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72 pages of results. 141. Symbols of an Ancient Sky: Slide Presentation & Notes by David Talbott [Journals] [Aeon]
... a monster. The lines become blurred. And then doomsday. The war of the gods, chaos-monsters, the displacement or death of the great god himself who hurls his thunderbolts from heaven- and even swallows his own children. At this point, it appears that the warrior hero intercedes. Pushing the great god back- or contending with ... the imagery of the revolving crescent is its relationship to the polar column," writes Talbott. (p . 159.) This relationship can be seen in the Zuni Thunderbird, the Mesopotamian wheel of Shamash resting on its pillar, the Scandinavian bull of heaven, and the Hindu mountain of the moon. And what is the ankh but ...
142. High Energy from Space [Books] [de Grazia books]
... of the Sun, he was let drive his father's chariot, but could not control the horses and burned up much of the world. Zeus finally dispatched him with a thunderbolt to save the rest. Many stories are told, too, of a monster Typhon being struck down in the same time period; probably Phaeton and Typhon are identical ... When the "dormant" Krakatoa volcano exploded in 1883 (following, incidentally, by a year the passage of the Earth through the tail of a comet), the thunderous noise was heard a thousand miles away. The noise of the eruption of Cosaguena, Nicaragua, on January 30, 1935 was heard in Jamaica 850 miles away. ...
143. Remarks from the Portland Symposium 3-5 Jan 1997 [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... first noticed an interesting mythical theme I designated the scarface motif'. It is actually quite common: the warrior-hero running amok, only to be struck down by a heaven-shattering thunderbolt or other weapon, then emerging from the episode with a great scar on his cheek, his forehead, or his thigh. Well, it struck me when looking ... Marinaris IS the giant scar of an electrical discharge. Then he proceeded to demonstrate to me that each and every predicted geological marker is there. (Rather than steal his thunder, I shall invite Wal to offer us a brief summary). 11 Jan 1997, David Talbott The conference was a spectacular success with close to 500 people attending ...
144. The Two Babylons: The Great Red Dragon [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... in the forehead; hence the story of the Cyclops with the one eye in the forehead. Nimrod was the head of the fire-worshippers. Vulcan was the forger of the thunderbolts by which such havoc was made among the enemies of the gods. Ninus, or Nimrod, in his wars with the king of Bactria, seems to have carried ... very same character as Ninus, "the child"), when fighting against the Titans, "received from the Cyclops aid" by means of "dazzling lightnings and thunders," we may have some pretty clear idea of the magic arts derived from the Chaldean Mysteries , which Ninus employed against the Bactrian king. There is evidence that ...
145. Tower Myths (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]
... differences with the Great Spirit. To spite him, Montezuma built a house which was to reach up to heaven. It was almost finished when the Great Spirit sent his thunders to destroy the High House. The myth also relates that the Great Spirit, to punish Montezuma, took the Sun with him into heaven'. As this term ... with the gloss: But all this they did only from fear of another deluge. ' Robot guns with automatic range-finders and sights to be used against the god armed with thunderbolts- even if this is only a myth' in the ordinary sense of the word, an idle wonder-tale, it is unique! Josephus writes in his Antiquities of Nebrod ...
146. Remarks on Solar Jet Stream Weather [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... . The long-lived GRS on Jupiter may be associated with some underlying electrical inhomogeneity in the planet resulting from the catastrophic breakup of the Saturnian system. The many reports of Jovian thunderbolts attest to the probability that the giant planet may bear hidden electrical scars. Of course, the standard picture of the structure of Jupiter does not allow for a solid ... may be explained also by electrical energy input. That the Earth participates in this electrical circuit, in its own small way, is shown by the direct correlation between earthly thunderstorm activity and the sunspot cycle. The Great Red Spot (GRS) and white spots on Jupiter may have something in common with sunspots. All are probably the point ...
147. The Cosmology Of Tawantinsuyu [Journals] [Kronos]
... to this task by a vision. He is also credited with introducing the cult of the Sun alongside that of the Creator; later a third cult, that of the Thunderbolt, is said to have been added by him. The account of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (fl. 1532-1572) adds several significant details: "The natives of ... - Catu Illa - with those having to do with merchants and travellers and messengers. Saturn - Haucha - they charged with pestilence and slaughter and famine, and lightning and thunder; and they said that he held a club and bows and arrows to hurt and punish men for their evils. Besides the Coricancha the anonymous chronicler mentions a Temple ...
148. Primate Perception of Celestial Events [Journals] [Aeon]
... , they are much like humans. Thus, for instance, wild chimpanzees have been known to sit quietly with fixed attention while observing colorful sunsets throughout their entire duration. Thunderstorms seem to affect them the same way in which they must have affected our long departed hominid ancestors. Male chimpanzees have thus been known to rush up hillsides waving sticks ... thunder and lightning during storms as if trying to scare away the responsible demons. More recently, in an article appearing in the June 2004 issue of Astronomy, Bob Berman reported that "even monkeys notice eclipses." I wonder how similar apes and monkeys would have reacted to the past cosmic upheavals so beloved of neo-catastrophists. Tania ta Maria ...
149. Thoth [Journals] [Thoth]
... The episodes are hosted by the distinguished British journalist Derek Partridge, and the two guests are David Talbott and Michael Armstrong, discussing the mythical age of Saturn and the "Thunderbolts of the Gods". The programs will be available in January. With these programs in hand we want to begin developing the national cable access potential, since these ... memory of Saturn's "Golden Age" * Saturn as primeval sun and sun of night * When the planet Venus was the "Great Comet" * Mars as the warrior-hero thundering in the sky * The universal myth of the cosmic mountain * The great Saturnian crescent, turning in the sky This comprehensive notebook includes many images and themes yet to ...
150. CLASHING MAGNETIC FIELDS [Journals] [Aeon]
... . The Greeks considered "Father Zeus" (Dyaus-Pitar in Sanskrit) to be the father of Ares, or Mars.(16) Thus they portrayed Zeus with a thunderbolt held in his hand, although actually that flux tube was held by the magnetic poles of Ares/Mars. We are describing a vestige or relic of truth in ... , and made them fall down, and by opening its chasms, he caused that others should be hurried down into them; AFTER WHICH HE CAUSED SUCH A NOISE OF THUNDER TO COME AMONG THEM, AND MADE FIERY LIGHTNING SHINE SO TERRIBLY ROUND ABOUT THEM, that it was ready to burn their faces, and he so suddenly shook their ...
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