Few writers have endured more controversy than Immanuel Velikovsky.
Catastrophism has never been a popular subject, but in 1950 Velikovsky published the ground breaking book 'Worlds in Collision', and it became a world wide best seller despite the taboos. In it Velikovsky argued that a huge comet-planet passed by, and interacted, with earth in historical times.
Velikovsky attested that behind many of the myths and oral traditions of ancient peoples across the globe, were true stories and experiences of a global cataclysms of epic proportions. He deciphered historical accounts, myths and scripture, and claimed that a massive planet-sized comet once passed close to earth. Did Velikovsky discover what is commonly referred to as Planet X in the historical record? Few books were more ridiculed and reviled at the time by mainstream society yet Velikovsky sources were sound, and he was a renowned researcher and writer, famously corresponding with Einstein during this time.
Nowadays his work is forgotten by mainstream academia, it's been relegated to the dustbin of fringe science and though they could not disprove his theories, they suppressed them nevertheless. It's only recently that Worlds in Collision relevance is being noticed. Velikovsky, in the 50's was intellectually independent, open minded and able to study mythological histories from every corner of the planet without political prejudice. He craved truth and didn't care for the taboos surrounding the subject of catastrophism or mythology. Through Velikovsky we find some of the best modern references and research into the profound and terrible events the ancient's endured, when a large planetary comet passed near the earth.
Take into consideration that these accounts of global cataclysms may have transpired around 1600 BCE That is 3600 years ago. It is during this time that civilization, around the world, was beset by a host of catastrophic events. Worlds in Collision is a collection of these myths and sacred accounts from the ancient witnesses of a planet-sized comet disturbing the earth.
It's quite possible that Velikovsky discovered, through synthesizing global myths, that Planet X passed earth in the historical record. And if so, what can we expect to experience, god forbid, should the planet-comet ever appear again in our skies?
The following quotes are taken from Velikovsky's Worlds In Collision and depict the stages of cataclysm ancient peoples experienced:
“In the middle of the second millennium before the present era, as I intend to show, the earth underwent one of the greatest catastrophes in its history. A celestial body that only shortly before had become a member of the solar system-a new comet-came very close to earth.” Pg 64
(RED DUST/GRAVEL/HAIL)
“One of the first visible signs of this encounter was the reddening of the earth's surface by a fine dust of rusty pigment. In sea,in lake and river this pigment gave a bloody colouring to the water.” pg64
“Our planet entered deeper into the tail of the comet. The dust was the forerunner of the gravel.” pg 67
(RAIN OF NAPTHMA TYPE SUBSTANCE)
“The descent of the sticky fluid which came earthward and blazed with heavy smoke is recalled in the oral traditions of the inhabitants of both hemispheres.” pg 70
“For a span of time after the combustive fluid poured down, it may well hAve floated upon the surface of the seas, soaked the surface of the ground, and caught fire again and again.”pg 71
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