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164 pages of results. 501. Heinsohn, Velikovsky and the Revised Chronology [Journals] [Aeon]
... will win many friends among Velikovskians, at least not at first. Many of us were attracted to Velikovsky by his revitalization of Biblical history. This doesn't necessarily imply a religious interest. The Bible is the number one catastrophist document of all time. Velikovsky revealed the actual meaning of scripture which had heretofore been obscure. Having seen the Bible ... that "as much as" is not very much. There is no compelling reason to exchange a history in which awareness of our catastrophic past has been soothingly sublimated into religion and culture, for a history which reminds us that our planet is in constant danger of being devastated by forces beyond our control. Nevertheless, prompted by the nuclear ...
502. As the Cross of the Cardinal Points [Books]
... between Assuan and Abu Hammed forms a vast loop, running south-westward, north-westward and then gradually north-eastward, it flows northward in Middle and Lower Egypt. In the art and religious symbolism of the ancient civilization, it was assumed that the course of the Nile was from south to north. "The river (Nile) flows north every day ... . Notes. 1. Edouard Naville, The Old Egyptian Faith (translation by C. Campbell. London, 1909, p.60). 2. Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt, pp.100.101. 3. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. V, p.125. 4. Robert Deep ...
503. Artificially Structured Biblical Chronologies [Journals] [SIS Review]
... way, any of their school' members anywhere in the civilised world, both contemporary and in the future, could interpret the lists correctly. A series of conquests and religious inquisitions during the past two and a half millennia destroyed many record collections and reduced the numbers of the record keepers'. This brought about a situation where the most ... kneeling the priests and officials of the temple hierarchy, while behind him are two pillars flanking the entrance into the temple. The entire imagery portrays the power of an organised religion via the channel of an institutionalised and externalised temple hierarchy. The present context indicates that the usage was symbolic and related only to the establishing of the religion of Yahweh ...
504. Conclusion [Books]
... of brilliance which produced the original symbolism of the four directions and of "day and night." In the earliest age the Saturnian configuration was the exclusive focal point of religious rites. But when Saturn's Golden Age passed away, mankind drew on all aspects of nature to commemorate his reign. The solar orb, the moon, meteorological forces ... the poets and historians confuse the solar orb with the great god of beginnings. But that such a confusion did occur is crucial to an understanding of the development of ancient religion. In Egypt, for example, the original ritual of the central sun was eventually transformed into eulogies to the solar orb; and the devotion to the celestial kingdom ...
505. William Comyns Beaumont: Britain's most eccentric and least known Cosmic Heretic [Journals] [SIS Review]
... world disaster and the ending of an age. 20. The serpent, dragon, winged-globe, caduceus, and other ancient symbols are traceable to cometary catastrophes. 21. Religious festivals are dated by cometary catastrophes. 22. Cometary conflagrations are the origin of coal deposits. 23. The ancients had a true 360 day year. 24. ... chronology was several hundred years too old. 7. The Ancient calendars had to be revised because of the catastrophe. 8. Many species were extinguished catastrophically. 9. Religion was born in cometary worship and tied to phallic forms because of the shape of comets. 10. Fear of cometary collisions is inherited by mankind. 11. Vermin ...
506. Society News (AGM 2000) [Journals] [SIS Review]
... the implications inherent in the philosophy of Nazi Germany, which led to the visual spectacles of the Nurenberg rallies. The Nazi cult appeared to be an apocalyptic, millennial, religious reaction to the German defeat in the First World War and a subsequent social crumbling. These were seen as signs of the coming apocalypse and the response was to prepare ... . The rallies were held every September and lasted four days and nights, with the participation of a quarter of a million people. National Socialism was promoted as the only religion with Hitler as God and rituals were developed in imitation of church ritual. Banners were consecrated and treated like a form of holy grail, passing on the consecration from ...
507. Philologos | The Legends of the Jews: Volume IV [Books]
... to force; they participated in the celebrations, and even permitted themselves to eat of food prepared by the heathen, though the king had taken care not to offend the religious conscience of the Jews in such details. (17) He had been so punctilious that there was no need for them to drink wine touched by the hand of ... . They are proud and presumptuous. In Tebet, in the depth of winter, they bathe in warm water, and they sit in cold water in summer. Their religion is diverse from the religion of every other people, and their laws from the laws of every other land. To our laws they pay no heed, our religion ...
508. Obituary: Melvin Cook (1911-2000) [Journals] [SIS Review]
... pourri of his work across a remarkably wide area [8 ]. Melvin and I corresponded and became firm pen-friends, exchanging thoughts on many issues. He had very different religious and political beliefs from my own but when it came to science he did not let these compromise his thinking. In particular, his work with explosives gave him a ... in numerous cases involving accidental explosions. Dr Cook was also a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and contributed several books and pamphlets on science and religion. including Science and Mormonism. He leaves his wife Wanda, five sons and daughters, 31 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. So how did an expert on high explosives ...
509. The Tomb of the High Priest of Aten at Memphis [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... capacity over several reigns - the latter part of Amenhotep 3's, certainly during Akhenaten's, and most probably into Tutankhamun's. The change of name could reflect changing stages in a religious career or simply a tactful acknowledgement of a changing Egypt. Several titles were found: Scribe of the Aten of the Horizon of the Aten in Memphis, Steward of ... other clues) rather beyond this. Whatever the scale of the backlash against Akhenaten and his policies, there does not appear to have been a corresponding purge of the Atenist religion. Reliefs of high quality were found around the walls. Similar to other tombs, the lower two courses of relief-blocks are predominantly pictorial and the uppermost textual. Unfortunately ...
510. The Mysterious Smenkhkare [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... a king would commence work on their funerary equipment at the earliest opportunity. One (admittedly speculative) interpretation would be that Smenkhkare was a son of Akhenaten with strongly traditional religious views. When he died before his father, Akhenaten was unwilling to bury him in this style of equipment but was determined to bury him in the Atenist style. ... year, being a prayer on behalf of a blind priest. The priest is identified as having a house in the temple of Amun so is presumably not linked with Atenist religion. This might suggest that the assault on the Amun priesthood began very late in Akhenaten's reign, possibly after Smekhkare's death. The second coffinette of Tutankhamun shows the clearest ...
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