Perspective [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... called by any other name- is a delight in choice, not to say far-fetched, expressions."(13) Old Kingdom literature consisted primarily of creation myths, religious hymns and prayers; heroic tales of gods and men triumphant; texts dealing with life after death; legal treatises; historical accounts of military conquest; records and accounts ... songs and their tales, and that in other respects also an intellectual life developed among them- a world of thought extended beyond the things of everyday and the sphere of religion."(15) Justice is a prevailing theme in the early literature, as revealed by a 4th Dynasty tomb inscription as well as the Pyramid Texts. Ideas ...
247. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... and if it was a leap year. When George Hollaseter objects to the epagomenal day(s ) on the grounds that it would break the seven-day cycle and upset the religions which have a cyclical Sabbath, he should remember that the present "Gregorian" calendar has only been in operation since 1752, and before that England and the " ... think the universe must have had an origin, while others don't. Therefore those that don't are correct and this disproves the existence of God. Why? And he accuses religionists of using this ploy! Having strung together misleading statements, irrelevancies and the like, he describes them as "evidence" for atheism. He then goes on to ...
248. "A Very Genuine Responsibility". File II (Stargazers and Gravediggers) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Stargazers]
... is worse than that; worse than an attack on science; it is an attack on reason, especially it is a boomerang attack on religion!... Many religious people are "falling for" this crazy "theory." I can appreciate their confusion about the modern world, with science and religion apparently in conflict. But ... laugh it off. But it is worse than that; worse than an attack on science; it is an attack on reason, especially it is a boomerang attack on religion!... Many religious people are "falling for" this crazy "theory." I can appreciate their confusion about the modern world, with science and ...
249. Vox Popvli [Journals] [Aeon]
... the world would take place during his lifetime- and he was in a position to bring it about. Which brings me to the point of this letter: There are religious forces in our society that still seem capable of bringing about Armageddon. At the same time, there is a lot of scientific research going on that seems to adequately ... scenarios that seek to explain the events that marked the birth of ancient civilizations. Taken together, these writings go far in defining the origins of our ancient cultures and their religions. I recently read a book that echoed similar efforts in scientific research that was not being accepted into the mainstream. The book- The Big Bang Never Happened- ...
250. Historical Supplement [The Age of Velikovsky] [Books]
... name or memory of a person meant eliminating that person forever in the spiritual world; hence, Aklinaton "killed" his father. After this act, Akhnaton instigated new religious practices. These actions earned Akhnaton the title of the "first monotheist". He probably was not a monotheist at all, let alone the first monotheist! If ... which lead to the conclusion that he was monotheistic was that he changed his name from Amenhotep IV which contained the name of a god he wanted to phase out of the religion. More significantly, he erased his father's name which also contained the name of the god, Amen. It is thought that if he went to all the trouble ...
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