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Be Well.
David
Simulating the Cosmic Web
The beautiful tapestry of filaments, sheets and voids in the Cosmic Web is proving harder to model than anybody thought
The idea that stars clump together in "island universes" is relatively new to astronomy. It was only in the 1920s and 30s that astronomers agreed among themselves that "galaxies" must be separated by vast distances.
But only in the last ten years or so have astronomers discovered that galaxies themselves form into a far larger structure. The 100 billion galaxies that we know about are woven into a wispy web-like arrangement consisting of dense compact clusters, elongated filaments and sheet-like walls, amid large near-empty void regions.
This structure has become known as the Cosmic Web and one of the great challenges in modern cosmology is to accurately model and simulate it.
That's turning out to be tricky.
One of the important features of the Cosmic Web is that its structures range over many orders of magnitude. And since the largest structures, such as the wall-like features, are formed out of the smaller ones such as filaments and clusters, it's crucial that any model can handle the relationship between them at all these scales.
That's easier said than done. One way to imagine the problem is to think about zooming out from a particular cluster of galaxies to show the larger structures, rather in the manner of the famous Powers of Ten movie made in the 1970s.
As the small scale structures become too small to resolve, most computer models apply some kind of statistical smoothing process to make the large scale calculations easier.
But if you zoom back in again, there is no way to retrieve the information that is lost by the smoothing process, other than to rebuild the picture again from the original data.
That's OK if all you want is a 3D model of the universe. But it's a problem if you want to simulate how the large scale structures form from smaller structures and how, in turn, the shape of the large structures influences the way smaller structures evolve.
This kind of feedback process is impossible to model when the smoothing process between different scales essentially destroys any meaningful links between them.
Enter Rien van de Weygaert and Willem Schaap at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. These guys have developed a way of modeling structures over many scales without the unnatural smoothing that other approaches use.
Their trick is to think of galaxies as points in 3D space and to fill the space between them with tetrahedra. These tetrahedra must be constructed in such a way that, if a sphere were inflated inside each one until it touched the sides, there would be no galaxies inside each sphere.
This is known as a Delauney tessellation. What's special about Delauney tessellations is that as the scale gets larger, there are rules for combining the tetrahedra into larger ones. These rules are special because they are reversible, meaning that the important features of the original structure can be reconstructed when you zoom in again.
That makes it much easier to simualte the feedback between structures on various scales.
So it's no surprise that astronomers are excited about the potential of the so-called Delaunay Tessellation Field Estimator (DTFE). If you want to know more, de Weygaert and a few mates give a comprehensive outline of the idea on the arXiv today.
It should mean that we'll have a much better model of the large scale structure of the Universe.
It should also mean that we can update the Powers of Ten movie which, understandably given its age, shows no detail in the Universe beyond our local cluster of galaxies.
Ref: arxiv.org/abs/0912.3448: Geometry and Morphology of the Cosmic Web: Analyzing Spatial Patterns in the Universe
“In the end, science offers us the only way out of politics. And if we allow science to become politicized, then we are lost. We will enter the Internet version of the dark ages, an era of shifting fears and wild prejudices, transmitted to people who don't know any better. That's not a good future for the human race. That's our past.”
—Michael Crichton, “Environmentalism as Religion,” (A lecture at the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA, September 15, 2003).
The Global Warming circus in Copenhagen was politics driven by a consensus that, by definition, has nothing to do with science. The apocalyptic nonsense that opened the meeting highlighted that fact. How many who attended or demonstrated at the meeting actually understand the (disputed) scientific grounds for the hysteria? Meanwhile, leading science journals allow skeptics of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) to be labelled “deniers” and refuse them the right of reply. It is doctrinaire denouncement, not science. It is the journal editors who are denying the scientific method by censoring debate. It is they who are peddling ideology.
Despite the glossy media image, modern science is a mess. When the fundamental concepts are false, technological progress merely provides science with a more efficient means for going backwards. At the same time, government and corporate funding promotes the rampant disease of specialism and fosters politicization of science with the inevitable warring factions and religious fervor.
“Science has become religion! ..although religion may have borrowed some of the jargon of science, science, more importantly, has adopted the methods of religion. This is the worst of both worlds.” —Halton Arp
There have been several warm climatic periods documented in history that had nothing to do with human activity. There seems to be evidence that the Earth has actually been cooling since 2001, in line with reduced solar activity. So it would be more realistic to consider climate change as a normal phenomenon and to plan accordingly because despite all of the hoopla in the media, modern science is founded on surprising ignorance. An iconoclastic view suggests the following:
— cosmologists have been misled by theoretical physicists who don’t understand gravity, which forms the basis of the big bang theory. Imaginary ‘dark matter,’ ‘dark energy,’ and black holes have been added to make models of galaxies and star birth appear to work. When all else fails, mysterious magnetic fields are invoked. The bottom line is that cosmologists presently have no real understanding of the universe;
— astrophysicists don’t understand stars because they steadfastly ignore plasma discharge phenomena;
— particle physicists don’t understand matter or its resonant electrical interactions. They prefer to invent imaginary particles;
— geologists have been misled by astronomers about Earth’s history;
— biologists have had no practical help from theoretical physicists so they don’t understand what might constitute the ‘mind-body connection’ or ‘the spark of life;’
— and climate scientists have been misled by astronomers and astrophysicists so they have no real concept of recent Earth history in the solar system and they don’t understand the real source of lightning and the electrical input to weather systems. For example, the major city in northern Australia, Darwin, was utterly destroyed in tropical cyclone ‘Tracy’ in 1974. The catastrophe was described in part, “At 3am, the eye of the cyclone passed over Darwin, bringing an eerie stillness. There was a strange light, a diffuse lightning, like St. Elmo’s fire.”
Yet with these unacknowledged shortcomings we have bookshelves filled with textbooks, science journals and PhD theses, mostly unread, that would stretch to the Moon, fostering the impression that we understand most things. And the public is assailed with documentaries that breathlessly deliver and repeat fashionable science fiction as fact. How can this be?
Science has left its classical and philosophical roots, rather like surrealist art departed from realism. The analogy is fitting. It is demonstrated by the fondness for expressing theoretical models in artists impressions, computer animations and aesthetic terms. The artist/philosopher Miles Mathis is of the opinion that There was no solar energy being supplied to the 150km per hour winds at 3 in the morning. “A diffuse lightning” is an apt description of the slow electrical discharge (distinct from impulsive lightning) that drives all rotary storms and influences weather patterns. That is why the electrically hyperactive gas giant planets have overwhelmingly violent storms while receiving very little solar energy. “ Science has become just like Modern Art. The contemporary artist and the contemporary physicist look at the world in much the same way. The past means nothing. They gravitate to novelty as the ultimate distinction, in and of itself. They do this because novelty is the surest guarantee of recognition.” So why does the media not have science critics alongside art critics? Has science become sacrosanct? Bluntly, the answer is yes. No science reporter wants to have the portcullises lowered at the academic bastions. Happily, the Internet allows the curious to circumvent such censorship.
The Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) Debate
“Mother Nature doesn’t care what humans believe in.” —Bill Gaede
History makes it clear that climate does change. The real question is whether our activities today are a significant cause of global warming. We cannot simply label those who question Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) as “deniers” because climate science is not so well established, nor is the data so clear, that it can blame our CO2 emissions for climate change. In fact, the data suggests quite simply that global warming is not man-made. But like most of modern science, climate research suffers the negative aspects of specialism, which blinkers researchers and obstruct any global synthesis. Specialism allows a mistaken belief to infect one discipline and spread like a virus to others it touches. Other well-meaning specialists infected climate science before its birth with their misconceptions. As we shall see, theoretical astrophysics transmits the most virulent ‘bugs’ because it underpins our view of the Earth’s situation in the cosmos. In climate science, which involves the entire Earth, we must truly understand the space environment as well. There may be a source of energy that has not been considered.
There is a human aspect to the debate. Why do we keep repeating the mistakes of the past? Why can’t we ‘get a grip’ and witness our self-delusion and hubris in believing that in the last instant of our existence we have uncovered the secrets of the universe? Why do we so strenuously ignore the evidence for recent global catastrophe and, by doing so, not recognize the origin of our innate fear of doomsday? Is the AGW debate fuelled by the subconscious urge to vicariously revisit calamities that dimly echo from prehistory and keeps us firmly stuck in the past? Ignorance and fear are our undoing. And both are at the heart of the AGW debate.
>> We have an unexplained enthralment with stories of the end of the world.
To help us feel safe in this unpredictable universe we favour fairy stories to the truth. We cannot tolerate uncertainty. No matter how far-fetched the idea, if the climate is changing we must take the blame so that a remedy seems possible. But that exposes us to exploitation by authorities. It is a familiar pattern of behavior. The early astronomer/priests attained great power by presenting the facade of human control in being able to predict frightening eclipses. More recently, astronomer/priests received considerable funding and recognition by playing on our doomsday fear of comets. This game has been so successful that the same people are doing it again by pointing at Dante’s inferno on Venus and suggesting a similar fate for the Earth. But for the adventurous few who accept the uncertainty of our existence, the fossil record and the ravaged faces of other planets and moons bear witness to a dynamic history of the solar system. It is abundantly clear that the story of Venus is quite different to that of the Earth. The scare campaigns only work because of our frightful ignorance.
"It's very disturbing that we do not understand the climate on a planet that is so much like the Earth," said Professor Fred Taylor, a planetary scientist based at Oxford University and one of the ESA's chief advisers for the Venus Express mission. "It is telling us that we really don't understand the Earth. We have ended up with a lot of mysteries." [Emphasis added]
Professor Taylor had written earlier about the Venusian north polar vortex: "the absence of viable theories which can be tested, or in this case any theory at all, leaves us uncomfortably in doubt as to our basic ability to understand even gross features of planetary atmospheric circulations." Such an admission by a leading expert should be of fundamental concern to climate scientists. But apparently not. They are content with computer models that cannot predict “even gross features of planetary atmospheric circulations” provided the data can be manipulated to fulfill their beliefs.
>> Credit: Martin Kozlowski, Wall Street Journal
The recent publication on the Internet of more than ten years of emails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of East Anglia University in England underscores the way science is done, as distinct from the way it is said to be done. The media performances of politicians and climate scientists trying to downplay the significance of the scandalous behavior revealed in the emails have been notable for the emotive language used to describe those who dare to question climate change ideology. They are “deniers,” or “stooges” for the coal and oil industries. In the worst examples, skeptics have been equated with holocaust deniers. The disingenuous excuse for the emails is that the “robust private exchanges only show that scientists are human.” Precisely! That’s why some of those emails propose not sharing the raw climate data and others suggest preventing dissident authors from publishing in peer-reviewed journals.
The misappropriated emails may be the “normal repartee and discussion between climate scientists” claimed dismissively by Professor Andy Pitman, co-director of the Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales. But they reveal frustration and anger with skeptics of AGW. They show how scientists allow their feelings to override scientific objectivity. However, I agree with him that the emails do not represent a scientific conspiracy. It is “only human” to defend one’s core beliefs and status irrationally and by any means. It is significant that those who disagree with AGW are labelled “deniers.” That smacks of religious conviction. It makes the arrogant and unscientific assumption that AGW is a fact beyond question, and that the “deniers” are operating merely from a misguided contrary belief. The ‘scientific method’ seems an empty ideal trumpeted by scientists who don’t trouble to observe it. Real science requires that competing views from skeptics be welcomed and examined objectively and dispassionately in the search for truth. But competition implies a victor and the vanquished. Alas for science, it’s a political and ideological battlefield and not a court of reason. (See this report
of a meeting between government advisers and well-credentialed AGW skeptics). “It’s like religion. Heresy [in science] is thought of as a bad thing, whereas it should be just the opposite.” —Dr. Thomas Gold
Professor Tim Flannery, Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council and a media celebrity in Australia, in the opening to a television interview about the emails controversy was conveniently provided an “Aunt Sally” by the interviewer who asked if he was a part of “a vast left-wing conspiracy to de-industrialize the western world.” It was a leading question, easily turned to Flannery’s advantage. He merely listed big companies who were on the committee. He didn’t mention the beneficiaries —all of the usual suspects who want to trade in carbon— the big banks. He accused “skeptics and those who don’t want to see action on climate change” of choosing their timing carefully in releasing the emails, the transparent implication being that the (generally unpaid) skeptics are the conspirators. Flannery admits, “we don’t understand all of the factors that affect Earth’s climate.” So why do we foolishly indulge experts? Why can’t we recognize the narrow limitations and often self-interest of specialist views and weigh them accordingly? Why do we still suffer the financial experts and grossly overpaid businessmen who couldn’t see the global financial meltdown coming? Sub prime carbon is on its way. The problem is that we are not exposed to the skeptics and their views. Academia, politicians and the media see to that.
“It’s not easy being seen if you find information that does not support the accepted views because the supporters of the accepted views have publicity, money and power to grant degrees. Going along is how proponents of the accepted view obtained their degrees, how they obtained funding and how they obtained their publicity. So how could so many smart people have got it so wrong? A few got it wrong; the rest went along. Self interest, not science, ensured the status quo.” —C. J. Ransom.
Human nature is the greatest impediment to scientific progress.
The CRU emails expose the anonymous peer review system as a means of excluding challenges to ideology. They reveal the “herd instinct” in science. Journal editors are the “sheep dogs.” As the late lamented skeptic, Tommy Gold, observed, “The sheep in the interior of the herd are well protected from the bite in the ankle by the sheep dog.” Of course, none of this is news to the dissident scientists who are vital to science progress. They are forced to publish in obscure journals, or self-publish, which lays them open to the accusation that their work is not peer-reviewed. And there’s the catch-22. Often they have no mainstream peers. We must learn to ignore such hollow arguments and insist on open debate.
What’s Wrong with Climate Science?
The unpleasant reality is that modern science is an inverted pyramid of hypotheses and beliefs teetering on a foundation of surprising ignorance and historical wrong turns. For example, the ideology of climate science is based on the story of the history of the solar system and the Earth. However, the usual story is a fable based on gravitational theory while gravity itself remains a mystery. Many-body gravitational systems are inherently chaotic, so that it would be a miracle if the order we see in the solar system today were long established, according to that model. But the climate change models take for granted an undisturbed Earth. The models also rely on steady radiant energy generated in the interior of the Sun. But what if that global-warming plasma ball in the sky is powered from the outside? Would not all the planets share in some of that energy? And if so, there is no climate model that accounts for it.
I wrote in February 2007, in Global Warming in a Climate of Ignorance, “Like Darwin's theory of evolution and Big Bang cosmology, global warming by greenhouse gas emissions has undergone that curious social process in which a scientific theory is promoted to a secular myth. When in fact, science is ignorant about the source of the heat — the Sun.”
Climatologists rely on astrophysicists for the basic assumptions they employ in their climate models. In particular, it is assumed that the Sun is a steady source of radiant energy and that the Earth and its atmosphere have been a closed, undisturbed system for longer than man has walked the Earth. However, the theory of how the Sun works is of Victorian vintage. It was formulated in the gaslight and horse and buggy era, long before the space age showed that space is not empty.
>> It was scientists a century ago with no experience of plasma who developed the theory of how the Sun works by applying perfect gas laws. It will be as amusing to future scientists, as the medieval belief in a flat Earth is today.
Space is teeming with charged particles, known as plasma. And plasma is a better electrical conductor than copper wire. Meanwhile, the geological and mytho-historical record of past global catastrophes shows that we cannot simply assume an Earth undisturbed by external factors, even within the memory of mankind.
When Eddington put together his solar model in the 1920s the Sun was thought to be isolated in the vacuum of space. There could be no external source of energy causing it to shine. Therefore, it was assumed, the Sun must provide its own fuel to shine for billions of years. Decades earlier, Kristian Birkeland determined that charged particles from the Sun must cause the auroras. So the Sun has an electrical environment. But Birkeland’s discovery was not considered. It had no explanation at the time.
The next very peculiar assumption was that the Sun is composed mostly of hydrogen because it is the dominant element found radiating at the top of the Sun’s atmosphere. That is like saying, if the top of the Earth’s atmosphere were to be radiant, that the Earth must be composed mostly of nitrogen and oxygen. It is quite bizarre to propose that the lightest elements dominate the very core of celestial bodies.
No source of energy is of any avail unless it liberates energy in the deep interior of the star. It is not enough to provide for the external radiation of the star. We must provide for the maintenance of the high internal temperature, without which the star would collapse. — A. Eddington, The Internal Constitution of the Stars.
The Sun’s fuel could not burn at the surface, like any normal fire, because a ball of inert hydrogen of the Sun’s mass requires somehow to be ‘blown up’ against gravity to be the size we see. A solution came to hand at the crucial moment; it had to be internal thermonuclear energy. The thermonuclear theory was cleverly force-fitted to the requirements but then there was the small problem that the lethal X-rays from the hypothetical thermonuclear core had to be ‘toned down’ before reaching the surface to give the relatively cool, benign radiance of the Sun. To do this, another strange assumption was introduced. The Sun, unlike any other body known, must transfer heat internally by radiation.
With such a far-fetched model it is little wonder that every observable aspect of the Sun denies it. It is one of the most amazing examples of group delusion that it persists. The temperature rises to millions of degrees as you move away from the Sun, which commonsense tells us must be due to energy arriving from outside the Sun. The surface of the Sun is not a seething convective cauldron transferring heat from the interior. It is ordered and granular. What’s more, where the granulations are pushed aside in a sunspot, it is cooler down below. And the Sun and the solar system are threaded by magnetic fields, which signify electric current flows.
The solar discharge has a very effective feedback system to maintain steady radiant output while the electrical power input varies. In fact, the solar radiant energy is termed a “solar constant,” which is critical to the AGW argument. However, no account is taken of the variable electrical power focused on the Sun but intercepted by the planets. The electrical connections have been traced from the Sun to the Earth’s magnetosphere; from the magnetosphere to the ionosphere; and from the ionosphere into weather systems. No one can claim to be “a climate expert” while ignorant of the electrical nature of the solar system. This common energy source explains the reports of simultaneous warming on other planets. The Sun’s galactic power source is the main driver of climatic variability. Human carbon emissions count for nothing in comparison.
Having an incorrect model of stars means that expectations are not fulfilled by observations. For example, in November a papervariable red giant stars. Typically they were found to vary in radius by twenty solar diameters, which should “lead to changes in [the effective temperature of the star] that are vastly greater than the directly observed changes from spectra or photometric colour.” But this is not a problem if the energy that lights a star comes from without rather than within. In fact it is normal behavior in a plasma discharge tube to observe little change in color or brightness of glowing regions as they expand or contract in response to changes in electrical input.
If astronomers have bestowed an invalid theory for the Sun, the source of our warmth and weather on Earth, then climate science is adrift from reality. We can forget the portentous climate models. Climate scientists are unaware of a principal driver of weather systems on Earth and all the planets. The strongest winds are on the most distant planet from the Sun and even the Sun has been found to have weather. Like computer generated doomsday movies, computer climate models can be programmed to give the same illusion of apocalypse.
Insulated from dissent by peer review and strict disciplinary boundaries, much theoretical science has become as useful as medieval clerics calculating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Only now there are supercomputers to reify and count the imaginary seraphim. The result is far-reaching inertia in the market of ideas. The tales our grandparents handed down tend to remain the basis of our ideology in the 21st century.
The ideology that underpins the climate change debate is that which assumes billions of years of undisturbed clockwork motion of the planets: “Once upon a time, long, long ago, all of the planets were formed from a dusty disk about the newborn Sun.” Like any good fiction it introduces a crisis. For reasons only guessed at, disaster strikes our “twin” planet, Venus. It suffers a “runaway greenhouse” catastrophe in its carbon dioxide atmosphere and the surface becomes as hot as a furnace. Forget the fact that the “science” has been made up to fit the story.
Venus is not the Earth’s twin. The spectre of a similar fate on the Earth is merely the latest doomsday scare. The one before was a comet impact, and before that a nuclear holocaust. Apocalyptic nightmares are an instinctive part of human nature. It is a legacy of recent catastrophe in the solar system that involved our distant ancestors and which still echoes down the millennia. Scientists, being human, are not immune from this irrational fear. In fact, as the examples show, they are well placed to take advantage; to raise their status and their funding by playing on that fear.
appeared in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society which expressed “a huge problem” with the behavior of a group of “I have been interested, for a long time, in the psychological process of discovery as the most concise manifestation of man’s creative faculty – and in that converse process that blinds him towards truths which, once perceived by a seer, become so heartbreakingly obvious.” —Arthur Koestler, The Sleepwalkers.
A search for the truth must first establish a sound foundation and that requires a broad historical perspective that few scientists ever achieve. (Those who do take the trouble generally ask awkward questions and are ostracized as deniers, skeptics or cranks). Scientific truth cannot be arrived at democratically. Either something is true or it is not. The claim that most scientists believe in anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is worthless. The majority of scientists once believed the Earth is the center of the universe. Koestler is right, history shows that major progress is achieved by individuals, call them seers, and not by bureaucratic institutions. But seers are the people who today are shut out by peer review. Generally, seers have no peers.
