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The results of special studies of current ice actions and charac- _ ing images of, on the one hand, a slow-acting theoretical agency— teristics also support such doubts, and generally indicate that vari- ice—operating primarily in polar and sub-polar latitudes, with, on ous theoretical actions long attributed to Pleistocene ice-sheets the other hand, highly disruptive sudden activities exhibiting well- either never occurred or were at best exceedingly limited. documented global ramifications. In unmistakably reflecting cata- Certainly, ice did not operate on the hemispheric scale implied by _strophic conditions, the scale and extent of the latter demand iden- the known geological phenomena. tification of a suitable underlying cause which initiated all such Irrespective of those phenomena's significance, however, sci- _ effects. ence has shown that it developed dur- ing a time of other tremendous Earth ly large number of Earth scientists disturbances. These included mas- have repeatedly concluded that, as sive crustal fissuring, both above and It has, furthermore, been Earth is apparently incapable of pro- below sea-level; the uplift (often vio- i ducing such fundamental distur- lent) of many of the Earth's greatest established that mal ny northern bances of its own volition, those of mountain ranges to their present ele- areas formerly believed to have late Pleistocene times must, a priori, vations; widespread seismic and vol- 4 have been occasioned by a powerful canic eruptions causing acute atmos- F been ove rridden by these force acting upon the globe external- pheric pollution; extensive crustal Pleistocene ice-sheets, themselves ly. An independent cosmic agency is subsidence elsewhere; and the emp- . : required. tying and displacement of seas and conceived of as thousands of feet | Others have explored this idea lakes and the destruction of older thick, were never glaciated at all. before, but never completely success- drainage systems. fully. Errant comets, asteroids and Worldwide evidence of bone- giant meteors have been amongst the packed caves and rock-fissures, fre- candidates proposed. Recent NASA quently containing contemporary but faunistically and climatically space explorations and other astronomical discoveries reveal that incompatible creatures, not only emphasises the catastrophic _none of these bodies possesses sufficient power to engender such nature of these events, but also strongly indicates an alteration _ widespread terrestrial disruption. This is a fact ably demonstrated then to the tilt of the Earth's axis. in our book, When the Earth Nearly Died, wherein the culprit is Curiously, although reliably dated as generally of very late _ identified as having almost certainly been a dangerous, highly- Pleistocene age, these dramatic changes are seldom linked in the charged fragment of an astronomically close supernova explosion popular view with the ice age concept, for to do so unites conflict- around 17,000 years ago. Evidence exists for just such an explo- It is noteworthy that an unexpected- ing images of, on the one hand, a slow-acting theoretical agency— ice—operating primarily in polar and sub-polar latitudes, with, on the other hand, highly disruptive sudden activities exhibiting well- documented global ramifications. In unmistakably reflecting cata- strophic conditions, the scale and extent of the latter demand iden- tification of a suitable underlying cause which initiated all such effects. We have previously noted that the Moon _—“ Fig 1b, which represents a te being fanciful, are almost certainly genuine appears to have formerly circled Earth interval of several days, shows a still large- if poetic accounts of what was actually more closely than it does today—probably ly unchanged Earth circled by the Moon on seen. The following conjectural interpreta- ° at no very remote time either. Fig. la its pre-catastrophic orbit, but with Phaeton tions (Figs. lc and 1d) graphically outline shows the Moon moving along this nearer and Kingu now nearing Earth as they what may have been observed in Earth's orbit round an Earth spinning from west to attempt to fly past the Earth/Moon system — skies then. east on a nearly vertical axis. Phaeton and on their sunward journey, Electromagnetic —_ Fig. 1c, which represents the probable the smaller Kingu (Tiamat’s moon) exchanges between all these bodies would _ situation after a further interval of a day or approach the Earth/Moon system from the have steadily increased from this point, two, shows Phaeton and Kingu set on a direction of Mars on their disruptive jour- resulting irfan electrically enhanced terres- path that will take them inside the Moon's ney. For the sake of clarity, the minor but trial atmosphere, an intensification of mag- _ orbit and to one side of the Earth's northern still dangerous lesser objects accompany- _ netic storms, and a general rise in the tem- zenith, To Earthbound observers their ing Phaeton and Kingu are omitted from peratures of both Earth's atmosphere and course was running contrary to Earth's rota- this and the following diagrams. hy here. tion—as specifically mentioned in Ovid's Special note should also be taken of the As Hindu traditions correctly affirm, account of the disaster. Earth/Moon gravi- Roche zone shown enveloping Earth, In Phaeton was “a dreadful spectacle". tation now begins to affect the course of due course, we shall see how the zone Multifarious changes could, of course, be the intruders, while Earth, tilting axially played a very important part towards the expected in an object like Phaeton. from the vertical, starts to align itself later stages of the Phaeton disaster. Traditional references to them, far from towards Phaeton and Kingu. fo = Earth's orbit around Sun pom = pre-catastrophic orbit of Moon (Marduk) LRZ = Limit of Roche Zone of Earth 12 © NEXUS FEBRUARY - MARCH 1995