SPACE & PARANORMAL ANOMALIES
Mysterious Happenings
with Earths Gravity
Is the gravitic
center of the earth above us, not below us?
Bizarre things going on with
the Sun and the properties of light in space
( And Our Double Sun? ).
Electrical Ghosts by
Vincent Gaddis
Vast Cubic Prison in Space surrounding us?
MORE
FASCINATING ARTICLES ;
http://soundofstars.org/explorations.htm
http://soundofstars.org/explorations.htm#articles
Mysterious
Happenings with Earths Gravity
On July 19, Gerald Ollman and Robert Wayne,
two researchers from the
University of Maryland geophysics department
were detained in Fort
Meade, Maryland, apparently by agents of the
National Security Agency,
whilst taking measurements of the Earth's
gravitational field. After
18 hours of questioning, they were released
after being instructed not
to discuss the incident. Their equipment and
results were not
returned.
Neither the University nor the NSA has
commented on the incident.
However, it is believed that Ollman and Wayne
were investigating a
slight anomaly in the Earth's gravitational
field centered around Fort
Meade. No reason has been given for their
detention.
http://www.ufoupdateslist.com/digest/DIGEST34.TXT
Earth's "Center of Gravity" - Up or
Down?
http://www.newphysics.se/archives/keelynet/unclass/center1.txt
Why was it that at the turn of the century,
the Geodetic Survey
Department of both the French and United
States governments made
certain tests which upset the Copernican
theory, then DECIDED
THAT THEY SHOULD BE KEPT SECRET? What,
actually, were these tests, and should they be repeated today, under the most
severe test
conditions?
(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2,
BM=2)
Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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April 20,
1991
CENTER1.ASC
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Taken from Flying Saucers magazine - February 1965
Courtesy of Ron Barker Co-Sysop of KeelyNet
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Vangard notes...
This article challenges the teachings of modern science. Ron
and
I were running off some disks and going through an old
batch of books which Ron had saved from the 60's. We
came
across many astounding articles of which this is one.
Modern physics has come up with the term, the "Fifth
Force"
(repulsion) to explain such phenomena. Yet as you will see,
it
does not explain how the repelling effect can extend over
large distances as in the dual mine shaft
version of the
experiment. The Eotvos experiment also
relates to this
phenomenon.
To
date, the repelling phenomenon's most rational explanation
is
that of the Koreshan Society, that we live in a
hollow
spherical chamber. As bizarre and totally insane
as this
might sound, it could have merit as you will see.
We
suggest you also download the file KORESH1.ZIP for a modern
day
article on this belief. The wild thing in that article
(from
OMNI) is that they do not GIVE
DETAILS OF THE
EXPERIMENTS as this paper does.
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Earth's "Center of Gravity" - Up or Down?
Why was it
that at the turn of the century, the Geodetic Survey
Department
of both the French and United States governments made
certain
tests which upset the Copernican theory, then DECIDED
THAT THEY
SHOULD BE KEPT SECRET?
What,
actually, were these tests, and should they be repeated
today,
under the most severe test conditions?
If you've ever watched a
bricklayer at work, you've seen him use a
plumb bob to determine
the perpendicular so that his wall will be
erect and
straight. A plumb bob is simply a weight suspended on the
end of a
cord. It acts on the principle of the
attraction of
gravity, or mass, and
the weight always points toward the center of
gravity, which in
the case of the spherical Earth is its exact
center.
A line formed by the
cord of a plumb bob is at precisely a right
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angle from the
horizontal. It is a division of a plane surface into
two 90 degree
angles. By simply laying his bricks parallel to the
line of the
plumb bob, the bricklayer builds a
wall that is
precisely erect.
If he did not use a plumb bob, there would be many
more leaning towers of
Pisa in the world.
However, the plumb bob
is not used only to erect buildings, but it
is used to measure the
distance of the sun. Or any planet. This is
done by measuring
a precise horizontal distance on the Earth (which
is naturally a curve,
because the Earth is round), and since we know
the circumference of the
Earth, the distance around it, thus we can
calculate an exact
base for our proposed triangle to be used in
measuring the distance
of the sun.
Then, by use of a
sectant, we can "shoot the sun" from both ends of
this base line, and get
a pair of angles which are slightly less
than 90 degree angles
because they are obviously not parallel to the
perpendicular as
determined by the plumb bob.
We know that, given one
side of a triangle, and two of its angles,
we can calculate
the length of the other two sides. Thus, we can
tell how far the sun is
from the Earth.
It isn't quite this
simple, because we don't know the precise size
of the Earth,
(written in 1965), and thus, the
difference in
parallelness of the two
perpendiculars we have achieved at both ends
of our base line.
It should be
obvious to the reader that since the plumb bobs point
AT THE CENTER OF THE
EARTH, lines projected TO the center of the
Earth WOULD MEET AT THAT
CENTER, and likewise, lines projected into
space would continually
move FURTHER APART.
Thus we have a great
interest in exactly HOW FAR IT IS TO THE CENTER
OF THE EARTH,
in order to be ABSOLUTELY SURE of our two important
angles in FIGURING
PLANETARY DISTANCES.
Sometime prior to 1901,
the French Government, wishing to determine
more accurately
the ACTUAL SIZE OF THE EARTH, so that they could
revise and refine
their calculations regarding the DISTANCE TO THE
SUN, hit on a way to
measure the difference in distance apart at the
top of two lines
perpendicular to the surface of the Earth and the
bottom of those same two
lines.
They wanted a pair of
lines long enough to give them an appreciable
measurement.
Obviously they could not erect two parallel poles a
mile high, but they did
feel they could SUSPEND two plumb bobs A
MILE DEEP INTO
A MINE SHAFT, and thus be able to
MEASURE THE
DISTANCE APART AT
THE TOP AND THE DISTANCE APART AT THE BOTTOM,
which WOULD BE SLIGHTLY
LESS (at the bottom). They wanted to know
exactly HOW MUCH LESS.
The result of these
tests were VERY STRANGE. So strange that the
French Geodetic
scientists contacted the scientists of the American
Geodetic Survey and
conveyed their results to them, with the request
that similar tests be
conducted in this country.
Officially, NOTHING WAS
DONE FOR SOME YEARS. But in 1901, one of
the Geodetic surveyors
happened to be working in the vicinity of the
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Tamarack mines
near Calumet, Michigan. He contacted the
chief
engineer at
Tamarack, and informed him of the
information
transmitted by the
French government.
Two mine shafts
were selected, and plumb lines EXACTLY 4,250 feet
long were suspended IN
EACH MINE.
At the end
of these lines a SIXTY POUND BOB was hung. In order to
PREVENT MOVEMENT
THROUGH A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, each bob
was
suspended in a tank of
oil placed at the bottom of the mine shafts.
In this way, it was
reasoned, MAGNETIC FORCES COULD NOT AFFECT THEM.
The lines used
to suspend the bobs were No. 24 piano wires. For
twenty-four hours the
lines were allowed to hang, so that there
would be NO POSSIBILITY
OF MOVEMENT from putting them in place still
remaining in the
lines. The measurements were begun.
It was then
that it was discovered that the
French Geodetic
engineers had NOT MADE A
MISTAKE. Careful re-checking proved that
the lines,
CONTRARY TO EXPECTATIONS, were FARTHER
APART AT THE
BOTTOM THAN AT THE TOP!!
There can be only ONE
IMPLICATION to such a strange result - the
center of gravity is
not, as previously believed, at the center of
the Earth, but
in fact, IT MUST BE ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH,
SOMEWHERE IN SPACE!!!
