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119 pages of results. 721. Velikovsky, Mars, and the Eighth Century B.C. Part Two [Journals] [Kronos]
... This same character is used in all early Chinese eclipse records. After the end of the Han Dynasty (in 220 A.D .) , a more specific term was formed by the addition of hui ( ), the radical for serpents and insects: (also romanized shih).(4 ) So we are faced with two strange coincidences- our "celestial phenomenon" was not an eclipse, and yet it is denoted by the same word used for eclipses, and it fell on the only day of the month when an eclipse is possible. The odds against this are 28.5 to 1. Hsin mao (or sin maou) is the 28th pair ...
722. The Age Of Man In America [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... theories for the extinction of these elephants and was also presented by Alfred Russel Wallace: ". .. the extinction of so many large mammalia is actually due to man's agency, acting in co-operation with those general causes which at the culmination of each geological era has led to the extinction of the larger and most specialized, or the most strangely modified forms."4 Henry Howorth, however, understood that hunting could not exterminate the megafauna. "The [hunting extinction] view is in every way assuredly most unscientific, and unsupported by any fact known to me. It has been well criticized by Mr. Searles Wood, junior. `Africa, ' says Mr. ...
723. Heracles as Cross-Dresser [Journals] [Aeon]
... the spot where it came about that the battle was fought, and bridegrooms wear feminine raiment when they welcome their brides." [6 ] Although Plutarch's testimony might be dismissed as blatantly aetiological in nature- as a rather clumsy attempt to explain an otherwise poorly understood and peculiar ritual practice- it nonetheless appears to preserve archaic elements for, strange as it must appear at first sight, Heracles was intimately associated with marriage rites. Ancient inscriptions upon the island of Cos confirm that the natives worshipped the Greek hero as their marriage-deity, thereby supporting Plutarch's testimony. [7 ] James Frazer, together with A.B . Cook, suggested that such inscriptions likely reflect the hero's participation ...
724. Stiebing, BAR, and the Revised Chronology [Journals] [Kronos]
... fully realized. Publication permission was granted by all, with one notable exception. Prof. Stiebing refused, despite two written requests, to allow his letter to Whelton to be printed either in part or in toto. His excuse was that "it was written in haste and, I'm ashamed to say, in anger" This is rather strange posturing from one who had had no previous hesitation in writing published criticism of Velikovsky nor any qualms about penning an introduction to BAR's reprint of Carl Sagan's "An Analysis of Worlds In Collision" in its Jan./Feb. 1980 issue (pp. 41 ff.). Why Stiebing, the out spoken critic, should have ...
725. Sean Mewhinney's Critique Based On Bombastic Subterfuge, Evasion And Denial [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... my work would]... reach at least some of the people who read Velikovskian journal with reason... ' In essence Mewhinney claimed that he wanted to reach those in the Velikovsky movement with his various researches but when given the chance to do so he did just the opposite of what he claimed he wanted. This seemed strange but then I learned that he offered the entire work to AEON, a Velikovskian journal. Duardu Cardona, its editor, after reading it also felt "Minds" should be published in The Velikovskian. I once again offered Mewhinney the chance to publish all that he had sent to AEON, but then he offered another reason for refusing ...
726. The Apocalyptic Atlantis (The Atlantis Myth) [Books]
... 14 | Ch. 15 | Ch. 16 | Ch. 17 | Ch. 18 | Conclusion | Notes | Bibliography | Index | The Apocalyptic Atlantis The only real parallel to Plato's Atlantis myth, and the only other full-length report to be found in the mythology of the world, is contained in the Bible: and chiefly in that strangely impressive book which concludes it. Because of their `sacred' origin the biblical passages in question have not until now been regarded as constituting a report of the loss of Atlantis. '" But although these passages have been made to serve religious purposes even a superficial analysis shows that they really contain no `religion' at all. ...
727. Cosmic Catastrophes and the Origin of Megalithic Cultures [Journals] [SIS Review]
... SIS Chronology & Catastrophism Review 1995 (Vol XVII) "Proceedings of the SIS 1995 Braziers College Conference" Home | Issue Contents Cosmic Catastrophes and the Origin of Megalithic Cultures Heribert Illig This paper was read on Heribert Illig's behalf at the Conference by Birgit Leisching Megalithic culture is more than well-represented in Europe and especially in Great Britain. We are strangely touched by its remains when we encounter them: picturesque, grandiose, eminent, mysterious features of the landscape. The question of their origins, of the motives that led to their construction, depends decisively on their dating. Over the last 60 years, dolmens, menhirs and statue stelae, forts, giant's graves, and megalithic temples ...
728. Focus [Journals] [SIS Review]
... science": "One can't help being struck by the curious analogy between such behaviour on the one hand and that attributed to geese, monkeys and human beings deprived of maternal care on the other. These unfortunate animals, rather than actively exploring their environment for novel stimuli in the manner of their more fortunately reared conspecifics, flee from anything strange or unexpected as though from something painful. Two similar contrasted attitudes may surely be found among human beings, and, in particular, intellectuals. There is the disposition that finds unexpected possibilities intriguing, that asks how good or bad the evidence is for them, and, if the evidence is fairly good, goes on to speculate how ...
729. Galactic Space Charge and Stellar Energy [Journals] [SIS Review]
... about 3 excess electrons per cubic metre. Electric discharge as the source of stellar energy is the subject of another paper now in preparation. I do not propose to dwell upon that subject at length here, but a few remarks pertinent to it are clearly in order. Without some such background, the basic premise of this paper would seem strange indeed, for the theory that stars are fuelled thermally from internal fusion processes is seldom questioned. After a quarter-century of intense theoretical effort, the million-degree temperature of the solar corona still defies explanation (1 ). In all these years, few theorists have seen fit to call attention to the fact that the discovery of the wrong-way temperature ...
730. The Velikovskian Upheaval: A Temporocentric Challenge [Journals] [Kronos]
... is no compelling reason to reconsider our existing explanations; rather, we simply redefine our past as nonscientific in the form of myths, legends, folklore, and religious faith. This in spite of the awkwardness that, in the words of Lynn Rose (1972:31), "if historical data conflict with astronomical theories, it is strange that history should have to be rewritten to conform to these theories!" Scientists teach us that the force of gravity is at work when an apple falls from a tree today just as surely as it operated thousands and millions of years ago; the same principle of falling bodies on Earth holds true for planets remaining in orbit today just ...
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