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against heaven, the system of the Universe was totally disordered. The Sun was eclipsed, planets altered their course, and the grand harmony of nature was disturbed.” (Astronomical Revelations, p. 225) The cavities in which rest the Great Lakes have been attributed to the ice-sheet, but it is difficult to com- prehend how an ice-sheet could dig out and root out a hole, as in the case of Lake Superior, nine hun- dred feet deep! And, if it did this, why were there not similar holes excavated wherever there were ice sheets? (p. 69) In recalling his researches on the comet that brought on the Dark Ages, Robert Stanley, the noted editor of Unicus magazine, related to us that they indicate “that the early Christian influence in Ireland was readily accepted because of the wide-spread, sky-born disaster that affected Europe, starting in 531 A.D. It caused the skies to be dark for years and brought on the fall of the Roman Empire. They stated that the Irish accepted the teachings of hell by the migrant missionary St. Patrick because they had already lived through a type of hell on Earth. (p. 110) “’,..the earth raged with uncommon violence during the reign of Justinian. Each year is marked by the repetition of earthquakes, such of duration, that Constantinople has been shaken above forty days; of such extent that the shock has been communicated to the whole surface of the globe, or at least the Roman Empire. An impulsive or vibratory motion was felt, enormous chasms were opened, huge and heavy bodies were discharged into the air, the sea alternatively advanced and retreated beyond its ordi- nary bounds, and a mountain was torn from Libanus, and cast into the waves...Two hundred and fifty thousand persons are said to have perished in the earthquake of Antioch, whose domestic multitudes were swelled by the conflux to the festival of Ascension.” (p. 113) The fatal disease which depopulated the earth in the time of Justinian and his successors, first appeared in the neighborhood of Pelusium, between the Serbonian bog and the eastern channel of the Nile. From thence, tracing as it were a double path, it spread to the East over Syria, Persia, and the Indies, and pen- etrated into the West along the coast of Africa, and over the continent of Europe. (p. 115) Dinosaurs It has been wondered why, if comet impact caused the extinction of the Dinosaurs, why did it not do the same for other contemporary creatures. It is therefore, conjectured that the comets that descended to earth were bringers of lethal infections from bacteria, but that only certain creatures would be suscepti- ble to the contagion. Halley’s comet is especially to the idea. “The visible decrease extended far beyond Justinian’s reign. It is clear through the Dark Ages, and the main cause seems to have been the multitude of celestial attacks heaved against the medieval genera- tions.” (p. 118) 232 Appendix B: Book Abstracts The Great Lakes The Irish and Christianity The Age of Justinian Fatal Plagues Annals of the Four Masters Many of these disturbances were seen in Ireland and are recorded in the Annals of Ulster. Modern astronomers confirm that the sightings were factual. (p. 118) Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation