chaos and creation alfred de grazia

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CHAOS AND CREATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO
QUANTAVOLUTION
IN HUMAN AND NATURAL HISTORY
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E DDERFLA AIZARG
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© 1981 by ALFRED DE GRAZIA
No reproduction in any form of this book, in whole or in part
(except for brief quotation in critical articles or review), may be
made without written permission from the author.
First Edition 1981
Metron Publications
Box 1213
Princeton, N J., U.S.A. 08540
PRINTED IN INDIA
BY MANMOHAN S. BHATKAL AT POPULAR BOOK DEPOT
PRINTING DIVISION,
DR. BHADKAMKAR MARG, BOMBAY 400 007.
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To Ami Hueber
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CONTENTS
Forward
:noitcudortnI noitulo v.E snvoitulovatnauQ
The Uniformitarian Resistance; Quantavolution by Catastrophe
ytilibats ncIims o:Ce nrOetpahC
Impacts on Earth; The Cleavage of Mars: A Particular Case.
eca pmSo ryfgre nhEg i:Ho wrTetpahC
Heavy-Body Impacts: Seismism and Volcanism; Fire and
Gases; Dense Fall-Out; Pandemonium and Darkness; The
Battle over Time; The Quantavolutionary Column; The
Exponential Principle; Revolutionary Integration of the
Cosmos.
em i fTsots egTnispall o:Ceer hrTetpahC
Rapid Sedimentation; Coral Reefs; Radiodating; Radiation
Turbulence; Potassium-Argon Dating; The Radio-Halo
Problem; Radiocarbon (Carbon-14) Dating; Tree-Ring Time;
Magnetism; The Fossil Record and Mutating Time; Cycles and
Anniversaries; 58 Tests in Dispute; The Dissolution of Time; Of
Mammonths and Amber.
radne lcaiChports a: trAa uCroeFtpahC
The Number of Catastrophes, Why 14,000 Years?
airal o:Sev irFetpahC airaniB
The Stacked Binary System; Decline of the Electric System; The
Break-up of Super-Uranus; Planetary Behavior; Completion of
the Transformation; The World of Pangea; The Sky-Watches;
Early Astronomical Ideas; Summary Reflections upon the
Changing World System.
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The Destruction of Pangea: The First Chaos; The Ice Dumps;
The Creation of Man; Religious Beginnings; Birth of the
Heavenly Host; Ecumenical Culture; Old and New World
Concordances; Climate Changes and Time; Puzzles of
Tihuanacu; Signs of Uranian Culture; Hand, Rod, and Snake.
htr inBo odM nnaoitirutr ahPtr a:Enev erSetpahC
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The Passage of Uranus Minor; Contributing Theories and
Eruption Dynamics; Lunar Conformities to Eruption; The
Global Fracture System; The Tethyan Welt; Global Expansion;
The Magnetic Field; Ocean Development; Lunar Worship;
Sunken Lands; Legendary Chaos and the Moon; The Moon in
Meso-America; Western Europe; The Near East; A Question of
Lunar Priority; Eliade’s “Lunar Perspective”; The Menstrual
Cycle; The Heavenly Spinner.
nerdli hsC’nrut a:Sthg irEetpahC
The Pleiades; The Triumph of Saturn; The “Golden Age” The
Peoples of Saturnia; The Downfall of Saturn; Nova and Deluge;
The Poseidon Phase; Survivors and Saturnalia.
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The Devil Seth; The Bonds of Saturn and Jupiter; The Lightning
God; The Behavior of Planet Jupiter; End of the “Golden
Age”; Monumentalism; Repeated Disasters; Gods Not
Invented; Apollo Explosion and Asteroids; Mercury; Mercury’s
Geophysics.
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Career of an Androgyne; The Heat of Venus; Hundres of
Identities; The Plot of the Iliad; Global Ruination and its
Perpetrator; The Devi and the Mexican Ballplayer; A Longer
Day; The Explosion of Thira; Martia; Carpenter’s “Soft”
Catastrophism; Nergal, the “Treacherous Dealer”; Worship of
Mars; The Wounds of Planet Mars; The Greek “Dark Ages”.