“The established system may prevent stupid research but it also slows down originality and innovation, promotes timidness and conformity. Innovation, however, is absolutely necessary in science. At least in the USA and in England science was less institutionalised in the 19th century. A scientist like Darwin, who held no academic position and received no public funds, would probably not have been able to do his research on evolution under today’s circumstances. Important breakthroughs back then were mostly produced by researchers who were neither professional scientists nor part of a bureaucratic system.” —Interview with Rupert Sheldrake, Die Zeit, July 11, 2002. “Most of what you get taught is lies. It has to be. Sometimes if you get the truth all at once, you can’t understand it.” —Terry Pratchett
>> “By far the most terrifying film you will ever see.” Ironically the montage shows the most powerful electrical storm on Earth — the tropical cyclone. The scariest thing about the film is the misuse of science.
All science is provisional. There is no “inconvenient truth” about the climate. Any inconvenience is self-inflicted. At this early stage of science we do not understand the climate or the Sun. But that kind of uncertainty is not to be tolerated by experts who have achieved massive funding and a kind of fame with their dire predictions. This poses a big problem for the rest of us. How long will it take for the media to wake up that they have been taken for a ride? Hopefully we won’t have to wait until the climate is obviously cooling again. You see, the Sun, like all electric stars, is a variable star.
We all, like Michael Crichton, wish to see “a good future for the human race.” But please don’t lazily turn to experts for answers. The past shows they will be the last to know. Look instead to those they push away to the boundary and use your own judgement and commonsense. To break away from our past we must first understand it. And if you would see the future, become a ‘boundary rider’ of science.
Earth's north magnetic pole racing towards Russia due to core flux
Washington, December 25 : A new research has determined that Earth's north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at almost 40 miles (64 kilometers) a year due to magnetic changes in the planet's core.
The core is too deep for scientists to directly detect its magnetic field. But researchers can infer the field's movements by tracking how Earth's magnetic field has been changing at the surface and in space.
Now, according to a report in National Geographic News, newly analyzed data suggest that there's a region of rapidly changing magnetism on the core's surface, possibly being created by a mysterious 'plume' of magnetism arising from deeper in the core.
'It's this region that could be pulling the magnetic pole away from its long-time location in northern Canada,' said Arnaud Chulliat, a geophysicist at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France.
Magnetic north, which is the place where compass needles actually point, is near but not exactly in the same place as the geographic North Pole.
Right now, magnetic north is close to Canada's Ellesmere Island.
Navigators have used magnetic north for centuries to orient themselves when they are far from recognizable landmarks.
Although global positioning systems have largely replaced such traditional techniques, many people still find compasses useful for getting around underwater and underground where GPS satellites can't communicate.
The magnetic north pole had moved little from the time scientists first located it in 1831.
Then in 1904, the pole began shifting northeastward at a steady pace of about 9 miles (15 kilometers) a year.
In 1989 it sped up again, and in 2007 scientists confirmed that the pole is now galloping toward Siberia at 34 to 37 miles (55 to 60 kilometers) a year.
A rapidly shifting magnetic pole means that magnetic-field maps need to be updated more often to allow compass users to make the crucial adjustment from magnetic north to true North.
Geologists think Earth has a magnetic field because the core is made up of a solid iron center surrounded by rapidly spinning liquid rock.
This creates a 'dynamo' that drives our magnetic field.
Scientists had long suspected that, since the molten core is constantly moving, changes in its magnetism might be affecting the surface location of magnetic north.
Although the new research seems to back up this idea, Chulliat is skeptical whether magnetic north will eventually cross into Russia.
The Phoenix is a mythological bird that is known for burning up at the end of its life. From the ashes of the old Phoenix, a new Phoenix is reborn. The phoenix is symbolic for many religions, governments, and people throughout history.
This coin was minted to commemorate 60 years of peace in Europe. Although there is still much turmoil on the continent, Europe has definitely been given a respite after the brutal wars that wrecked its lands in the 20th century.
Unfortunately, this peace seems very tenuous. As old rivalries flare up and money changes hands, the preparations for war can be seen, felt, and heard loud and clear. But this is nothing new..
Human history is landmarked by events of conquest and colonization, where the vanquished is absorbed by the victor, and the victor inevitably always writes the history. As species go, us humans are poorly equipped when it comes to natural defenses. Human evolution could not have happened without harnessing weapons. Fortunately we were equipped with a brain that was wired to figure things out. The first harnessed weapons were fire and stone. We have evidence of homonid stone tools as early as 2-3 million years ago (perhaps more), way before the age of homo sapiens. By the time our species came out of Africa some 300000 years ago they were equipped with weaponized stone tools. That gave them the ability to hunt, thereby expanding their range to eventually cover the globe. By the time of agriculture and animal husbandry some 10000 years ago, humans could amass the number of individuals to form defensive and offensive capabilities and dominate one another in large geographical scales. Through working bronze (~8000 years ago) and iron (~3000 years ago) the weapons of choice: swords and spears had become quite lethal. Through the combination of all of the above by some 5000 years ago we have civilizations with major military capability and geographic range in Middle East, North East Africa and China. (Military Evolution)
Although it is hard to know what parts of history are fact and fiction, we are still left with some relics that allow us to make hypotheses and draw conclusions as to what has been truly going on. To better understand our present, and therefore help shape our future, we must first dive back into the past.
Flying over Water
Modern day Lebanon was once known as Phoenicia and Canaan. This land extended into modern day Israel, Palestine, and Syria. They also had many seaports, which basically served as colonies. These were merchants and seemed more interested in trading with people than conquering them through force of arms. It was a good business.
Philistine culture was almost fully integrated with that of Canaan and the Canaanites. The deities they worshiped were Baal-zebub, Astarte and Dagon, whose names or variations thereof appear in the Canaanite pantheon as well.
Goliath was reportedly from Gath, one of the Philistine city-states. Apparently Jews and Philistines (Palestinians) have been fighting over this land for thousands of years. By the way, Canaanites are likely descended from Cain.
(Phonetics)
Phoenicians had a complex language. Many of their symbols are similar to the ones we use today. As merchants, they also needed a series of coins with which to trade. Coins can give us a great deal of information about ancient cultures and their influences.
(Phonies)
There is much debate as to who the Phoenicians really were. In my research I came across some interesting material that suggests that the Phoenicians were actually Aryans. In The Phoenician Origins of the Britons, Scots, and Anglo-Saxons L. A. Waddell also ties this group of people to the Hittites (or Catti) people that accomplished wondrous feats of engineering and stone-work that still stand to this day..
(Lion Gate of Hattusa, the capital of Hittites)
You can also find a very nice lion gate in Mycenae.
It’s Greek to Me
These stones are massive and they have stood up to the test of time over the years. What mastery their masons must have had. The Greeks were constructing things that rival some of today’s great structures.
Before thinking that the Collosus of Rhodes is a “statue of liberty,” consider that no democracy has ever been able to function without slavery of some sort. They used the labor of conquered people and poorer citizens to create city-states of great wonder and beauty. The Greeks considered themselves to be a beacon of civilization in a dirty, wild world.
With the Greek alphabet, we can see that we share much in common with these democrats..
(fraternity)
With these letters, the Greeks were able to communicate extremely complex thoughts. They spread their histories, mythologies, and culture far and wide and passed it down through time. In order to better understand just how influential these things have been, it is necessary to discuss some elements of Greek mythology that I have not yet covered.
Gods and Titans
In the beginning there was the Sky (Uranus) and the Earth (Gaea). These two creator deities were not usually represented with images, especially human, as they represented ideas much larger than anthropomorphic gods. Through their intercourse they produced the Titans. But they also produced the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires, which were loathed by Uranus and he would not let them be born from the womb of Gaea. Because this caused the earth mother great distress, she asked her children (the Titans) to help her. Cronus was the youngest and he stepped up to the plate, castrated his father (so that he would stop producing), allowed for the monstrosities to be born and assumed the throne of power..
(The Mutiliation of Uranus by Saturn.. by Valari)
The Titans, led by Cronus, ruled over the Golden Age of man. Cronus kept the Cyclopes (plural of cyclops) imprisoned in Tartarus (Tatar Rus) until they were later freed by Zeus. They fashioned lightning bolts for him and helped him to overthrow Cronus.
These Cyclopes also created Poseidon’s trident, Artemis’s bow and arrows of moonlight, Apollo’s bow and arrows of sun rays, and Hades’s helmet of darkness that was given to Perseus on his quest to kill Medusa. According to a hymn of Callimachus,they were Hephaestus‘ (Vulcan’s) helpers at the forge. The Cyclopes were said to have built the “cyclopean” fortifications at Tiryns and Mycenae in the Peloponnese. The noises proceeding from the heart of volcanoes were attributed to their operations.
(see The I of Time)
Many believed that the Cyclopes (all-seeing eye) were the only creatures that were big enough and skilled enough to create the massive stone structures found around the world. This story, and much more, can be found accompanied by great works of art here: Tales of the Titans and the Rise of Zeus. The Greeks also had later epics that introduced us to some incredible warriors, poets, gods, and those somewhere in between..
Although most centaurs were widely regarded as being violent, rude drunks, Chiron (Chi Rho = XP) was considered to be a fine specimen, both intelligent and kind. Chiron was teacher (and lover) to the young Achilles. His tutelage allowed Achilles to become one of the most famed warriors in all of Greek lore.
In a recent movie adaptation of the Iliad, Achilles slays a giant man in one-on-one combat, causing their land and soldiers to become incorporated into the grand Greek army. They would need as many soldiers fighting for them as possible as they would set off to face a fierce, advanced enemy up north – The Trojans. The Trojan war was supposed to have been fought over one woman named Helen. Achilles would reluctanly play his part in sacking the great walled city. In the end, the walls were breached by trickery instead of by direct assault. The horse peace offering achieved victory in a way that ten years of battle could not.
The conquering Greeks were said to have thrown Trojan babies from the walls of Troy so that they would never rise up to challenge their authority. This is reminiscent of the stories of Cronus who was said to eat his own children in order to prevent them from overthrowing him.
(Saturn evolved into Satan)
Trojan women, including queens, were taken back by the kings as slaves and sex objects. It is said that some Trojans were able to escape the destruction and went off into exile to restart their civilization.
As time moved on, new powers arose and even the Greeks fell..
Wherever I May Rome
The Romans had the same gods, but called them by different names. Their gods are currently the names of our planets, with Zeus as Jupiter (Jew-piter) and Cronus as Saturn. Saturn, son of Hel or Helen, played a very important part in the life of the Romans. He was a god of strength, justice, and agriculture. Each year, the Romans would have a great holiday dedicated to Saturn..
(note the pine cone staff – see I of Time)
Saturnalia became one of the most popular Roman festivals. It was marked by tomfoolery and reversal of social roles, in which slaves and masters ostensibly switched places, with expectedly humourous results.
Saturnalia was introduced around 217 BC to raise citizen morale after a crushing military defeat. Originally celebrated for a day, on December 17, its popularity saw it grow until it became a week long extravaganza, ending on the 23rd. Efforts to shorten the celebration were unsuccessful. Augustus tried to reduce it to three days, and Caligula to five.
Saturnalia involved the conventional sacrifices, a couch (lectisternium) set out in front of the temple of Saturn and the untying of the ropes that bound the statue of Saturn during the rest of the year.. The celebrations included a school holiday, the making and giving of small presents (saturnalia et sigillaricia) and a special market (sigillaria).. It was a time to eat, drink, and be merry. The toga was not worn, but rather the synthesis, i.e. colorful, informal “dinner clothes”; and the pileus (freedman’s hat) was worn by everyone. Slaves were exempt from punishment, and treated their masters with (a pretense of) disrespect. The slaves celebrated a banquet: before, with, or served by the masters. Yet the reversal of the social order was mostly superficial; the banquet, for example, would often be prepared by the slaves, and they would prepare their masters’ dinner as well. It was license within careful boundaries; it reversed the social order without subverting it.
You don’t want to get too subversive when dealing with these folks..
As the empire expanded, new and interesting creatures were discovered and brought back to Rome for the royal families. Some exotic animals were kept for their novelty, some eaten for food, and others like cats, dogs, and horses became an integral part of society. One of my favorite creatures the Romans came across was found in Ireland..
(the Irish Wolfhound)
These are the tallest dogs in existence and were given their name because one of these can hunt down and easily kill fully grown wolves. Dogs such as these were also used in battle against the Romans as they invaded to the north. These dogs could strike fear into the heart of even the hardest of soldiers.
The Roman empire expanded too quickly and could not sustain its growth. As it declined, another group briefly came into prominence through cunning, brute force, and superior horsemanship..
The Huns
(The Hounds of Hell)
The Huns were great, feared warriors who were unified under Atilla. Although their empire grew to a great size, they never directly attacked Rome or Constantinople.
For clothes they had round caps, trousers or leggings made from goat skin, and either linen or rodent skin tunics. A symbol of status among the Huns was a gilded bow.
Variants of the Hun name are recorded in the Caucasus until the early 8th century.. While the Huns left descendants all over Eastern Europe, after the disintegration of the Hun Empire, they never regained their lost glory. One reason was that the Huns never fully established the mechanisms of a state, such as bureaucracy and taxes, unlike Bulgars, Magyars or the Golden Horde. Once disorganized, the Huns were absorbed by more organized polities. Like the Avars after them, once the Hun political unity failed there was no way re-create it, especially because the Huns had become a multiethnic empire under Attila. The Hun Empire included, at least nominally, a great host of diverse peoples, each of whom may be considered ‘descendants’ of the Huns. However, given that the Huns were a political creation, and not a consolidated people, or nation, their defeat in 454 marked the end of that political creation. Newer polities which later arose might have consisted of people formerly in the Hun confederacy, and carrying the same steppe cultures, but they were new political creations.
Many clans may have claimed to be Huns simply based on the prestige and fame of the name or it was attributed to them by outsiders describing their common characteristics, believed place of origin, or reputation. Similarly, Greek or Latin chroniclers may have used “Huns” in a more general sense, similar to the use of “barbarian“. Ammianus mentions that the Huns had no kings but were instead led by nobles. For serious matters they formed councils and deliberated from horseback.
Barb-Aryans
The Romans encountered much opposition as the drove into the lands to the north. The Roman army battles in Germania – from Gladiator. Listen to what the German man shouts before the battle.
They have neither Druids to preside over sacred offices, nor do they pay great regard to sacrifices. They rank in the number of the gods those alone whom they behold, and by whose instrumentality they are obviously benefited, namely, the sun, fire, and the moon; they have not heard of the other deities even by report. —The Gallic War by Julius Caesar (6.21)
Although this was once the case, many years of battles and occupation caused the people of Germania to start adopting different customs.
(not pictured: Sleipner, Odin’s 8-legged horse)
Heathens and Hel
Woden or Odin is the Germanic father God. He is considered a principal member of the Æsir (Norse Pantheon) and is associated with wisdom, war, battle, and death, and also magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt.. Odin was said to have hung from the world tree, pierced by his own spear for nine days, which allowed him to gain the knowledge of the nine worlds and also develop the runes. Odin also sacrificed one of his eyes in order to gain more divine knowledge. Odin is the king of the underworld and is even said to have traveled to Hel, the ninth world (and also a woman), while still alive. Reports of this place obviously vary.
Odin also had children, one of whom seems mighty familiar..
Thor battled against giants and could cast lightning bolts. This thunder is pictured above with blond hair, but he is usually said to be red-headed and bearded.
Another important character is Freyja, a beautiful, blue-eyed goddess. In an interesting twist, she is said to guard the tree of golden apples. When she is kidnapped by two giants, the gods all grow very old. Odin has to pay a hefty ransom in order to get the beautiful girl back. Freyja could be related to, or the same person as Frigg, the wife and mother goddess seen in certain Germanic peoples.
Among many other gods, there is also Tyr, or Tiew, possibly a son of Odin and god of single combat and glory.
When warriors die in battle, they are escorted off the playing field by the Valkyries. These beautiful women bring them to the hall of the slain where they prepare for the battle of Ragnarok, which is an Armageddon of sorts where the major gods all die in battle, the world is beset by a series of natural disasters and is finally submerged in water. Half of the fallen warriors go to Freyja’s hall, while the others go to Odin’s abode, Valhalla. But don’t worry too much.. after Ragnarok the world comes back fertile, a few people repopulate it, and the gods meet again.
In the battle Odin is prophesied to be consumed by a terrible wolf named Fenrir..
(Die unendliche Geschichte or The Neverending Story)
The stories and battles of these gods have been passed down to us over the years without us even realizing it. In fact, Tuesday is Tiew’s day, Wednesday is Odin’s Day, Thursday is Thor’s Day, and Friday is Frigg’s Day. How did this all happen? Well, I guess concessions had to be made..
Beowulf
Three hundred years after the birth of Christ, a subversive, anti-state religion had become quite popular. The government decided to co-opt this religion and establish its doctrine (dogma). This move seems to be a good one as the Catholic Church has existed in Rome unmolested since then. This new religion was then thrust upon the heathen world.
Ever will I Gods blaspheme, Freyja methinks a dog does seem, Freyja a dog? Aye! Let them be. Both dogs together Odin and she! Hjalti Skeggiason, an Icelander newly converted to Christianity.
Rage in a Cage
The “wild people” of Europe that did not submit to the will of Christian civilization were either killed or kept as slaves.
(Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.. who’s his barber?)
The word slave actually comes from the fact that Slavic people were often taken as slaves, although people of all colors and creeds were made to work against their will. Because of religious constraints on Christians and Muslims, the predominate slave traders were Jews. Muslims were well known for taking slaves and turning them into great warriors. Christians were obliged by law to free slaves if they converted to Christianity. As many slaves would do this and then go back to their heathen ways, this law was not always enforced.
In this environment there arose a group who openly worshiped (war shipped) the German gods..
Often thought of as behaving like pirates and barbarians, the Vikings were a group of seafaring Norsemen who used their great ships and warriors to capture a great deal of land and wealth. There is a theory that suggests that VIKings actually represented the 6 Kings of Israel and that these people were descended from the Tribe of Dan, one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. This is why Danes live in Denmark and the great river is named the Danube. It could also be that London means the Land of Dan.
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse’s heels, so that his rider falleth backward.
The Vikings explored great tracts of land in the Americas before Columbus ever set foot on the continent, but for some reason were unable or unwilling to colonize the area. But as I’ve never really come across a great Viking defeat, I can only assume that these people settled down with their treasures for a bit and established separate kingdoms.
The New World Order
Eventually the will for expansion became too great and the countries of Europe dedicated much of their resources to colonizing the globe. Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal all took much land in the New World. Many people who were being persecuted because of their religious and political beliefs jumped at the opportunity for a new start out in the wilderness. Others were probably forced to do so.
Great shipping companies arose and dominated the seas. Britain’s East India Trading Company was granted a monopoly and given special exemptions because of its relation to the crown. This cartel dominated the seas until they were opposed by great seamen known as pirates. Some of these sailors only had one eye and would fly an ominous flag..
Some pirate groups were able to amass such great wealth that they had to hide much of it. After battling on the seas for many years, some pirates would take to the land and try to live out the rest of their lives as gentry, often in the Americas.
The New World was “civilized” through many wars. The settlers fought the “Indians” in many brutal battles. Lord Jeffrey Amherst was also the first person known to have used biological warfare as he gave blankets infected with smallpox as a peace offering to a warring tribe. The different colonizing powers would often clash over borders and ally themselves with the native populations. Eventually, the British settlers decided to throw off the chains of their mother country and rebelled. It was only a small percentage of the people living in the country who were required to achieve this great feat.
Although many of the founding fathers of the United States of America were considered Christians, they were also Freemasons. Freemasonry is also known as “The Craft” among certain circles. These people perform certain rites and rituals in order to accomplish large-scale objectives and gain power. Their influence extends all across the world.
If God and the Devil were playing football, Manon would be the stadium that they played on.. Have you ever heard of invoking the spirit? It’s when you call him… Manon. It’s like… it’s like you take him into you. It’s like he fills you. He takes everything that’s gone wrong in your life and makes it all better again. – The Craft
Hunting the Devil
After taking over huge areas of land, the wealthiest people in Europe and the Americas would partake in certain sporting rituals..
Originally, rural communities could be devastated if predators were to steal their livestock. In order to protect their collective, everyone was required to join together and hunt down these predators. Eventually, this practice became a sport with certain rules and rituals. Although wolves were often hunted, there is a certain bushy-tailed creature that would often be running for his life..
(Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer)
The fox was often loathed as a smelly, terrible creature. In fact, “fox” is the only word in English that can translate directly to 666 as F is the 6th letter, O is the 15th (1+5=6), and X is the 24th (2+4..). Also interesting to note that the Quakers were founded by George Fox, Rupert Murdoch owns Fox, and the fox has been receiving some good PR in the popular culture..
(The fire fox on his Apple)
(bolts of Zeus on shovel and foxes on a Masonic checkerboard)
In Disney’s mythology, the fox becomes best friends with the hound. Interesting.
In Germany, hunting with hounds was first banned on the orders of Hermann Göring on July 3, 1934, one of the first laws to be introduced by the Nazis when they came to power in 1933. [14] In 1939, the ban was extended to cover Austria after Germany’s annexation of the country. Bernd Ergert, the director of Germany’s hunting museum in Munich, said of the ban, “The aristocrats were understandably furious, but they could do nothing about the ban given the totalitarian nature of the regime.”