If these two lines,
formed by the suspended plumb lines, were to be
EXTENDED UPWARD, they
would MEET SOMEWHERE in the void AWAY FROM THE
EARTH, and that point,
BY ALL THE RULES OF GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION,
SHOULD BE THE CENTER OF
GRAVITY OF THIS PLANET!
Greatly puzzled,
and not a little disturbed, the Tamarack engineer
sent for Professor
McNair of the Michigan College of Mines. With
McNair there to check
his results, the experiment was repeated, the
measurements gone over
again, and BOTH MEN WERE CONVINCED NO ERROR
HAD BEEN MADE.
Professor McNair
suggested that the plumb bobs be changed to a NON-
MAGNETIC metal to
overcome ANY POSSIBILITY OF MAGNETIC ATTRACTION OR
REPULSION DUE TO A
MAGNETIC ORE BODY NEARBY.
But when this
was done, the SAME FIGURES WERE ARRIVED AT.
If
magnetic influences had
been at work, they would HAVE VARIED WITH
DIFFERENT METALS,
BUT T H E Y D I D N O T !!
Now, suggested
McNair, it would be a good idea to
PREVENT AIR
CURRENTS from traveling
up and down the mine shafts which might be
affecting the plumb
lines. Thus, both mine shafts were SEALED AT
THE TOP. Once more
THE FIGURES REMAINED THE SAME.
After trying many
methods to vary the figures AND FAILING, Professor
McNair gave up in
COMPLETE BEWILDERMENT.
These series of
tests had not gone on in complete secrecy, and it
was inevitable
that news of them leaked out. It
leaked to a
reporter of the
Milwaukee (Wisconsin) SENTINEL, who published the
story.
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It stated the crux of
the situation as follows :
"The
wires were supposed to hang parallel to each other (the
reporter made an error here, THEY SHOULD HAVE
HUNG CLOSER
TOGETHER AT THE BOTTOM), but were FARTHER APART
BELOW THE
SURFACE than they were AT THE SURFACE and no one has suggested
anything that seems to cover the question."
Professor McNair, when
questioned, stated for publication that he
had proved that magnetic
attraction from the Earth or the sides of
the shaft DID NOT CAUSE
THE STRANGE DIVERGENCE.
Then he went
back to the Michigan College of Mines and wiped the
whole thing from his
mind. Apparently this is true, for he made NO
EFFORT to contact his
colleagues or scientists to call attention to
the fact that
WHAT THEY WERE TEACHING about GRAVITATION and plumb
lines DID NOT ACTUALLY
HOLD TRUE WHEN PUT TO A CONCLUSIVE FIELD
TEST.
However, we can
forgive Professor McNair for his reluctance to
pursue the matter
further, because its implications ARE TREMENDOUS
INDEED. They are
totally SHATTERING TO OUR CONCEPT OF THE UNIVERSE,
and in fact, if they can
be made to hold true, MAKE A SHAMBLES OF
ALL OUR PHYSICAL
SCIENCES.
Obviously Professor
McNair was unwilling to so upset his daily
routine. Nor were
the United States and French governments - for as
the French put it,
".....the value of the franc will
remains unchanged, and
bridges and buildings can still be built, SO WHY MAKE AN
ISSUE OF IT??"
However, Professor
Hallock of Columbia University was of a different
mind. He
heard of the experiment through a
professor at the
Michigan College.
He held that this actually WAS ATTRACTION UPON
THE PLUMB LINES,
and in a very astute article, told how easily the
matter could be settled
by USING PHOSPHOR BRONZE WIRES instead of
piano wires, and LEAD
BOBS for iron bobs.
The Tamarack engineer,
delighted to clear his mind of its confusion,
followed these
instructions to the letter - and came
up with
PRECISELY THE SAME
MEASUREMENTS as before.
When Professor
Hallock was informed of this result, he retired into
a dignified and stony
silence. Not so the Tamarack engineer. He
had decided that
something was causing this phenomena, and he was
going to find out what
it was.
Plumb bobs suspended IN
A SINGLE MINE gave TOO DELICATE A DIFFERENCE
in measurement,
and after all, WERE NOT ACCURATE ENOUGH to give any
reliable figures ON THE
AMOUNT OF DEVIATION, (for instance, per
mile), and whether or
not the deviation had ANY RELATION TO THE SIZE
OF THE EARTH.
After all, it had originally
been the purpose of the French Geodetic
Survey to REFINE THE
ACTUAL SIZE OF THE EARTH AS THEN KNOWN (late
1800's) to a
more accurate figure. They had something in mind
concerning artillery, as
well as astronomy.
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A second series of
experiments were conducted at Calumet (Michigan).
This time TWO
ELEVATOR SHAFTS into the mine were used INSTEAD OF
ONE, those numbered two
and five.
These two were 4,250
feet APART, and were also 4,250 feet DEEP.
They were connected at
the bottom by a perfectly straight transverse
tunnel.
Now, plumb bobs were
hung in each shaft, and measurements were made.
This time it was found
that the plumb lines were 8.22 inches FARTHER
APART AT THE BOTTOM of
the pit than at the top.
It did not
take the Tamarack engineer long to discover that this
figure exactly
represents the DIVERGENCE THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO
COMPLETE A 360 DEGREE
SPHERICAL CIRCUMFERENCE. (in other words, a
SHELL OF FORCE AROUND
THE EARTH)
There was only one
difficulty - as expressed by the plumb lines, it
would be the
CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE INSIDE OF A SPHERE AND NOT THE
OUTSIDE!!
Further, the center of
gravity, as expressed by the angles formed by
the plumb lines, would
be approximately 4,000 MILES OUT IN SPACE!!
Obviously THIS COULD NOT
BE TRUE, because if the Chinese were to
make calculations based
on a similar pair of mine shafts in their
country, on the
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GLOBE, the center of gravity
would be found to be
4000 miles IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!!
The center of gravity,
according to the plumb lines, was a SPHERE'S
SURFACE, some 16,000
MILES IN DIAMETER!!
ANY PLACE, 4,000 MILES
UP, WAS THE CENTER OF GRAVITY!!
Can we blame the
Tamarack engineer for going down in his mine and
maintaining a grim
silence FROM THAT MOMENT ON??
A United States Geodetic
Survey crew for two years conducted further
experiments, among
them measuring the surface of a long lake in
Florida on the theory
that WATER CONFORMS TO THE TRUE CURVATURE OF
THE EARTH'S SURFACE,
REGARDLESS OF HOW THE LAND MAY BE, thus giving
A TRUE LEVEL
- only to find that WATER CURVED
UPHILL IN EACH
DIRECTION RATHER THAN
DOWNHILL!!
Can we blame them for
deciding that to give these startling figures
to the world
would HAVE NO BEARING ON THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS of
life, and was
therefore BEST FORGOTTEN, since an exploration was
BEYOND THEM??
However, others were
making similar experiments, among them a mystic
named Koresh (Cyrus
Teed), who claimed he was the Christ, come for
the second time.
In spite of his mysticism, his scientific
measurements and
experiments were NOT IN THE LEAST MYSTIC.
He used the plumb bob to
great advantage, for proof that the Earth's
curvature was THE
REVERSE of that USUALLY ACCEPTED AS TRUE, and
thus claimed that
WE LIVED ON THE INSIDE OF THE GLOBE, RATHER THAN
THE OUTSIDE!!
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He accounted for the
sun, the planets, the stars, the moon, gravity,
etc. in a very
elaborate set of theories, but in spite of this, his
discoveries also went by
the board, and are scarecely remembered
today, and NEVER MENTIONED
IN SCIENTIFIC CIRCLES.
Yet, the facts
remain. Plumb lines are FARTHER APART AT THE BOTTOM
THAN AT THE TOP.
What does it mean? What is wrong with our concept
of gravity, mass,
electro-magnetism, the Earth's size and shape, our
position in
relation to other bodies in space, the VERY NATURE OF
PHYSICAL REALITY?
From this point on, in
this article, we will deviate from facts, and
merely theories.
We ask no one to take what we say seriously, as
being presented as an
explanation.
The statements we
will make we make ONLY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF
ARGUMENT, and
possibly to point a way toward further experiment in
an effort to solve the
mystery.
First, the Earth
is a sphere (with certain very minor
irregularities).
We live on the outside of it.
The Moon circles
the Earth, and the Earth circles the Sun. Some
force holds them
all in orbit and in their relationships to each
other. It is said
that gravitation is that force.
It is said the Moon's
orbit is maintained because the attraction of
mass of both bodies is
exactly counterbalanced by CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.
The Earth system is
maintained in its orbit about the sun by the
same delicate balance.
Could it be that THERE
IS NO SUCH THING AS "ATTRACTION OR MASS?"
Would not such
a quality in mass have resulted, eons ago, in the
whole Universe being
GATHERED TOGETHER IN ONE CRUSHING SINGLE BODY?
Some scientists say this
is what DID HAPPEN, and that there was a
resultant terrific
explosion (the Big Bang theory), and that the
Universe is NOW
EXPANDING (as proved, they say by the "red shift"
which shows the distant
galaxies to be receding in every direction
at a CONSTANTLY
INCREASING SPEED, the more distant ones
just
recently discovered at
something like 90,000 miles per second).
Does not this
increasing speed DISPROVE THEIR OWN THEORY, because
shouldn't the speed of
RETREAT FROM THE CENTRAL POINT (strangely
enough our own
solar system!) DECREASE as greater distances were
reached? (the inverse
square law)
If there is
no such thing as attraction of mass, then we are not
bothered with any center
of it.
Could it be that the
presence of mass (regardless of properties)
merely causes A
DISTORTION IN ITS IMMEDIATE AREA, such as
the
curvature of light
noted (as predicted by Albert Einstein) around
the sun during a solar
eclipse?
Thus, wouldn't a
plumb line be deviated IN PROXIMITY WITH MASS
simply BY REASON OF THE
INTENSIFICATION of that mysterious agent of
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creation, an
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELD? The best theory of creation to
date is the
theory of an electro-magnetic field being placed in
rotation, and thus
the DRIVING TO ITS CENTER, in a
literal
CONDENSATION PROCESS,
OF MATTER, to form the central body of a
planet.
Anyone who has
watched a whirlpool, or a whirlwind, has noted the
POLAR "HOLES"
IN BOTH ENDS. If the Earth was so formed, would it
not be MANDATORY
that it have A HOLE AT BOTH POLES, AND POSSIBLY
EVEN BE HOLLOW?
Do all planets
have such holes? Do we see evidence of them in the
polar caps (clouds
hiding the opening, just as clouds perpetually
shroud our own
poles) of Mars, and the mysterious
"hole clear
through" Mercury,
the mysterious "red spot" of Jupiter, the rings of
Saturn, etc.?
If gravity (as Einstein
finally said when he formed his last theory,
the electro-magnetic field
theory) is really NOT A THING AT ALL, but
merely manifestations
(along with electro-magnetism) of SOMETHING
ELSE (the
electro-magnetic FIELD IN MOTION), then can we not account
easily for the
experiment of the plumb bobs and its strange result?
Is there actually NO
GRAVITY OUT IN SPACE (outside the whirling
electro-magnetic field)
and also, NO INERTIAL MASS, so that the
recent proposal to
"sail through space" on aluminum sails which
catch the infinitesimal
energy of the photon (light particles), and
thus require no engines
at all, is reasonable and practical?
Is it not true
that the plumb lines are not straight at all, but
FOLLOW A CURVE dictated
BY THE LINES OF FORCE of a WHIRLING ELECTRO-
MAGNETIC FIELD?
Is it not true
that the sun is seen NOT VIA LIGHT COMING TO US in a
straight line, but
actually A GIGANTIC CURVE dictated by the master
vortex of the Solar
System's whirling electro-magnetic field? Thus
it would be CONSIDERABLY
NEARER than the 93,000,000 miles we believe
its distance to be?
If there is
no such thing as a "straight
line" (due to the
time/space/gravity
curvature) in this sense of the words, then are
not all our measurements
of astronomical distances BASED ON INITIAL
ERROR inherent in
the incompatibility of angles and lines in a
perpetually WHIRLING
"CURVED" ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELD?
Are gravity,
magnetism and inertia ONLY ILLUSIONS
induced AS
PROPERTIES OF
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELDS?
Is that why the plumb
lines do not behave as they should; why GYRO-
COMPASSES DO NOT
WORK WITHIN 150 MILES OF THE "POLE;" why it
is
proposed to "sail"
the seas of space merely by the propulsive force
of the
"wind" of light photons; why we are
developing an "ion-
thrust" engine for
space travel in spite of the fact that its thrust
is COMPARABLE TO THAT OF
A POCKET FLASHLIGHT?
The sun, they say, has a
very weak electro-magnetic field. The Moon
none at all.
Does this mean NO GRAVITY ON THE MOON? NO INERTIA?
NO MAGNETISM?
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A thousand
questions arise from the stimulus of these two vexing
plumb lines whose
effects have been so disturbing on the minds of
those whose lips
remain sealed - because "it will not affect the
value of the
franc..."
Anyone with any
basis in physics at all will find these questions
thronging through his
mind. We present these few only to provide
that "initial
thrust" to your thinking, and to challenge the owners
of francs whose value is
dubious in any event.
Lastly, might we
suggest to the scientists at Vandenburg Air Force
Base, where the polar
satellites are launched, that here, in the
doubt cast on the
scientific concept of gravity, mass and inertia,
exists perhaps an
explanation for six straight failures to even
locate a PERFECTLY
LAUNCHED MISSLE AFTER IT PASSES INTO THE
MYSTERIOUS POLAR
REACHES.
That failure is
due to the INERTIAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM
(rotating
gyroscopes) that
DEPENDS FOR ITS FUNCTION ON REMAINING
IN AN
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELD.
At the poles, might it
be that there are "holes" in this field, and
that your rockets are
being lost in these holes, propelled by TOO
MUCH rocket thrust (not
needed if there is low or no inertia) acting
on little or no mass at
all (inertia-wise)?
The whole thing is
something to think about, and certainly NOT TO BE
HIDDEN beneath a pile of
francs. Would it be too much for us to ask
that a body of
recognized savants be assigned the task of conducting
these experiments
again, in the light of present-day knowledge and
experience and
implements, to correct our impressions concerning
gravity, the true nature
of electro-magnetism, and such relatively
simple things as
where or not a body of water's level CURVES UP OR
DOWN??
After all, it is our
money that is being spent shooting at a target
that may not even be
where we think it is? A record of 100% misses
for Vandenburg is
subject to questioning and re-evaluation!
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Vangard note...
This most
astounding paper brings to mind many correlations with
files
currently or soon to be on KeelyNet. One is that
of a
story from
a friend which regards a dimensional (?) transport
device
which uses extremely high intensity alternating magnetic
fields.
The
man who did the experiment had a company which
did some
government
work. He had heard of bizarre effects from magnetic
fields
from some of his government contacts. So, he built a
very
large amperage coil in the form of a stationary bike type
frame,
much like a motorcycle in that the
"rider" had to
straddle
the device to conduct the experiment.
The
designer of the machine decided he would try it out first in
the event
of problems or hidden dangers. He straddled the coil
frame
and signalled to crank it up. As the
magnetic field
intensity
increased, the man began to fade out as if he were
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becoming
invisible. The volunteer technician operating the
controls
of the unit slowly reduced the intensity and shut the
machine
down.
The
"designer/rider" said that when he felt a prickly sensation
over
his skin, the room began to "dissolve" and he could see an
entirely
different scene begin to form as if a ghost image were
materializing into reality. That was when
the technician
reversed
the process and the experiment ground to a halt.
One of the
other volunteer techs was extremely excited about the
project
and begged to be allowed to ride the
device. The
designer
at first refused but finally gave his
permission
PROVIDING
the man would sign a release that he would not be held
be
responsible for anything that happened.
The
agreement was that the rider would signal if he wanted the
power
reduced and the machine shut down. If he DID NOT SIGNAL
then the
experiment was to be allowed to continue for 1 minute
after the
man became invisible which would offer a chance to see
the full
materialization of whatever it was on the "other side."
The
experiment proceeded as planned and the man did not signal
to
stop. One minute after invisibility was
achieved, the
machine
was gradually shut down and the man re-appeared. He was
completely
insane and in a highly manic state. The now insane
rider
was committed and the machine was packed
up in its
entirety
and is said to be in storage in a garage.
I do
not know if this is true, but my friend said the man swore
him to
secrecy after allowing him to see a film of his secret
government
project. The magnetic experiment WAS A
TOTALLY
PRIVATE
VENTURE financed by the owner of the
now defunct
company.
The most
interesting part is that of a high intensity magnetic
field
as the article speaks of WHIRLING
"CURVED" ELECTRO-
MAGNETIC
FIELDS which seem to "source"
gravity, mass and
inertia. Remember that the Philadelphia Experiment was of this
nature
as are many others (mostly private) which have led to
bizarre
and sometimes unpredictable phenomena.
We
would hasten to warn those who might decide to investigate
such areas
that very high intensity magnetic or electric fields
are
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS to life. Mutation of cell structure can
lead
to tragic ends. Please be careful and take all possible
precautions if you choose to research such areas.
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Jerry W.
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Bizarre things going on with the Sun and the
properties of light in space ( And Our Double Sun? ).
Tom Brown (of Borderland Sciences in
California) says he talked on the phone to one astronaut who said they could
not take pictures of the Sun or stars UNLESS the camera was inside the ship
(where there is air). On hearing this, Tom called NASA and asked the Public
Information Officer if the Sun could be seen from space. The PIO said of
course.
At that point Tom explained about the story he was working on
and that he had talked to an astronaut who confirmed the
premise of no visible light from space. The PIO got very upset
on the phone and said that information was not supposed to be
given to the public.
John Keely says that the Sun and stars are
invisible when viewed from space. Light only manifests when in
the presence of a gas which serves as a percussive medium for
the Aether to allow the generation of light through
interference; thereby slowing the Aether to lower frequencies.
Rudolph Steiner also says that the Sun and stars are invisible
from space.
We here at Vangard Sciences work from the premise that Aether
is the PRIME CONTINUUM or the fundamentally highest possible
frequency of this universe. In its division, it produces
magnetism, electricity, light, heat, sound, vibration and mass.
What if the 2nd sun was a doorway to a dimension of energy
which breaks through to sustain this section of space?
Taken from KeelyNet BBS Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
April 20, 1991 TWOSUN.ASC
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Taken from Flying Saucers magazine - February 1965
Courtesy of Ron Barker Co-Sysop of KeelyNet
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Do We Have A Double Sun? by Henry Rasmusen
We definitely DO have TWO SUNS, according to M. F. Malin, of Salt
Lake City, who has spent much of his spare time for over forty years
in pursuit of such a theory.
The possibility of the existence of a double sun in our solar system
began for Malin in 1917, when he overhead a conversation between two
men, evidently scientists, on a train in New Jersey.
The subject of their conversation was the failure of the law of
gravitation with respect to the relations of Earth and Sun - their
conclusion being that the basis of velocities of bodies in space
must be otherwise than that laid down in Newton's PRINCIPIA. Malin
was studying sculpture at the time, at the National Academy of
Design in New York.
This failure of the gravitational law was shocking to him, for even
he knew that Newton's mathematical demonstrations in this connection
had formed the groundwork of the whole of modern mechanics,
engineering and physics.
How could the law have failed, when the results of this work were
already interwoven throughout the whole structure of science in all
its branches? The modern researches of Einstein and others were
always said to have enhanced the value of the PRINCIPIA.
The matter attracted the young sculptor so greatly that from that
time he began to divide his attention about equally between
sculpture and astrophysical study, often working far into the night
in efforts to improve his meager knowledge of mathematics, and
spending his available time poring over astronomical and
astrophysical works in the libraries.
Quite early in these studies, he found that although Newton had
proven his law very successfully in connection with the Earth-Moon
system, he had been forced to abandon his efforts to apply it to the
relations of Earth and Sun because the sun's distance and dimensions
were not known with any degree of accuracy in his time.
A couple of centuries later (after 1894), when the sun's distance
and size had been agreed upon and established internationally, the
apparent discrepancies in the gravitational relations of Earth and
Sun had become painfully evident.
Using the sun as a CENTER OF ATTRACTION, with the Earth-Moon system
as a unit of measurement, the proper elements of the earth's orbit
were readily calculable - but everywhere seemed to be awry.
The earth's distance, period and velocity were hopelessly at
variance with each other according to the gravitation law, but the
distance and period had been established by observation and could
not be adjusted. Also, the sun's size in connection with these
elements presented an awkward problem.
After many a headache over the situation, the calculators of the day
had given up, and had conceded that the basis of velocities in
Nature must be other than in Newton's work and had offered the poor
parody of gravitational relations on the part of Sun and Earth which
is current in the astronomy books of today.
This was even more intriguing than ever, because it was perfectly
clear that this basis of velocities - that is, the amount of
material in the body divided by the square of the distance of the
attracted particle - literally IS THE LAW OF GRAVITATION, and that
upon this point the Newtonian law as a whole must stand or fall.
Here was something which could not be thrust aside by denials or
contradictions; it was something no mathematician could deny. What
could be wrong? And why had the failure seemed to apply ONLY to the
relations of Earth and Sun?
Malin made some simple calculations which showed that
THE SUN HAS LESS THAN ONE-THIRD THE VOLUME OF MATERIAL
REQUISITE TO ITS EXISTENCE AS THE CENTRAL ATTRACTION OF
THE PLANETARY SYSTEM,
even if its average density were the same as that of the earth.
And if its density were only about one-fourth as great as that of
the Earth - as the astronomer USUALLY RECKONS - the discrepancy
would be all the more hopeless.
How could a discordancy of such proportions ever have been glossed
over for the public in the astronomy books? People in general, even
among the scientists, seemed entirely unaware that the sun-centered
theory and the law of gravitation WERE IRRECONCILABLE.
No doubt some of the mathematicians knew but could not face the
issue, not knowing anything that could be done about it. And WHERE
WAS THE REMAINDER OF THE PLANETARY SYSTEM?
There seemed to be only one possible place in the system. For a
body larger than the sun in volume, or the equivalent with unequal
densities -
a position PERPETUALLY IN ALIGNMENT BEHIND THE SUN
AS SEEN FROM THE EARTH,
incredible as this might seem at first glance.
And if there were a relationship between mass and brightness among
stars, perhaps THE GREATER STAR WOULD BE BRIGHTER AND HOTTER THAN THE SUN, and
there should be some physical signs of its presence.
If such a body existed, the planetary system would revolve around a
center of gravity SITUATED BETWEEN THE TWO, SOME DISTANCE BEYOND THE SUN.
It was not very difficult to calculate the proper radius of Earth's
orbit by Newton's methods, and this turned out to be 101,300,000
miles - placing the possible center of gravity of the system about
4,800,000 miles BEYOND THE SUN.
Later, Malin wrote an imaginative account of the physical
appearances which might be expected if there were a brighter and
hotter star operating at comparatively close range BEHIND THE SUN,
and made drawings to illustrate the writing.
Of course, he already supposed that the solar corona and the
zodiacal lights were involved. He went deeper into the findings of
observation in the reality and compared the real phenomena with his
drawings, searching the periodicals and books for new observations,
new findings, new information.
As the years passed, it became more and more clear that the
imaginative phenomena were all present in the planetary system but
formed a bewildering chain of scientific mysteries on the strictly
sun-centered plan of Copernicus.
The scientific situation could all be summed up in the words of the
eminent astronomer Simon Newcomb,
"The amazing fact that observation has opened up mainly
mysteries in the sun; that as a result the world is
farther than ever from a satisfactory solution to solar
phenomena."
In 1931 a booklet, SOLAR ARRANGEMENT, was distributed to the worlds
major observatories. It contained drawings which portrayed the
Zodiacal body with its light and heat AS A SEPARATE ENTITY BEHIND
THE SUN from the earth, with all the sun's major "mysteries" DRAWN
IN AS NORMAL PHENOMENA.
Up to that time, Dr. Fath's spectrum of the zodiacal light had been
accepted as a matter of course - indicating that the light consisted
MERELY OF REFLECTED SUNLIGHT.
The light had long been so much a mystery that very little had ever
been written about it in the astronomy books. Within a year,
several new spectra appeared from various scientific sources, all of
them showing the zodiacal light TO HAVE AN EMISSION SPECTRUM OF ITS
OWN, APART FROM THOSE OF THE SUN, the corona and the aurora.
(Vangard note...a critical point in this paper, the fact that
there were DIFFERENT EMISSION SPECTRA from readings taken from
the rim and those taken from the interior surface of the disk)
Malin's drawings and text represented the solar corona as being
intensely hot in the space AROUND THE EDGE OF THE SUN'S VISIBLE DISK
- being the gaseous product of TERRIFIC RADIATION poured out upon
the sun's body at comparatively close range FROM A PLACE BEHIND IT.
In the years that have followed, the sun, with a measured facial
temperature of about 6,000 degrees Centigrade, has been found to be
SITTING IN THE MIDST OF ATOMIC CORONAL TEMPERATURES OF A MILLION DEGREES AND
MORE..
Incidentally, this leaves the scientists to suppose that they are
looking through a million degrees of termperature IN FRONT OF THE
SUN when measuring 6,000 degrees Centigrade ON THE SOLAR SURFACE, if they
adhere to the SUN-CENTERED IDEA.
It may be added, that in their researches of today the physicists
USUALLY DISTINGUISH between the zodiacal light area of the SOLAR
CORONA (light and radiation radiating from the circumference of the
disk) and the SOLAR AREA (across the diameter of the disk). Why
would they have to distinguish between the two readings if it is A
SINGLE BODY??
Some college professors have found the yearly period on the part of
the binary to be impossible, but this is because they have started
out by ASSUMING THE SUN TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT with every other body
SUPERFLUOUS.
As matters stand, the astronomers and physicists have only to
acknowledge that the conditions on and in front of the visible solar
disk ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT from those found in the violent upheaval
and gaseous turmoil AROUND ITS "EDGES," and then THE REST WILL
FOLLOW as a matter of course, and soon the strictly sun-centered
theory will be as obsolete as the epicycles of the earth-centered
era.
Then our solar system will be acknowledged to have a double sun,
WHICH IS THE RULE, NOT THE EXCEPTION in the Universe.
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Vangard note...
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Electrical
Ghosts by Vincent Gaddis
Phantom
forms produced by electricity in magnetic fields! This amazing
phenomenon
has been witnessed in several large electrical plants. The General
Electric
Company's Research Laboratory at Schenectady, New York, and an
industrial
research laboratory at Freibourg, Germany have issued reports on
this
strange occurrence.
In 1930,
Chief Engineer Eastman, of the Rhodes Electrical Society in London,
was
working on some high-tension wires in a dark room when he saw a luminous
blue
sphere form about a revolving dynamo. In the center of this sphere a
woman's hand
suddenly appeared. Eastman asked his assistant, a Mr. Woodew, if
he could
see it, and he replied that he could. Both men watched the
phenomenon,
and they were able to ascertain every detail of the conditions
causing
it.
The two
men spent four days trying to produce the occurrence again, and when
they
succeeded a human head, instead of a hand, appeared. Photographs were
taken and
they were published in several European journals in the summer of
1930.
A
follow-up to the Rhodes observation was an article printed in the Revue
Spirite
(Paris), written by M. Henri Azam. M. Azam has obtained his material,
from an
experimenter who desired to remain unknown except to the publication's
editors.
This unknown student was quoted as follows:
"In
the pursuit of my specialized work in the occult and psychic fields I
long
desired to find out whether it was possible to reconstitute the astral
form by
means of sound vibrations. It was my belief that mediumistic
phenomena,
when they are serious in character, are exclusively the result of
setting
in action some force for which the medium is the CONDENSER. It was
my
purpose, therefore, to reconstitute a sphere of synchronous vibrations
analogous
to those which emanate from the human entity, but to do so without
the
intervention of any medium..."
The
following methods were used by the experimenter. Two machines of static
electricity
were arranged so that the plates would turn in opposite directions.
The
positions and distance between the plates were so arranged as to be
susceptible
to infinite vibration. As a result there was a variable and
sensitive
magnetic (electrostatic) field formed.
A
membrane covered with lycompodium powder was placed at the variable point so
that it
vibrated according to the electric wave lengths employed. The
vibrations
were intensified by adding the factors of light, sound, and
perfumes.
A magic lantern was directed upon the variable point for light
effects;
an organ was used for sound effects.
(these
two counter-rotating electrostatic disks must have been on a horizontal
axis to
allow the membrane to lie flat for the lycopodium powder....Vangard)
"Under
these conditions on several different occasions I was able to obtain
the
formation of human and animal forms, which appeared in the magnetic
field. At
first these were only partial, but twice I succeeded in obtaining
complete
forms. They ALWAYS PRESENTED themselves in the sensitive field and
near the
variable point. Three photographic negatives, exceedingly clear
and
sharply defined, were obtained of these vibrational forms."
The
conclusions of the experimenter are that he has been able to obtain
responding
vibrations of the astral or psychic world; that the results cannot
be
ascribed to imagination or hallucination; that the forms which appear are
not
spirits, but empty and discarded etheric or astral bodies or shells; that
it is
therefore possible to obtain psychic phenomena without the aid of human
mediums.
The
importance of these observations is obvious. Once again we have apparently
found a realm
in which the physical and astral worlds merge. Additional
research
in this domain of phenomena would be physical, and would not require
the
services of a medium. Nevertheless the ability to form a window or vortex
between
two vibratory planes might result.
First of
all, what are these forms? Are they abandoned etheric bodies or
disintegrating
thought forms? Etheric bodies, which are regarded as links
between
the physical and astral bodies, are abandoned soon after physical
death,
according to the theory, and they slowly disintegrate in a vibratory
plane
known as the 'astral cemetery' which lies very close to the vibratory
limits of
our visible physical plane. It is also supposed that these empty
etheric
bodies remain close to the decaying physical bodies until they are
dissolved
into their original basic elements. Being held nearby by various
subtle
affinities, these etheric shells are said to be the cause of reported
graveyard
phantoms.
If this
is true, the best place to set up an experimental electric/magnetic
field
would be in a cemetery vault or in a building close to a cemetery. This
is an
experiment the writer plans to make when conditions permit. Positive
results
would indicate that these forms, if successfully obtained, are actually
etheric
bodies abandoned by progressing astral bodies.
One more
thought should be presented; the possibility that natural electric
phenomena
may provide conditions for psychic phenomena should not be
overlooked.
There are many reports of phantoms observed DURING ELECTRICAL
STORMS.
Apparent poltergeist activity are often displayed during intense
electrical
atmospheric stress. Ball lightning often exhibits the directions
and
actions of apparent intelligence.
For
example, the late Charles F. Talman, government meteorologist, in an
article
in Readers Digest, June 1935, tells of a ball of lightning entering an
open
window, travelling about the room as if exploring it, then finally
departing
by the window it has entered.
More
amazing cases will be found in Flammarion's work, THE PRANKS OF LIGHTNING.
In all of
these occurrences tricks of a poltergeist nature were performed,
under
conditions indicating the possibility of a directing intelligence. The
writer
feels certain that in this phenomena of electrical ghosts we may have a
key that
will unlock many mysteries of the psychic world.
(In a
personal letter, circa 1946, to Meade Layne we find the further related
remarks
of Mr. Gaddis: "The relationship between storms and psychic
observations
is a vast field in itself. A neighbor of mine, recently deceased,
once told
me of seeing a number of phantoms during an electrical storm when he
was
caught in a local cemetery. They were simply white human-like forms
hovering
above the grave, glimpsed during flashes of lightning.")
[Vincent
Gaddis resides near Garberville, California and is currently
co-authoring
a book with Nancy Bradley titled GOLD RUSH GHOSTS.]
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Clips,
Quotes & Comments by Tom Brown
This article
of veteran Borderland researcher Vincent Gaddis has been an
interest
of mine for several years. The work of M. Azam certainly brings to
mind the
high-frequency researches of Carl Wickland with his huge electrostatic
Wimshurst
machine.
In
working with Eric Dollard around various high-frequency electrical apparatus
I have
observed many organic and mysterious forms appearing in gas plasmas and
in free
space discharges. The plasmas have provided the most interesting views
across
the borderlands and we have observed human, animal and plant forms as
well as
microscopic (amoeba, etc.) and macroscopic (fireball/stars, galactic
formations).
From direct experience in the lab I have seen that in Vince's
article
resides an important key.
The
eminent scientist and spiritualist Sir William Crookes studied the forms
appearing
in high frequency plasmas approximately a century ago. He felt that
in this
manner of experimentation one could find the true borderland between
the
physical and the spiritual. In Ernst Lehr's MAN OR MATTER this matter is
discussed
in a quite lucid manner and one is brought to the understanding that
there
certainly is a "country" beyond the borderlands of this nature, but
it is
not the
"country" we seek for a true spiritual understanding of the
manifestation
we are an integral part of.
"When
William Crookes chose as one of the titles of his paper on the newly
discovered
properties of electricity, 'The Fourth State of Matter', it was to
express
his belief that he had found a state of matter, additional to the three
known
ones, which represented the 'borderland where matter and force seem to
merge
into one another, the shadowy realm between known and unknown' for which
his soul
had been longing ever since the death of his beloved brother. All
that has
followed from his discovery, down to the transformation of matter
itself
into freely working energy, shows that he was right in thinking he had
reached
some borderland of nature. Only the country into which this borderland
leads is
not the one he had really been looking for." Ernst Lehrs, MAN OR
MATTER,
(C) 1958, Rudolph Steiner Press, London.
The
"country" which we seek across the Borderlands is the one which
contains
the
cosmic archetypes from which all life springs. The high frequency
researches
of Eric Dollard have helped put electricity into a proper
perspective
with the etheric realms and we can see how science has mistakenly
plunged
into the SUB-sensible realms rather than the SUPER-sensible which draws
one to
more refined levels of comprehension. Spirituality, following the
general
gravity-bound tendency of our materialistic society in general, has
also
mistakenly plunged into the SUB-sensible realms through attachment to the
egos of
the channelled entities. How much better it would be for spiritual
researchers
to 'cross the borderlands TO THE SUPER-sensible through an awakened
perception
of nature and development of the intuition rather than by relying on
mere
belief in the words of discarnate entities.
I have found
through studying Goethe's indications on the phenomenon of Light
and Color
in conjunction with Eric Dollard's high frequency researches that
electricity
is a reflection of the Light Ether. It is sufficient for present
reference
to say that Light has its two poles, red-yellow and blue-violet. The
red-yellow
pole in nature is longitudinal (direct rays from sun) and the blue-
violet
pole is a progressive type of transverse wave (rounded sky, Reich's KRW
wave/blue
orgone).
Electricity
has its two poles, electro-magnetism: red-yellow-hot, (retarded
transverse);
and dielectricity: blue-violet-cold (longitudinal). Hence, there
are
experimental indications that electricity truly is a reflection of the
Light
Ether.
With
proper understanding and orientation of the etheric and electrical fields
many
workable concepts may emerge. For example the use of plasma detector
tubes
around a Lakhovsky Multiple Wave Oscillator will provide many clues to
the
etheric output of that device. The relationship of electricity to the
evolving
human soul is a prime area of interest at BSRF and is an open area of
discussion
in this Journal. Members are encouraged to send in their views on
this most
interesting subject.
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Vangard
Note
We should
keep in mind certain phenomena associated with Chladni vibrating
waveplates.
In a film done by the late Hans Jenny, lycopodium powder is
placed on
a flexible membrane and driven by sound waves of various
frequencies,
phases and intensities. A DRAGONFLY is clearly formed with the
proper
frequency combinations and another shows the reticulation of a snake
backbone
and how it crawls across the surface. All this is done with sound
ALONE.
Until a much better understanding of how various frequencies can be
so
compounded as to mimic structure and movement, it would be prudent to
refrain
from claiming astral bodies as the cause of the figures. This is
however,
an open opportunity for investigation by anyone who might wish to
pursue
it. As usual, we would appreciate any feedback if you decide to
carry out
research in this area or find other correlations.
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The
following article is from the July-August 1988 Borderland Sciences Journal.
Their newsletter
covers many diverse subjects and you can subscribe for $25 per
year from
: Borderland Sciences, PO BOX 429, Garberville, CA 95440-0429.
There
have been unusual effects associated with high voltage or other high
energy
fields. This article coincides with a recent conversation I had with a
fellow at
the SSE conference in Austin. He says there is a researcher who has
discovered
a way to not only view the aura (as with Chuck Shrameks AURAVIEW
file) but
also to CHANGE the aura under conscious control.
This
fellow told me the inventor lives in Missouri and he was about to visit
him. Not
only can you view/alter the aura but he described a device that would
allow you
to make a holographic projection of whatever you could project as a
sustained
visual image. The fellow telling me this was not very technical yet
his
description involved a chamber containing a gas that was excited by a high
voltage
field. When the subject looked into this excited media and
concentrated
on an image from his thoughts, the hologram would appear
proportionate
to the intensity and clarity of the thought. Others too could
see this
projection. We are looking for further information regarding this
phenomenon
and researcher and this file is very coincidental as to providing
clues as to
how this could be duplicated.
Also,
note the similarities to the Hutchinson effect, except that here they
used
static machines and not Tesla coils.