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n ueS h fTyorotc i:Vevle wrTetpahC
Sun and Science; Forebodings; The Propensity to Survive.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
noga reDseni he C hfetopytehc reAhT
(Frontispiece)
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2. )pa Ms(r afeMocafr ue Shfgtonipp ieRhT
3. 6 6tf0so1euq n eo dhCsnttae mrfoaoCeF
4. ne ksaeTp aehmSoS st etmno eCycbeR
5. sse rltaScigol o dcgnEnai tnaoDbracoidaR
6. em i fTsots eeT h ftsonoitanalp xdEetupsiD
)elbaT(
7. )elba Ts(doir eePnecol ofeHoludeh cAS
8. A elc yyCranoitulovatnauQ
9. airaloS gniru dairaniB aegnaP
10. n ueS h ftdole icFitengaM
11. )tAra hhCti we(hportsat a nCnioitazinamuH
12. sei ddoeB ycaiRhtiloseM
13. nrut adS nsauna r fUsonoitcip elDacipyT
14. sd oeG h ftroeht a,Fn u fNhopylgoreiH
15. htr adE nya keS h ftgonitaM
16. nos ilBaitseleC
17. dn utonMep roe iSthaO eerhGT
18. efe rePhT derr tsu rsC’htr afsEoeduititlA
19. sdl onFiatnu o,Mstl e,Wsegavae l:Cyad ohTtr aeEhT
msinacl odVna
20. faoe rdAn aeL h fteomehcS d naaegnaP ainarU
21. htr ae Ehfstoel ocPiteng aeMhT
22. dlr oeW h ftsoerutl udC nsadn anLekn uySradnegeL
23. ehT nacir enm oa,oosMsseeMddoG ltoetlozalT
24. sse d nedeotohoiGtMdorhpA
25. sega mnIrut a fSnooitisopmoC
26. nerdlih Csi hgniruove DnrutaS
27. tDhcerblA ü s’rer”eguleD“
28. goD-li v ee,hDht tsreuoSteC
29. rednuh Tdn agninthgi L:retipuJ
30. yortuc rme oMsrrfetsasiD )serlabMaT(
31. e hfstotnairaV ss eydrdaotGemoC
32. seb onRoga reDseni hlCairep meIhT
33. seit ie CgeAzno rfnBooitcurtseD
34. )elba Te(lacS-em idTetpec cyAllaren eAG
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I cannot without great wonder, nay more, disbelief, hear it
being attributed to natural bodies as a great honour and
perfection that they are impassable, immutable, inalterable,
etc.: as, conversely, I hear it esteemed a great imperfection to
be alterable, generable, mutable etc. It is my opinion that the
Earth is very noble and admirable by reason of the many and
different alterations, mutations, generations, etc., which
incessantly occur in it...I say the same concerning the Moon,
Jupiter and all the other globes of the Universe.... These men
who so extol incorruptibility, inalterability, etc., speak thus, I
believe, out of the great desire they have to live long and for
fear of death....
OELILAG IELILAG
Dialogue on the Great World Systems
The real actors on the stage of the universe are very few if their
adventures are many. The most “ancient treasure” -in
Aristotle’s words-that was left to us by our predecessors of the
High and Far-Off Times was the idea that the gods are really
stars, and that there are no others. The forces reside in the
starry heavens, and all the stories, characters and adventures
narrated by mythology concentrate on the active powers among
the stars, who are planets. A prodigious assignment it may
seem for those planets to account for all those stories and also
to run the affairs of the whole universe.
GIORGIO DI ANALLITNAS AHTREH
VON DNEHCED
Hamlet’s Mill
. Dl:Co2-vQ Chaos and Creation, Foreword 8
FOREWORD
ehT cifitneics ytinummoc fo yadot si ni trap a ytinummocfo
htym .dyngao lsoiehdTi sa hsya w,lnaeeb dna t s,oymlektislum
rn eos th p ess tyuycyau. ardia mesge otwfbavdbcloeEnaadarip
tfar ni redro ot taolf nopu eht naeco fo etul o”s.byat“ilaernehW
a tfar si ,g nniokiateclurtsn otcsum nigeb no a wen .eno tAtaht
.decudort neni bascngis ew detnnemom
sihT koob si dengised ot wohs taht a lacipyt tsitneics yamdloh
elbanetnu snoitisop no evif rojam :seussi eht gniredro fo eht
e cfga o nffeirohnuto si s h;iefsds ho aoe;tefGnmheet gtrsaylsos
eht ;htrae eht noitulove fo ;dniknam dna eht snigiro fo.erutluc
