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42 pages of results. 341. The Birth and Odyssey of Halley's Comet: From 2484 B.C. to the Present Time [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... far out beyond Neptune's orbit. The next time the Halley fragment was 92,300,000 miles distant from the Sun it was 18 degrees out of orbit plane with Earth (because it was "sling-shot" around Earth about 2000 miles above Eurasia). Its 93,200 mph speed corresponds to the point where the fragment's "hyperbolic spiral" curve around Earth became tangent to the new elliptical orbit around the Sun. Other icy fragments no doubt also were sling-shot around Earth (and Mars). Perhaps one was the Tunguska Bolide. It had to have been retrograde in orbit around the Sun if it was seen high in the sky in early morning across western Siberia, ...
... and space of time between falls of matter from the annular system. There is another point in belt declension we must now consider. When a belt entered the atmosphere, the resistance of the latter would put a brake upon it on the inner side and continue to check its motion until it reached the earth's surface, or wound up its spiral orbit at each of the poles. Hence an equatorial belt necessarily revolves more rapidly than a polar one, and the motion of the polar one more nearly represents the time of the planet's rotation than the equatorial; and further, the slower motion of a polar belt shows that it has been under the resisting influence of an atmosphere longer ...
343. Beliefs Connected with the Cross and the Swastika [Books]
... common throughout ancient America from Ohio to the ruins of Yucatan and the Andes". According to ancient American belief the winds entered through the spaces (doors) at the four quarters. The revolving cross is dealt with in the next chapter, where it will be found to be not only a swastika but a symbol intimately connected with the spiral. As we have seen, the swastika, which was essentially a symbol of the four cardinal points, was used also as a symbol of the deities of each of the four cardinal points in common with other symbols which illustrated apparently the various attributes of these deities. It was firstly a god-symbol. Further, it signified that a ...
344. Beliefs Connected with the Cross and the Swastika [Books]
... common throughout ancient America from Ohio to the ruins of Yucatan and the Andes". According to ancient American belief the winds entered through the spaces (doors) at the four quarters. The revolving cross is dealt with in the next chapter, where it will be found to be not only a swastika but a symbol intimately connected with the spiral. As we have seen, the swastika, which was essentially a symbol of the four cardinal points, was used also as a symbol of the deities of each of the four cardinal points in common with other symbols which illustrated apparently the various attributes of these deities. It was firstly a god-symbol. Further, it signified that a ...
345. The Area of Origin [Books]
... "Celtic Knot" similarly formed from the swastika, the points, however, being connected with curved instead of straight lines (figure 3). FIG. 3. "Celtic Knot" Swastika In India, the swastika is a living symbol, and retains a haunting sanctity and auspiciousness. It is supposed to assist birth, like the spiral which is dealt with in this connexion in the next chapter. The Buddhists, as stated, took over the swastika, and it is a prominent symbol on the famous footprints of Buddha (figure 4), where it is associated with other symbols. It still survives in Tibet (figure 5). The Moslems perpetuate its use ...
346. On Dragons and Red Dwarves [Journals] [Aeon]
... Talbott and I have shown, Venus was widely regarded as the "hairy-star" par excellance, or as a sacred lock of hair. (76) Needless to say, we would refer such traditions to a specific episode in the recent history of Venus, one in which the planet's atmosphere became greatly distended, presenting the appearance of a spiraling curl or "lock of hair". During the period of Mars' appearance within the visual outlines of Venus (i .e ., in the belly of the dragon), it stands to reason that the Martian hero would naturally partake of this "hairy" symbolism. And thus it is that many Martian heroes are distinguished ...
347. Response to Bimson [Journals] [SIS Review]
... could in any way be described as transitional' between the two. Sure enough, a species of rough pottery labelled sub-Mycenaean' was decreed to mark the decline and transformation of the formerly splendid culture. On the other hand another variety of inexpensive pottery, often characterised by concentric circle designs produced by the compass (as opposed to the hand-done spirals of Mycenaean/Minoan work), was designated as Proto-Geometric. It will be apparent then that the whole concept of an evolution from Mycenaean to Geometric, as well as the existence of so-called transitional forms, is something which has been forced upon historians by the Sothically dated Egyptian chronology. Thus, for me, terms such as sub-Mycenaean ...
348. Comments on Ferralite Events [Journals] [Catastrophist Geology]
... Mars. W.H . McCrea has recently suggested that the ice ages may be a recurrent phenomenon coinciding with the passage of the solar system through the dust clouds in the arms of the Galaxy. I'm not sure how this would work, as the system must be rotating as a whole, except, I suppose, that if the spiral arms are defined by magnetic lines of force they will rotate like a rigid wheel and so not obey Kepler's laws. However, the Earth could have easily passed through a galactic dust cloud, and iron is the commonest metal. Very fine dust would be blown away by the pressure of radiation, but heavier grains would settle towards the ...
... , and the novelty of the contrivances, and in the splendor of its construction, it should far exceed it, and be more illustrious than that was. 10. Now of the cisterns of gold there were two, whose sculpture was of scale-work, from its basis to its belt-like circle, with various sorts of stones enchased in the spiral circles. Next to which there was upon it a meander of a cubit in height; it was composed of stones of all sorts of colors. And next to this was the rod-work engraven; and next to that was a rhombus in a texture of net-work, drawn out to the brim of the basin, while small shields, ...
350. Stability of Solid Cores in Gaseous Planets [Journals] [Kronos]
... to prevent the formation of a void. The disturbance and frictional heating eventually lead to a local eruption from the surface of the solid core, causing an initial displacement from the center. The core moves erratically at first, as its rotation changes the position of the eruption on account of coriolis and gyroscopic effects, but it progresses steadily or spirally into the less dense, outer regions of the planet as long as the eruption continues; that is, it moves in directions offering least resistance to its movement. The diminishing pressure of the surrounding fluid as the core travels away from the center enables the compressed gases in the core to continue to expand and sustain the eruption. The ...
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