Rise of the Nazis
It is hard for us to understand the mindset of the German people during this time as they had just come out of a terrible inflationary period. In a very short time, they revolutionized their industry and revived their culture. Many Americans, especially businessmen, wanted to join with the Nazis in their efforts (Business Plot). Many Americans are of German ancestry and others wanted to join with the Catholics in what they considered to be a holy war. Others, like the Irish, rooted for the Nazis simply because they wanted to see the destruction of their old enemy – the Brits. Interestingly enough, British said they were “bombing the Hun” when they did air raids over Germany.
After the war was concluded, it was revealed that the Nazis had been seeking to exterminate whole groups of people. Besides Sephardic Jews (dark-skinned), the Nazis particularly went after the Roma, also known as gypsies. Gypsies got their name because Europeans often thought that they had been descended from the ‘Gyptians. These human sacrifices later termed The Holocaust, which means “burnt offering.” It should be noted that there are some who argue that the Nazis actually kept very good care of their prisoners, but many died later in the war due to the Allied bombing of Nazi supply lines, starving a great many people to death. But if you question the official story of Nazis hating Jews so much that they killed 6 million of them and waged a global war over it, then you are a Holocaust denier, an anti-Semite, and likely a terrorist. But there are many things that need to be questioned about this war..
After the surrender of May 8, 1945 eliminated the threat of Nazi Germany, Patton was quick to assert the Soviet Union would cease to be an ally of the United States. He was concerned that some 25,000 American POWs had been liberated from POW camps by the Soviets, but never returned to the US. In fact, he urged his superiors to evict the Soviets from central and eastern Europe. Patton thought that the Red Army was weak, under-supplied, and vulnerable, and the United States should act on these weaknesses before the Soviets could consolidate their position. (Patton)
Not only were the Soviets allowed to rise from the ashes of the war as a major world power, but the Nazis were also able to save their core team. Many high level officers and scientists were secreted away to Brazil by the Catholic church, others were assimilated into the secret programs of the American government, and a significant military detachment was sent to Antarctica in order to regroup. There is some speculation as to whether or not the Nazis remained in Antarctica.
(Superman on the moon)
The above image is from Iron Sky. Definitely check out the trailer for this movie, as it is very well done.
After the war, many ex-Nazis and Nazi profiteers were able to keep the large fortunes they had amassed from their plunders. This includes gold, ancient artifacts, scientific knowledge, esoteric religious traditions, and so much more. One such example of this could be..
The Hunt Museum
In Limerick, Ireland the Hunt Museum holds a great deal of art and artifacts around the world. One of the major controversies concerning this museum is that these objects had been plundered by the Nazis during their occupation of Europe and other excursions around the world.
(there are other versions that feature a red lion killing a snake)
Hunts have been governors of Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, and Alabama. The surname boasts some professional athletes, inventors, industrialists, activists, ministers, and much more. The Hunt family can trace its lineage back to some of the earliest settlers of America and are believed to have been in England long before the Norman Invasion of 1066. (Hunt – House of Names)
Let’s briefly explore some interesting ‘coincidences’ surrounding this name.
“This fellow Hunt, he knows too damn much.” – Richard Nixon
E. Howard Hunt worked for the OSS and then its later incarnation, the CIA. He was instrumental in planning the anti-Castro efforts in Cuba and would later blame JFK for his lack of spine in seeing the job through, which obviously reflected poorly on Hunt. After the assasination of Catholic Kennedy, many people questioned Hunt’s involvement and tried to account for his presence in Dallas on that fateful day. After he ‘retired from the CIA’ in 1970, Hunt was quickly picked up by the Nixon administration. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, he was implicated in the Watergate scandal and sent to prison for 33 months. He was apparently bitter that he had to spend time behind bars while Nixon was allowed to resign. Hunt continued his life-long passion of writing and completed many novels before his death. On his deathbed, E. Howard Hunt released a tape to his son that explained his involvement in the JFK assassination and pointed a big finger at LBJ, the man who stood to gain the most from the death. The Last Confessions of E. Howard Hunt by Rolling Stone. You can also find the audio of the confession on Youtube.
(codename: Red Lion.)
Ethan Hunt: I’m part of an agency… called the IMF.
Julia: What’s that stand for?
Ethan Hunt: Impossible Mission Force.
Julia: [chuckles] Shut up.
American oil tycoon H. L. Hunt was once one of the wealthiest men in the world. One of his sons is Lamar Hunt who founded the American football league and the Kansas City Chiefs. Lamar’s brothers are Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt who famously cornered the world’s silver market in the late 1970’s and early 80’s after understanding the implications of the country moving to a fiat currency. They were able to drive the price of silver from around $11/ounce to $50/ounce. The Federal Reserve and governmental agencies (financial insiders) changed the rules of the game after the Hunts had purchased over half of the world’s silver supply, causing the brother’s to go bankrupt. Nelson Bunker Hunt is also a famous horse breeder and an important member of the John Birch Society. Oh yeah, he also owns Titan Resources Corp.
The above is from a popular British cop drama. The second character from the left is Gene Hunt, who is apparently violent and sexist, but also loyal and honest. From what I have read, he has turned into something of an unlikely sex symbol.
There is a man named Andrew D. Basiago who claims to have been part of government operations wherein he was exposed to jumpgates, time travel, and various other extreme technologies. In his story, he says that he actually visited the surface of Mars with a CIA operative named Courtney M. Hunt. (examiner article) (Red Ice interview)
Not ever story you come across is true, although some might be..
The Friction of Fiction
Although the Western religions of today do not openly reference the gods of old, we can still see them in movies, books, and that genre that lies somewhere in between..
One of the most fascinating comic book worlds is that of Marvel. Here is a bit of cosmology for you..
First the Phoenix created the stars, planets, as well as everything else in the universe. Many millennia later, the Phoenix created life-forms on those planets and watched them grow and prosper. However, as time went by, the civilizations grew more advanced and sophisticated, and soon became jealous of the Phoenix. They wanted its raw, unimaginable, and limitless power for themselves. Soon after, the inhabitants of the planets waged war upon the Phoenix, trying to control it, as well as its power. They amassed a great army, bringing together a hundred civilizations. But the Phoenix fought strongly for thousands of years until the life-forms found a way to imprison it since it couldn’t be killed. But as conventional methods could not imprison it, they created vortex to suck in the asteroids and planets around it, creating a spherical cage, but at a cost—the Phoenix would be trapped in it forever. As the millennia went by, the Phoenix Force’s cage began to evolve; oceans formed, mountains rose, plants grew and life-forms began to sprout upon it. Soon those life-forms evolved into humans and the cage in which the Phoenix resided became Earth. The Shi’Ar Church believed that the Phoenix was the very core of the Earth.
The Phoenix Force becomes united with the extremely powerful Jean Grey. It removes her inhibitions and allows her to become one of the most powerful beings imaginable. She dives into the heart of a star and consumes it, which inadvertently killed billions of people (aliens).