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Cubic Prison – Projective Geometery
http://soundofstars.org/vastcube.JPG
CUBIC
PRISON IN SPACE SURROUNDING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM ET AL.
EXCERPTS ; "A giant, vast, synthetic cube had been carved out of space
itself and within it was a vast void dark space, containing only a very small
number of stars and within this apparent prison was deposited our own solar
system, sun and earth"
http://www.nct.anth.org.uk/sunpos.htm
Weirdly, on the other side of the cubic walls of this prison, space took on a
very very different characteristic and that was this....
Stars, (outside of our prison), are so densely packed and so close together
that the there is no night sky or darkness really, anywhere - at least for an
incredibly vast expanse
If you lived on a planet in this region and looked up at the 'night' sky all
you'd see would be blinding light, everywhere.... for seemingly forever.... (
is this where the legends of 'Heaven' come from ? )
Funny, that - eh ? It almost smacks of the C.S. Lewis science fiction
novels such as ;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Silent_Planet
Al Kindi Stellar Rays
"If it were
given to anyone to comprehend the whole condition of the
celestial harmony, he would know fully the world of the elements,
with all that is contained therein at any place and any time,
as knowing the caused from the cause... and whoever has acquired
the knowledge of the whole condition of the celestial harmony,
will know the past, the present and the future.[1] "
Al Kindi, ancient developer of frequency analysis
http://www.skyscript.co.uk/alkindi.html
ARABIC PARTS
THE MATHEMATICAL BASIS OF ARABIC PARTS
AND A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ASTROLOGY
By David Cochrane
Copyright © 2005 All Rights Reserved INTRODUCTION:
An Arabic Part forms an isosceles trapezoid with the 3 points used in the
Arabic Part formula. This fact has enormous implications regarding why Arabic
Parts are important, how they work, and even the fundamental assumptions of
astrology! However, the underlying geometry of Arabic Parts has been almost
completely overlooked throughout the entire history of astrology.
ISOSCELES TRAPEZOID:
An isosceles trapezoid is a four-sided figure which has two opposite sides of
the same length, and the shape is vertically symmetrical. Note that an
isosceles trapezoid is similar to a parllelogram, but has very different
properties from a parallelogram. A parallelogram has 4 parallel sides and does
not have symmetry, except in the case of a rectangle. A rectangle is
simultaneously a parallelogram and an isosceles trapezoid.
A remarkable property of an isosceles trapezoid is that it has two pairs of
equal angles. For example, if you measure the angles between the PF (Part of
Fortune), Sun, Moon, and Asc, you will find two pairs of parallel angles.. In
the author's birth chart (May 1, 1949, 4:26 AM, East Meadow, NY, USA), for
example, rounded to the nearest degree the Asc is 3 Aries, the Sun is 11
Taurus, the Moon is 15 Gemini, and the PF is 7 Taurus. Therefore, the Asc-PF
angle is 34 degrees and Sun-Moon angle is 34 degees. Also, the Asc-Sun angle is
38 degrees and the Moon-PF angle is 38 degrees. There are always two pairs of
angles that are identical in an isosceles trapezoid, and because the Asc, Sun,
Moon, and PF form an isosceles trapezoid this is also true among the 3 points
and the Arabic Part used.
FORMULA:
In the previous paragraph I used the PF formula of Asc+Moon-Sun. The reader may
know that the PS (Part of Spirit), whose formula is Asc+Sun-Moon, is regarded
by many authorities as being the PF if the Sun is in the first six houses. Very
interestingly, the PS also forms an isosceles trapezoid with the Sun and Moon.
In the author's chart, the PS is 29 Aquarius. The PS-Asc angle is 34 degrees
and the Sun-Moon angle is 34 degrees. Also the PS-Sun angle is 72 degrees and
the Asc-Moon angle is 72 degrees.
Given three points, there are three other points that form an isosceles
trapezoid with these three points. In the case of what is widely regarded as
the three most important points in the chart (the Sun, Moon, and Asc), two of
the points are the PF and PS. Both ancient and modern astrologers very rarely
use the third point. The formula for the third Arabic Part that can be
constructed with the Sun, Moon, and Asc is Sun+Moon-Asc. When I first began
experimenting with this Arabic Part, I called it the Part of Integration but
then I noticed that it was already listed in my software and has the name Part
of Redemption, and this Arabic Part is attributed to al Biruni. I have not yet
researched al Biruni's work to see if he used this Arabic Part because it is
the third isosceles trapezoid that can be formed with the Sun, Moon, and Asc,
or perhaps someone simply wanted to experiment with the third formula that is
possible in adding two of the three points and
subtracting the third. I will use al Biruni's term, the Part of Redemption
(PR). There is an elegant relationship between PF, PS, and PR; the formula
involves adding two of the three points and subtracting the third. This elegant and
simple formula calculates the three points which form isosceles trapezoids with
any three points. In the author's chart, PR is 23 Cancer. The two pairs of
identical angles are: Asc-Sun and Moon-PR are 38 degrees, and Asc-Moon and
Sun-PR are 72 degrees.
Because most ancient astrologers appear to have not noticed, or were not
concerned, with the fact that PF and PS form isosceles trapezoids, it is not
surprising that the PR was largely overlooked. Most Arabic Parts formulae begin
with the Ascendant, so subtracting the Asc instead of adding it may not have
been an intuitively obvious thing to do. From the standpoint of the geometry
involved, however, the PR would appear to be a natural corollary of the PF and
PS.
As the reader no doubt noticed, particular angles are repeated in a given
chart; in the author's charts, these angles are 34 degrees, 38 degrees, and the
sum of these two angles which is 72 degrees. This repetition of particular
angles can be viewed as a consequence of the three isosceles trapezoids having
overlapping sides. Even more important is this vitally important fact: whenver
two angles are the same in chart, there are two pairs of identical angles. As
soon as two angles are the same, then an isosceles trapezoid is formed and
there are two pairs of identical angles. This is similar to a crystal-forming
function in nature, and is entropy-defying and life-enhancing.
The reason that I propose viewing the formation of two pairs of angles as
entropy-defying whenever one pair of angles forms is this: one can view the
double pairs of angles in an isosceles trapezoid as a huge resonance; from the
viewpoint of wave theory, then, there is as a double-resonance, which in turn
creates a huge astrological resonance. One can argue that this double
resonance, from the standpoint of wave theory (or harmonic astrology, which is
founded on the concept of waves), is far more powerful than the usual
application of wave theory to support the concept of minor aspects. In fact,
from the point of view of wave theory, the PF, PS, and PR are arguably the most
important derived points in the chart! Thus, we have a curious consonance
formed between John Addey's harmonic theory and the ancient system of Arabic
Parts. The consonance is extraordinary because resonating angles are
extraordinarily powerful according to wave theory, as the strking
of a tuning fork at one end of a room and the other tuning fork echoing back
the same note testifies. That we can use harmonic theory retrospectively to
identify Arabic Parts as the most important derived points in the chart
produces perfect alignment of ancient astrological methods and harmonic
astrology.
This perfect alignment, however, contrasts with the growing
philosophical chasm that has developed between some adherents to ancient
methods and those that espouse modern "scientific" methods. For
example, in the book The Arabic Parts: Lost Keys to Prediction Robert Zoller
refers to Kepler's astrology as "distorted" and John Frawley has
similar scathing remarks about Kepler's introduction of minor aspects to
astrology. Kepler's explicit description of minor aspects is the first known
clear articulation of the concept, and minor aspects are a fundamental concept
in the harmonic astrology further developed by John Addey in the 20th century.
