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182 pages of results. 611. Good Medicine [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... cover for game and even wolves'; but wolf bites on uninhabited islands cannot have been so numerous as to encourage a strong pharmaceutical industry. But could Venice' be a corruption of Venus'? If the clouds' from which manna fell were held to be associated, rightly or wrongly, with the planet Venus; and if a tradition persisted of manna as a natural remedy for snake bites, then a man-made unguent Venus treacle' would be excellent advertisement. Also the word Venus' may derive from venenum (Latin for poison), making the name still more apposite. Moreover, a pharmaceutical industry' manufacturing a manna substitute may have been long-established. Exodus 30: ...
612. Obituary: Allan Beggs [Journals] [Aeon]
... "The Story So Far," a privately distributed publication dating to March 1990, Allan cited a number of obscure myths from various Aboriginal tribes documenting the importance of the respective planets in their cosmology. In retrospect, it is obvious that this evidence constitutes an important link in the Saturnists' argument since it is most unlikely that the Aboriginal traditions were influenced by the astral religion of ancient Mesopotamia, an oft-heard objection to the theory. And, inasmuch as the Aboriginal traditions can be shown to share strikingly specific and unusual motifs in common with those from Mesopotamia and the New World, it is likely that they originated in direct observation of celestial phenomena. Allan subsequently presented a summary ...
613. On SIS and Insularism [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... patterns of our brethren in the British Isles, I am, quite on the contrary, convinced that in reality no such thing exists and that the British are even more open-minded than many other peoples. This is evinced also in the continued existence of SIS and its offshoot ISIS, both of which scholarly societies have, in the best British tradition, seen their births in the UK, contrary to what has happened in the USA or the German speaking countries. So then, obviously, our beloved SIS should be an open-minded association of scholars, with an active and really comprehensive interdisciplinary interest, where intellectual insularism in any sense of that word should have no place. A little ...
614. Catastrophism and the Mammoths - I (Vox Populi) [Journals] [Kronos]
... have been able to determine. Cardona and other literal interpreters of myth will have to look elsewhere for physical mechanisms to support their version of what the planet-gods were really about. Regarding the mytho-historical record, in which Cardona places great stock, the absence of detailed, explicit accounts means the emphasis is decidedly on myths, legends, and religious traditions. This makes interpretation a key process, raising the question of how valid is their literal interpretation, as Velikovsky, Cardona, D. Talbott, and others advocate. The validity of literal interpretation has not been seriously enough questioned in Velikovskian circles. However, considering the immensity of the physical problems attending Velikovsky's planetary near-collisions and the absence ...
615. The Two Sargons and Their Successors (PART ONE) [Journals] [Aeon]
... 96) Nor are such omissions to be found only in king lists. When Manishtusu writes "that all the landswhich my father Sargon left had in enmity revolted against me and not one stood fast," he seems to be ignoring his brother's reign-"if in fact this had preceded." (97) And what of later tradition which omits both Rimush and Manishtusu, making Naram-Sin the son, rather than the grandson, of the Akkadian Sargon? (98) It seems therefore that short lengths of reign were not the only reason behind the omission of kings from king lists and other texts. Even so, it has to be stated that when a king is ...
616. Appendix I: About the Authors [Books]
... very pleased to be here to introduce one of our speakers today. I am also pleased to take part in this conference as a member of the Department of History and the University of Lethbridge. This is not because I have come here either to praise Dr. Velikovsky or to see him buried, but rather because I Support an old tradition, which goes back to New Testament times at least. when en the matter of Christian preaching by the apostles was raised before the Jewish Sanhedrin, one member of that body, Gamaliel, made the point that if what the apostles taught were true, it would prosper; if it were not, it would fail. And I ...
617. Myths of the Great Flood (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]
... cave to which he withdrew when the fire-hail started. To see if the fire was still raging he now and then held a long rod out of the mouth of the cave. Twice he found it charred, but the third time it was cool. He waited another four days before he left his shelter. Humboldt tells us of the traditions of the Tamanaco, Maipuré, Rio Erevato, and other Indian tribes of Venezuela, who treasure memories of the time of the Great Water', when the waves of the sea washed the rocks of Encaramada. In the savannahs there is a rock called Tepumereme, or the Pictured Rock. Hewn into its faces can be seen the ...
618. Letter to the Editor from W. T. Black [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... Flood "superimposed," so to speak, onto a much more ancient description of a far earlier flood. As we all know, there were once two Hebrew kingdoms, Israel and Judah. separate but intimately related. Then "The Ten Lost Tribes" were taken into captivity by the Babylonians. Afterwards religious books, legends, and traditions of the two kingdoms were compiled into what is now the Old Testament. That is why we have two accounts of creation, even two accounts of the combined flood and of many other events. I personally believe the Flood in Genesis combines two stories; the same thing in Greece produced the flood of Deucalian (Noah's) and another ...
619. Key figures of the Amarna period [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... opinions range widely. Under his direction, Egyptian official religion was forced to undergo great change. Several temples, and in particular the priesthood of Amun, were severely curtailed, and the officially promoted religion focused on the sun disk, the Aten. Additionally he began the construction of a new capital city at Akhetaten, entirely unconnected with any traditional site. In terms of artwork and religious expression his reign was highly innovative, but increasingly unpopular. In terms of foreign policy the considerable influence built up by his ancestors in the Levant was allowed to dwindle. Shortly after his death the process began of reversal of his measures, and a later dynasty was to brand him a heretic ...
620. Conclusion: Entropy [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... density gas, of low mass, low energy, no lattice and no or little spin. Surely this route of development makes for a far greater and more rational understanding of stellar evolution than the convoluted route offered by conventional theory. There is an aesthetic beauty as well as a rational, evidential simplicity to Electro-Gravitic theory completely lacking in the traditional concept that would not be there if my theory was invalid. What is being presented is the concept of Occam's Razor, which suggests that nature is parsimonious with its forms and energies. What the traditional theory suggests is that stars originate spinning rapidly, with great energy from condensation of dust-gas clouds. But the scientific literature states the dust-gas ...
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