ehT sretpahc taht era ot emoc tressa taht lla fo esehtsessecorp
yda emervr aunhcico la atvrr oefhto s nneiomiihttt ainiwicossa
a tes fo larutan .sehportsatac ehT dlrow sah degnahc ybtaerg
tpurba .stnemevom htiw gnignar-r a.fstceffe sihT ,yrots dnaeht
yroeht desu ot ezinagro ,ti era ereh dellac“ ”noitulovatdnnaauq
yranoitulover“ ”.ygolavemirp yehT tsartnoc htiwyranoitulove“
”.ygolavemirp
,doht ecmifitnei c fssomr entI ega mrlioe d snoaiomitulovatnauq
fo tahw thgim evah deneppah ni larutan dna namuh .yrotsihsA
,hcus ti si eno yaw fo gnihcaorppa hturt niesoht-ynogomsoc
etomer sesuac fo ruo laer .dlrow tI sreffo a hturt taht yamod
ret tneabht eht txe nt s,ehbtur tro ti ya mev rleistnu a rethtteubrt
si ,dereffo gnipleh ot tneiro rehto ,srehcraes neve ot tsissa nisti
.tnemecalp enrwo
ruO dellac-os egA“ fo ”ecneicS si a krowhctap fo tnereffid
.seitilatnem tsoM elpoep dnuora eht dlrow dluow etupsideht
sfeileb fo ecneics no eht evoba evif ,seussi tub od ton ecitcarpa
cifitneics .dohtem tsoM stsitneics fo eht ega erahslatnemadnuf
sfeileb no eseht ,seussi tub oot netfo yeht od ton ecitcarprieht
cifitneics dohtem htiw drager ot ;meht yeht ylpmis yrrac nota
rieh tlaice p.ssksat I ebircsbus ot eht sdohtem fo ,ecneics tubtey
ma gnittup drawrof a egnellahc ot eht .sfeileb sihT stes em
gnoma a llams ytironim fo ,sralohcs tub stimrep em otward
troppus morf eht snoitidart fo a taerg ynam ,elpoep eht
. Dl:Co2-vQ Chaos and Creation, Foreword 9
dezilaiceps seiduts fo ynam ,stsitneics dna eht citehtapmys
.w enfiat r fseaotcroffe
g nn oei nehmdr orwainiaeeotlhn tee stsyttoasalpictn eyincasM
gnidliub nopu ”,seitilaer“ tub erongi rieht srehposolihp fo
, d” o nohmeh cerhtetwotihatuhatofTw ertgni“omTottrnreaics
.sevlesmeht nehW rieht tfar snigeb ot ,kael ,neht yeht tsum
etarelot eht stceffe fo :noitpmuserp ,tsurtsim ,feilebsid dna
.gmnsiiycoi ntdninarAc yeht yam ton evlos e msomselbotrapht
.gnivl onso psutra erhie htt eesv ayheht
EDDERFLA AIZARG
London
May 1, 1980
. Dl:Co2-vQ Chaos and Creation, Introduction 10
INTRODUCTION
QUANTAVOLUTION VS. EVOLUTION
tneic ntauo bdaa eonrtug eyblet aelv ashnosr efsponoill iemmoS
.sehportsatac nI ,siht yeht evah neeb gnirutpacer a tibah forieht
srotsecna ohw dah neeb ,deloohcs revetahw rieht ,noigilerot
eveileb taht ecno nopu a ,emit ni eht gninnigeb fo,dniknam
.dl r eodhwetflu grnee t daenw ra,i rf,ihat rsfaroeetsa seildbirret
sA os netfo ,sneppah tahw stseretni eht cilbup sedicniochtiw
ntndoa oe ihsmlyttim lb io.enucspattmnsIiit nsetisces rteathnwi
ot htob eht edutitlum fo snosrep dna eht ydob fo ,sralohcseht
namu hdni myadot si gniv oomtni na ae rearehw “eh tnoitc.a”si
rsopFahr eopn genrio tmt indcanxtaero pami tes sfmoelbosrip
.pihsraloh cd sneacnei cfssomla ee r hnetirehwy ndanu oeofbt
yrevE enilpicsid si detacilpmi ni eht yroeht fo tneicna
sehportsatac - ,ygolohcysp ,ygoloicos ,scitsiugnil,ygoloeahcra
,ygoloib ,scisyhp ,yrtsimehc ,ymonortsa dna ,ygoloegrehtegot
htiw rieht ysnnaomisivi dnbwuosd ot laiceps dna wen,secneics
hcus sa amsalp ,scisyhp ,ygolonorhcordned dna nimativ-agem
ypareht .]1[ tI sah gnihtemos ot yas tuoba eht“ retipuJ”,tceffE
eht“ noI ”,tceffE dna eht“ adumreB ”,elgnairT ton otnoitnem
tneicnA“ ”,stuanortsA dna eht sdinimoh fo iavudlO .egroG
yrevE etib fo eht s’tsigoloeahcra ,edaps yreves’rehpargonaeco
peed gniroc fo eht aes ,mottob yr envoeitartenep fo retuosecaps
smees elbapac fo gnitcartta eht noitnetta fo eht tsihportsatac-
taht ,si eht laitnetop tsinoitulovatnauq fo larutan yrotsih dna
.snigir onamuh
THE UNIFORMITIARIAN RESISTANCE
ehT yrotsih fo ecneics koot a prahs nrut dnuora 051 sraeyoga
.]2[ erofeB neht ti saw demuss ataht efil no htrae ddaehtanigiro
yltnecer dna saw dekcarw yb larutan .sretsasid hguohtlAsiht