In the article The Newtonian Merry-go-round Bernadette Brady has identified
major shifts in astrological through in the 20th century. Brady bases her
thesis on a study of articles in major British articles. My less formal,
personal anecdotal observations since the early 1970's in the United States
confirms Brady's historical trends. According to Brady we are now in a cycle
where disillusionment with simple Newtonian proofs of astrology is inspiring us
to develop greater interest in qualitative, rather than quantitative models,
and many astrologers now have forsaken the view that astrology just needs more
research to be validated in simple experiments. I agree with Brady's
observations. This movement away from astrology as a simple science is huge,
and there is a growing wave of interest in pursuing more subtle views of
astrology, incorporating concepts such as divination, chaos theory, etc. Works
by Patrick Curry, Geoffrey Cornelius, Garry Phillipson,
and many others are creating a new framework for understanding astrology in the
21st century.
BASIS OF ARABIC PARTS IN EUCLIDEAN
GEOMETRY AND WAVE THEORY:
The identification of a basis for Arabic Parts in Euclidean geometry and wave
theory, therefore, may be greeted by some skeptically, as an anachronistic
throwback to the old days of Newtonian thinking. However, the magic performed
by these simple Euclidean methods does not end with the above observations, and
there is much more insight to be gleaned by a close study of the mathematics
that lies behind our astrological methods.
For example, many astrologesr are familiar with the fact that PF and PS are equidistant from the Asc axis
and are therefore mirror points of each other.
PR has a similar symmetry around a point as follows:
PR and PS are equidistant from the Sun and therefore are mirror points of each
other.
PR and PF are equidistant from the Moon and therefore are mirror points of each
other.
Consequently, PS is closely tied to the Sun, as it has a mirror point around
the Sun, and PF is closely tied to the Moon, as it has a mirror point around
the Moon.
Therefore PS is solar and PF is lunar, which is another way of saying that the
ancient doctrine of sect is critically important to an understanding of PS and
PF, and PR serves as the balancing point around the Sun and Moon.
Thus, our analysis of the geometry of Arabic Parts has identified that sect is
involved in understanding PF and PS. This is a most extraordinary discovery
because we now have a mathematical basis for understanding why the ancients
used one formula for day charts and a different formula for night charts!!!
SUMMARY:
To summarize: Not only are Arabic Parts indicated by harmonic astrological
theory, but even the doctrine of sect applied to the Part of Fortune and Part
of Spirt is indicated by harmonic astrological theory.
This finding completely destroys what we had previously assumed: that Arabic
Parts are a mystical formula not amenable to Newtonian analysis, and even goes
beyond this to demonstrate complete agreement between an ancient technique and
harmonic astrology.
Zoller correctly
points out that Arabic Parts were discarded in modern times because of their
apparent non-rational basis, but, amazingly, they are now found to be
completely rational and harmonic astrological theory (i.e. wave theory)
confirms that Arabic Parts should be given the very high priority and
importance that they are given in classical astrology.
Understanding the geometry of Arabic Parts illuminates our understanding of
Arabic Parts, while also opening up new insights, such as the introduction of
PR, along with PF and PS. Note that the geometrical foundation of Arabic Parts
is a mathematical truth regardless of whether one believes in astrology or not,
and regardless of whether one thinks that this geometry is relevant to a
greater astrological understanding of the Arabic Parts.
The isosceles trapezoid is an elegant concept that integrates many seemingly
disparate astrological concepts, such as midpoints, antiscia and solstice
points, Jonas birth control, Vedic tithi returns, the traditional aspect
patterns of grand trines, grand crosses, mystic rectangles, and yods, and even
the very popular composite chart that was introduced in the 20th century.. The
isosceles trapezoid was identified by the founder of the Hamburg school of
astrology Alfred Witte. Witte referred to isosceles trapezoids as planetary
pictures. Rather than find the fourth point that makes an isosceles trapezoid
(an Arabic Part), Witte interpreted isosceles trapezoids that occur in the
chart. He did not, to my knowledge, emphasize the geometric shape or the fact
that planetary pictures and Arabic Parts are mathematically identical; he was
more intrigued by the symmetry that planetary pictures have.. Symmetry is always created when there is
planetary resonance, so
Witte is correct; whether one prefers to focus on the symmetry or the
resonance, one is actually identifying the same phenomenon. Planetary resonance
is based on wave theory, which allows an even wider number of astrological
influences to be integrated into a single conceptual framework.
A large number of astrological techniques are either comprised of isosceles
trapezoids, or can be viewed as derivatives of isosceles trapezoids. A full
discussion of the relationships of these astrological techniques to isosceles
trapezoids and to each other requires hundreds of pages, but hopefully this
very terse introduction to some new vistas in astrological thought has been
informative, interesting and inspiring to the reader.
The re-introduction of simple mathematical and scientific models into astrology
at this time may create some consternation, but it may well be that the current
paradigm shift in astrology towards divination and qualitative research will
give way to a higher synthesis that incorporates the astrology of Kepler and
Addey with ancient methods to create a framework that is not distorted, as
Zoller refers to Kepler's astrology, but rather stronger, durable, and more
useful and practical than our current edifice. My own sense is that we are on
the verge of yet another paradigm shift even before we have settled comfortably
into our current movement away from the quantitative and Newtonian approach and
towards divination and qualitative research. No doubt this is an unpopular view
but we can all agree that interesting times lie ahead of us!
A final note: After reading this article, several people have asked how they
can access this information in their software. There are many techniques that
employ these concepts, such as composite charts, etc., but most often people
want to find PR in their charts and know what isosceles trapezoids occur in
their charts.
An isosceles trapezoid mathematically is simply a midpoint conjunct or
opposition a midpoint, and a list of midpoints conjunct and opposition
midpoints is a good way to view them. My observations indicate that an orb of only
about 1/2 degree is used for aspects to Arabic Parts and for midpoints conjunct
midpoints, so I look at them up to about a 1 degree orb but pay close attention
to only those configurations that are within about 30 minutes orb.. Evidently
the planetary resonance occurs only when the angular distances are nearly
identical. Kepler 7 users can see PR in the list of Arabic Parts using the
default list of Arabic Parts. Select Listings and then Arabic Parts; sort by
Arabic Part name to quickly find "Redemption" listed, or you can view
this Arabic Part in the Arabic Parts wheel. You can select Listings, and then
select Harmonic Patterns Listings, and then select the first option of
"Harmonic triangles and Midpt conj Midpt" and scroll to the
bottom of the listing. For my own use I change the orbs from 3 degrees to 1
degree; to change the orbs, click on the "Orbs of Aspects" buttons on
the screen where you select the report, and then click the Next button until
you get to the end of the list of aspects, and change the applying and
separating orbs of the midpoint conjunct midpoint and midpoint opposition
midpoint to 1 degree. Note that oppositions are regarded as equivalent to
conjunctions because the midpoints in both cases lie on the same midpoint axis.
Users of other major astrological software can probably select these features
in a similar manner in their programs.
References:
Brady, Bernadette, The Newtonian Merry-go-round, article at website
www.geocosmic.org, 2005
Cornelius, Geoffrey. The Moment of Astrology, The Wessex Astrologer Ltd,
Bournemouth, England, 2003
Frawley, John. The Real Astrology, Apprentice Books, London, England, 2000
Kepler, Johannis. The Harmony of the World, American Philosophical Society,
Philadelphia, PA, 1997
Phillipson, Garry. Astrology in the Year Zero, Flare Publications, London,
England, 2000
Zoller, Robert. The Arabic Parts: A Lost Key to Prediction, Inner Traditions
International, Rochester, VT, 1980
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