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Gertrudes
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Very interesting explanation of the development of astrology.
I'm thinking of the book "New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection", where Baillie (author), a dendochronologist, makes insightful connections between the shape and composition of tree rings from the time of the black death, and the strong presence of cometary debris. It seems that the skies were indeed very different back then.
In "New Light on the Black Death" Baillie also establishes very compelling connections between ancient gods, and the presence of comets. As he explains, it seems that the popular Chinese dragon might have been the representation of a comet itself. Now, after having read the above excerpts mentioning how the Chinese have so closely kept track of cosmic changes, it is no wonder that such a figure would have survived with such a strong presence until today. The image of a flame expelling dragon with a long tail also goes very well with the image of a comet.
Also, our famous King Arthur might have been, from his findings, a comet itself. I'll have to dig up the relevant book quote on that.
In any case, and not wanting to digress from the book that is currently being discussed, what is really fascinating is how all of these myths with gods and legendary figures whose actions greatly affect humanity and that can often be seen with contempt, as if they were simply inventions of superstitious primitives, seem to be rather faithful descriptions of a very different reality, and very likely extremely important cues as to what really happened.
I'm thinking of the book "New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection", where Baillie (author), a dendochronologist, makes insightful connections between the shape and composition of tree rings from the time of the black death, and the strong presence of cometary debris. It seems that the skies were indeed very different back then.
In "New Light on the Black Death" Baillie also establishes very compelling connections between ancient gods, and the presence of comets. As he explains, it seems that the popular Chinese dragon might have been the representation of a comet itself. Now, after having read the above excerpts mentioning how the Chinese have so closely kept track of cosmic changes, it is no wonder that such a figure would have survived with such a strong presence until today. The image of a flame expelling dragon with a long tail also goes very well with the image of a comet.
Also, our famous King Arthur might have been, from his findings, a comet itself. I'll have to dig up the relevant book quote on that.
In any case, and not wanting to digress from the book that is currently being discussed, what is really fascinating is how all of these myths with gods and legendary figures whose actions greatly affect humanity and that can often be seen with contempt, as if they were simply inventions of superstitious primitives, seem to be rather faithful descriptions of a very different reality, and very likely extremely important cues as to what really happened.
