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Time-Slips: Journeys into the Past and the Future
The idea of time travel, of venturing into the past and the future, is both fascinating and intriguing, and it has captured the imagination of many. But is it possible and has it ever been achieved? The answer to both questions is yes, and the effect of time travel upon human development has been profound. In this remarkable book Rodney Davies discusses the phenomenon of time and its enigmatic nature, and relates the amazing experiences of those who have found themselves, often unaccountably, in either yesterday or tomorrow. Of these, some have returned to relate their adventures, while others have left notice of their strange exploits in the form of objects fossilised in solid rock, or as footprints impressed thereon,The author suggests that many of the ancient deities were in fact time travellers, who, having discovered the technique of time-slipping, went back to take practical skills and moral guidance to earlier peoples, but who found that their self-seeking benevolence created unanticipated problems for themselves.
223 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 3, 2019
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February 9, 2023
This is an interesting book with some concepts in it that are a little difficult to wrap one's mind around. The author says that time is a 'mental concept.' Most of the time travel events are those that go into the past.
The author says that the time slips do not necessarily have a specific purpose for happening. He relates all this to precognition and retrocognition.
Dreams can sometimes allow one to see future events. 'Time is an eternal oneness.' In time travel a person can sometimes interact with someone in the 'new' time.
Sometimes the time travel involves a person but sometimes it can involve an object. Examples include finding a gold thread in a million-year-old rock and a gold chain found in a lump of coal. Sometimes fossil footprints are found that are from more modern-day type of humans.
There is a possibility that some people traveled back to the past and were responsible for getting Egypt and other ancient civilizations underway and the author goes into a lot of detail about this.
I have two problems with the book. One is how closely it is tied in to the Bible with numerous references to Biblical statements. One difficulty with that is it gives only a Christian reference to these events and leaves out the other religions, some of which are older than Christianity.
The other problem with this 'starting ancient civilizations' approach is it brings up a time paradox. The idea is that people from year X go back into the past before Egypt existed and then start up Egypt. That, though, would have to be from a reality where Egypt did not exist and not from our Earth which developed with Egypt firmly part of our past.
This is also apparently assuming that the past can be changed but if it's changed than that change should cause ripples into the future of that reality which probably will cause a time disruption for that reality.
Or, another possibility, is that if you go into the past and interfere with it somehow you might create an entirely new future meaning that if you tried to return to the reality you originally came from that particularly reality might no longer exist.
I think the author should have added some information on the dangers of time travel and whether or not it might create a new reality and destroy the one you came from or just prevent you from ever returning to the reality that you came from.
The author says that the time slips do not necessarily have a specific purpose for happening. He relates all this to precognition and retrocognition.
Dreams can sometimes allow one to see future events. 'Time is an eternal oneness.' In time travel a person can sometimes interact with someone in the 'new' time.
Sometimes the time travel involves a person but sometimes it can involve an object. Examples include finding a gold thread in a million-year-old rock and a gold chain found in a lump of coal. Sometimes fossil footprints are found that are from more modern-day type of humans.
There is a possibility that some people traveled back to the past and were responsible for getting Egypt and other ancient civilizations underway and the author goes into a lot of detail about this.
I have two problems with the book. One is how closely it is tied in to the Bible with numerous references to Biblical statements. One difficulty with that is it gives only a Christian reference to these events and leaves out the other religions, some of which are older than Christianity.
The other problem with this 'starting ancient civilizations' approach is it brings up a time paradox. The idea is that people from year X go back into the past before Egypt existed and then start up Egypt. That, though, would have to be from a reality where Egypt did not exist and not from our Earth which developed with Egypt firmly part of our past.
This is also apparently assuming that the past can be changed but if it's changed than that change should cause ripples into the future of that reality which probably will cause a time disruption for that reality.
Or, another possibility, is that if you go into the past and interfere with it somehow you might create an entirely new future meaning that if you tried to return to the reality you originally came from that particularly reality might no longer exist.
I think the author should have added some information on the dangers of time travel and whether or not it might create a new reality and destroy the one you came from or just prevent you from ever returning to the reality that you came from.
July 28, 2021
An interesting premise, but far too much speculation and a rambling style of writing that goes way off topic. The author tries to explain everything from mislaying your keys to the achievements of the Egyptians using time slips. There is also a lot of repetition in some chapters.
Most of the “case studies” presented as evidence of time slip are reinterpretations of writings from many centuries ago. More focus on up-to-date scientific evidence would have been more credible.
Most of the “case studies” presented as evidence of time slip are reinterpretations of writings from many centuries ago. More focus on up-to-date scientific evidence would have been more credible.
November 3, 2021
It was ok...
The stories about people's experiences with time slips were fun to read. However, I didn't enjoy the author's opinions on human civilization and such. I mean everything is caused by timeslips with this guy. I just wanted the experiences.
The stories about people's experiences with time slips were fun to read. However, I didn't enjoy the author's opinions on human civilization and such. I mean everything is caused by timeslips with this guy. I just wanted the experiences.
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