Jean Grey also dates Cyclops, who has two brothers – Vulcan and Havok.
(Vulcan in control, Havok in chains)
Marvel has groups called the Illuminati and the New World Order in their comic book universe, but there are honestly too many stories and too many syncs to cover here. But before finishing up this section, I would like to point out one more group..
While most “people” on earth were still cave-dwellers, the royal Inhuman family already existed. They had been an experiment by the alien Kree, who had a position on Uranus, to create heroes to help in their battle against the shape-shifting, reptilian Skrulls. The Inhumans reside in Attilan, their secret city that actually becomes a giant spaceship that allows them to relocate in times of chaos.
Feliz Navi-dad
Avatar recently came out and will be affecting the consciousness of many people this holiday season. The plot is that a government/corporation (fascist state) wishes to plunder the resources of a lush planet called Pandora. In order to do so, they must remove the blue-skinned native population known as Navi (see True Blue).
In order to infiltrate the Navi, the technological gods create a human-Navi hybrid known as an avatar. The marine that inhabits the avatar originally is intent on serving the corporate interests, but has a change of heart after he is accepted by the Navi.
The word avatar comes from the name given to the blue-skinned gods of the Hindu religion. These were a race of beings who brought their civilization to the people of India long ago. To truly understand our origins, this is where we must look, as their history has remained relatively unbroken throughout the thousands of years since the Aryans first appeared. The words for mother, father, and horse are all the same (or very similar) in Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin.
As an aside, it is funny that everyone is talking so much about the Maya and their calendar these days. To a Hindu, Maya means the illusory world that is intended to keep us from discovering the truth.
The Hunter Man
The Vedas indicate that the Aryan race came from the North Pole (think red-white candy canes). But where before then? Did they come out of Africa like the other hominids? Maybe not.
Some theories indicate the Aryans are actually Orions, having traveled to earth from a distant planet. Some of this race rebelled against their leadership, mated with the indigenous people (producing hu-mans), and even fought on their side in the various conflicts.
For an explanation of the above image, visit KeyOfSolomon.net. Wayne Herschel discusses some information that was conveniently left out of Dan Brown’s Masonic-praising book about the lost symbol. Basically, he shows that the symbol for Ra is not supposed to represent the sun, but rather a certain star, and gives some clues as to how to decipher the ancient mysteries.
I’m burning very hot right now, but this will not always be the case. It is up to you to light your flame and carry the torch. There is much that still needs to be (re)discovered, great battles to fight, and many revelations yet to come, but there is only one you. Become who you were born to be.
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How to Digitally Record/Video a UFO sighting:
Como registar digitalmente ou gravar um vídeo de um avistamento de um UFO:
Stabilize the camera on a tripod. If there is no tripod, then set it on top of a stable, flat surface. If that is not possible lean against a wall to stabilize your body and prevent the camera from filming in a shaky, unsteady manner.
Estabilize a camera com um tripé. Se não tiver um tripé, então coloque-a em cima de uma superfície estável. Se não for possível, então encoste-se a uma parede para estabilizar o corpo e evitar que a camera registe de maneira tremida e instável.
Provide visual reference points for comparison. This includes the horizon, treetops, lampposts, houses, and geographical landmarks (i.e., Horsetooth Reservoir, Mt. Adams, etc.) Provide this in the video whenever is appropriate and doesn’t detract from what your focus is, the UFO.
Forneça pontos visuais de referência para comparação. Isso inclui o horizonte, cimo das árvores, postes de iluminação, pontos de referência geográficos (como o Reservatório de Horsetooth, Mone Adams, etc) Forneça esses pontos no vídeo sempre que for apropriado e não se distraia do que é o seu foco, o UFO/a Nave.
Narrate your videotape. Provide details of the date, time, location, and direction (N,S,E,W) you are looking in. Provide your observations on the weather, including approximate temperature, windspeed, any visible cloud cover or noticeable weather anomalies or events. Narrate on the shape, size, color, movements, approximate altitude of the UFO, etc and what it appears to be doing. Also include any unusual physical, psychological or emotional sensations you might have. Narrate any visual reference points on camera so they correlate with what the viewer will see, and thereby will be better able to understand.
Faça a narração do vídeo. Forneça pormenores sobre a data, hora, local e direcção (Norte, Sul, Este, Oeste) que está a observar. Faça observações sobre as condições atmosféricas, incluindo a temperatura aproximada, velocidade do vento, quantidade de nuvens, anomalias ou acontecimentos meteorológicos evidentes. Descreva a forma, o tamanho, a cor, os movimentos, a altitude aproximada onde se encontra o UFO/nave, etc e o que aparenta estar a fazer. Inclua também quaisquer aspectos pouco habituais de sensações físicas, psicológicas ou emocionais que possa ter. Faça a narração de todos os pontos de referência visual que o espectador irá ver e que, deste modo, será capaz de compreender melhor.
Be persistent and consistent. Return to the scene to videotape and record at this same location. If you have been successful once, the UFO sightings may be occurring in this region regularly, perhaps for specific reasons unknown, and you may be successful again. You may also wish to return to the same location at a different time of day (daylight hours) for better orientation and reference. Film just a minute or two under “normal” circumstances for comparison. Write down what you remember immediately after. As soon as you are done recording the experience/event, immediately write down your impressions, memories, thoughts, emotions, etc. so it is on the record in writing. If there were other witnesses, have them independently record their own impressions, thoughts, etc. Include in this exercise any drawings, sketches, or diagrams. Make sure you date and sign your documentation.
Seja persistente e não contraditório. Volte ao local da cena e registe o mesmo local. Se foi bem sucedido uma vez, pode ser que nessa região ocorram avistamentos de UFOs/naves com regularidade, talvez por razões específicas desconhecidas, e talvez possa ser novamente bem sucedido. Pode também desejar voltar ao mesmo lugar a horas diferentes do dia (durante as horas de luz)para ter uma orientação e referência melhor. Filme apenas um ,inuto ou dois em circunstâncias “normais” para ter um termo de comparação. Escreva tudo o que viu imediatamente após o acontecimento. Logo após ter feito o registo da experiência/acontecimento, escreva imediatamente as impressões, memórias, pensamentos, emoções, etc para que fiquem registadas por escrito. Se houver outras testemunhas, peça-lhes para registar independentemente as suas próprias impressões, pensamentos, etc. Inclua quaisquer desenhos, esbolos, diagramas. Certifique-se que data e assina o seu documento/testemunho.
Always be prepared. Have a digital camera or better yet a video camera with you, charged and ready to go, at all times. Make sure you know how to use your camera (and your cell phone video/photo camera) quickly and properly. These events can occur suddenly, unexpectedly, and often quite randomly, so you will need to be prepared.
Esteja sempre preparado, Tenha sempre uma camera digital, melhor ainda, uma camera vídeo consigo, carregada e pronta a usar sempre que necessário. Certifique-se que sabe como lidar com a sua camera (ou com o seu celular/camera fotográfica) rápida e adequadamente. Esses acontecimentos podem acontecer súbita e inesperadamente e, por vezes, acidentalmente, por isso, necessita estar preparado.
Look up. Be prepared. Report. Share.
Olhe para cima, Esteja preparado, Relate, Partilhe.
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