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Earth Under Fire: Humanity's Survival of the Ice Age
An investigation of the connection between ancient world catastrophe myths and modern scientific evidence of a galactic destruction cycle
• Provides scientific evidence of past Earth-wide catastrophes and their galactic superwave origins
• Decodes the ancient message encrypted in the zodiac constellations and symbolism of the Sphinx
• Describes how explosions of our Galaxy’s core pose a threat to humanity in the future
Many ancient myths from around the world tell of catastrophic destruction by fire and flood. These ubiquitous legends are so extreme that they are often dismissed as imaginative exaggerations. In Earth Under Fire, Paul LaViolette connects these "myths" to recent scientific findings in astronomy, geology, and archaeology to reconstruct the details of prehistoric global disasters and to explain how similar tragedies could recur in the near future.
Compelled by his decryption of an ancient warning hidden in zodiac constellation lore, LaViolette worked with information from many scientific sources, including astronomical observations, polar ice core measurements, and other geological data, to confirm that our Galaxy’s core exploded near the end of the last ice age. This explosion unleashed a barrage of cosmic rays and enveloped the solar system in a dense nebula, which led to periods of persistent darkness, frigid cold, severe solar storms, searing heat, and mountainous floods that plagued mankind for many generations. Linking his scientific findings to details preserved in the myths and monuments of ancient civilizations, he demonstrates how past civilizations accurately recorded the causes of these cataclysmic events, knowledge of which may be crucial for the human race to survive the next catastrophic superwave cycle. This information reveals the intelligence and ingenuity of our ancestors who, when faced with extinction, found the means to warn us that the apocalypse that destroyed them could occur once again.
• Provides scientific evidence of past Earth-wide catastrophes and their galactic superwave origins
• Decodes the ancient message encrypted in the zodiac constellations and symbolism of the Sphinx
• Describes how explosions of our Galaxy’s core pose a threat to humanity in the future
Many ancient myths from around the world tell of catastrophic destruction by fire and flood. These ubiquitous legends are so extreme that they are often dismissed as imaginative exaggerations. In Earth Under Fire, Paul LaViolette connects these "myths" to recent scientific findings in astronomy, geology, and archaeology to reconstruct the details of prehistoric global disasters and to explain how similar tragedies could recur in the near future.
Compelled by his decryption of an ancient warning hidden in zodiac constellation lore, LaViolette worked with information from many scientific sources, including astronomical observations, polar ice core measurements, and other geological data, to confirm that our Galaxy’s core exploded near the end of the last ice age. This explosion unleashed a barrage of cosmic rays and enveloped the solar system in a dense nebula, which led to periods of persistent darkness, frigid cold, severe solar storms, searing heat, and mountainous floods that plagued mankind for many generations. Linking his scientific findings to details preserved in the myths and monuments of ancient civilizations, he demonstrates how past civilizations accurately recorded the causes of these cataclysmic events, knowledge of which may be crucial for the human race to survive the next catastrophic superwave cycle. This information reveals the intelligence and ingenuity of our ancestors who, when faced with extinction, found the means to warn us that the apocalypse that destroyed them could occur once again.
448 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1997
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Paul A. LaViolette
18 books28 followersHe received his BA in Physics from Johns Hopkins, his MBA from the University of Chicago, and PhD from Portland State University and is currently president of the Starburst Foundation.
He has published many original books and papers in physics, astronomy, climatology, systems theory, and psychology.
He has published many original books and papers in physics, astronomy, climatology, systems theory, and psychology.
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April 18, 2013
Astrophysicist Dr. Paul LaViolette holds a few basic premises which are thoroughly detailed in "Earth Under Fire." The main one is that the black hole at the center of all spiral galaxies, including ours, has an active phase in which matter and energy are spewed out, possibly for a few hundred years - roughly every ten to fifteen thousand years.
The second main idea is that this is tied to his theory of subquantum kinetics, whereby all 3D matter is created from fluctuations in the building blocks of matter that exist in a 4D plane of ether. As the book says on page 50 "Some astronomers believe that these outbursts are part of an ongoing process in which matter and energy come into physical manifestation at galactic centers." LaViolette's theory of subquantum kinetics is expanded on in his book "Genesis of the Cosmos."
The third main premise is that when this explosive event happens, a spherical shell of dust and radiation radiates outward from the black hole. These "galactic superwaves" are always expanding outwards from the center; a galaxy like ours probably has two or three cruising along right now like ripples on the water of a pond after something falls in, except these are expanding in three dimensions and are much more energetic. The intense superwaves probably occur every 12,900 years, which is half the 25,800 year cycle of the precession of the Earth's axis. There may be a link between precession and galactic superwaves. When the combination of an electromagnetic pulse, a gravity wave, radiation, and dust enter a star system, the effects on stars and planets are intense.
*(Additional evidence of this is the supernova event horizon. Which basically means that when we analyze most supernova, and consider when we saw them from Earth, and subtract their distance in light years from that date, and again subtract their distance from the galactic center, we reach approximately the same date every time - and that is when a superwave started. They trigger intense reactions in stars on the edge of instability, and lesser reactions in stable stars.)
The fourth main premise of the book is that these superwave events have happened to our planet and our sun countless times before, and that the last one or more events have been recorded and at least partially understood as agents of destruction. The galactic center would light up like a big blue star, bright enough to be visible even in daytime, and could have led to names like the Blue Star Kachina of the Hopi or the Eye of Ra in Egypt. Civilizations are devastated, climate changes, magnetic poles shift, a crustal displacement or rotational pole shift may also occur, and many species die off, (probably including Neanderthal Man one precessional cycle, or two superwaves back.) Myths are created to explain all the cosmic and terrestrial phenomena observed, often as a wandering or wounded sun god, and as battles among gods who cast lightning bolts and bring down floods.
As an author on related topics myself (prophecy, mythology, pole shifts) I found LaViolette's books fascinating. His superwave theory seems to have a lot of evidence backing it and in all probability such galactic superwaves are the trigger mechanism for pole shifts. He details an impressive collection of world mythology describing what may be superwave events and their aftermath.
LaViolette also (over)analyzes the zodiac. I must agree that only two zodiac signs point at anything; and that both the stinger of Scorpio and the arrow of Sagittarius both point at the same spot in the sky - the black hole at the center of the galaxy. I believe this does indicate that ancient peoples knew its location many, many thousands of years ago, and this either indicates it was very visible to our ancestors, or that they had science and technology equal to at least our late twentieth century levels in order to detect its location.
But it is not so clear to me that the rest of the zodiac carries information on a dozen scientific processes which lead to creation, nor that they describe his theory of subquantum kinetics, whereby all 3D matter is created from fluctuations in the building blocks of matter that exist in a 4D plane of ether, or that the slight difference in the cosmic microwave temperature gradient, or the background temperature of the universe (a fraction of a degree more in one direction compared to the other, both near absolute zero) are all encoded in the zodiac.
Overall this is a great book, but the author does have a lot of theories, many of which seem a lot less credible than the main galactic superwave theory.
The second main idea is that this is tied to his theory of subquantum kinetics, whereby all 3D matter is created from fluctuations in the building blocks of matter that exist in a 4D plane of ether. As the book says on page 50 "Some astronomers believe that these outbursts are part of an ongoing process in which matter and energy come into physical manifestation at galactic centers." LaViolette's theory of subquantum kinetics is expanded on in his book "Genesis of the Cosmos."
The third main premise is that when this explosive event happens, a spherical shell of dust and radiation radiates outward from the black hole. These "galactic superwaves" are always expanding outwards from the center; a galaxy like ours probably has two or three cruising along right now like ripples on the water of a pond after something falls in, except these are expanding in three dimensions and are much more energetic. The intense superwaves probably occur every 12,900 years, which is half the 25,800 year cycle of the precession of the Earth's axis. There may be a link between precession and galactic superwaves. When the combination of an electromagnetic pulse, a gravity wave, radiation, and dust enter a star system, the effects on stars and planets are intense.
*(Additional evidence of this is the supernova event horizon. Which basically means that when we analyze most supernova, and consider when we saw them from Earth, and subtract their distance in light years from that date, and again subtract their distance from the galactic center, we reach approximately the same date every time - and that is when a superwave started. They trigger intense reactions in stars on the edge of instability, and lesser reactions in stable stars.)
The fourth main premise of the book is that these superwave events have happened to our planet and our sun countless times before, and that the last one or more events have been recorded and at least partially understood as agents of destruction. The galactic center would light up like a big blue star, bright enough to be visible even in daytime, and could have led to names like the Blue Star Kachina of the Hopi or the Eye of Ra in Egypt. Civilizations are devastated, climate changes, magnetic poles shift, a crustal displacement or rotational pole shift may also occur, and many species die off, (probably including Neanderthal Man one precessional cycle, or two superwaves back.) Myths are created to explain all the cosmic and terrestrial phenomena observed, often as a wandering or wounded sun god, and as battles among gods who cast lightning bolts and bring down floods.
As an author on related topics myself (prophecy, mythology, pole shifts) I found LaViolette's books fascinating. His superwave theory seems to have a lot of evidence backing it and in all probability such galactic superwaves are the trigger mechanism for pole shifts. He details an impressive collection of world mythology describing what may be superwave events and their aftermath.
LaViolette also (over)analyzes the zodiac. I must agree that only two zodiac signs point at anything; and that both the stinger of Scorpio and the arrow of Sagittarius both point at the same spot in the sky - the black hole at the center of the galaxy. I believe this does indicate that ancient peoples knew its location many, many thousands of years ago, and this either indicates it was very visible to our ancestors, or that they had science and technology equal to at least our late twentieth century levels in order to detect its location.
But it is not so clear to me that the rest of the zodiac carries information on a dozen scientific processes which lead to creation, nor that they describe his theory of subquantum kinetics, whereby all 3D matter is created from fluctuations in the building blocks of matter that exist in a 4D plane of ether, or that the slight difference in the cosmic microwave temperature gradient, or the background temperature of the universe (a fraction of a degree more in one direction compared to the other, both near absolute zero) are all encoded in the zodiac.
Overall this is a great book, but the author does have a lot of theories, many of which seem a lot less credible than the main galactic superwave theory.
September 4, 2021
Slow burn
To the average joe reader, this is a super elongated, many a time boring and feels like a drill. The author should simplify and shorten the narrative and make it read like a story. Certainly not like a literary mishmash of unsavoury information
To the average joe reader, this is a super elongated, many a time boring and feels like a drill. The author should simplify and shorten the narrative and make it read like a story. Certainly not like a literary mishmash of unsavoury information
August 20, 2011
This book is a detailed read, but well worth it. I recommend this book even though I do not agree with every point made in the book, as he sees all past evidence as pointing to his theory, whereas sometimes it is clear that other things are being referred to, such as asteroid impact.
Nevertheless it contains a huge quantity of information that will benefit anyone doing research in the subject of catastrophism, or the destruction of ancient civilizations. It even has information relevant to the future. Has numerous end notes and bibliography.
Nevertheless it contains a huge quantity of information that will benefit anyone doing research in the subject of catastrophism, or the destruction of ancient civilizations. It even has information relevant to the future. Has numerous end notes and bibliography.
July 28, 2014
Well researched, in depth, analysis of what happened at the end of the last ice age when the sun heated the earth suddenly sending great sheets of melt water cascading across the face of the earth causing a global cataclysm that wiped out most of humanity. The book also examines the reason why these events were triggered on Earth, a subject generally not covered by scientists and scholars. Not an easy read but well worth the effort.
January 7, 2015
Extremely interesting and well explained hypothesis.
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June 6, 2018Fantastic Read
Really well researched and interpreted book. I'm aiming to dig deep into this subject and will happily read more books by the same author as I valued how all the dots were connected together making a lot of sense!!! Highly recommended
Really well researched and interpreted book. I'm aiming to dig deep into this subject and will happily read more books by the same author as I valued how all the dots were connected together making a lot of sense!!! Highly recommended
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