I don't believe in this theory of magnetic pole reversal. I'm not saying it's a hoax - the academics proposing it truly believe it & with good cause: you can find hematite stone everywhere around volcanoes that show a discernable polarity in the direction of magnetic pull. This in turn creates increasing layers of magnetic iron filaments in the stones which show this noticeable shift in direction across vast lengths of time.

I have my own theory, & here it is. (NOTE: I've never heard anyone else propose this but it jives with everything I believe to be true).

I believe our sun is part of a binary star system (meaning 2 suns that revolve around each other). The sister star around which our solar jewel orbits is Sirius (the Dog Star). This theory of mine is premised on a belief in the electric universe theory proposed by Walt Thornhil & supported by the Thunderbolts Project. It stands to reason that the rules which govern plasma physics should also hold true in the universe & our solar system. If our star is in a 24-26,000 year orbital cycle around Sirius, then that explains these shifts in magnetic direction in geologic formations. There is a halfway point in this orbit every 12K years approximately marked by alternating catastrophic occurences on our world when the 2 stars pass (when Sirius is inbound, Earth is burnt by fire... 12,000 years later, Earth is flooded). This is borne out in the Vedas & explains quite nicely the Yuga cycles imho. It stands to reason that this would also account for the shift in magnetic pull found in hematite (& not because the magentic poles of our planet reverse polarity). I find that theory implausible.

Every ancient religion & culture supports the notion of a second sun periodically appearing & wreaking havoc in our world. The Sanskrit Vedas (the oldest written texts on Earth, believed by Hindu scholars to be 100,000+ years old- though not accepted by Western Academia) support this theory. Nearly all ancient temples in Greece, Egypt, Turkey, India, & dozens of other countries as well as Celtic monuments such as Stonehenge are directionally oriented to the rising of Sirius in the East during the summer equinox. In fact, Egyptian civilization revolved around this all-important astronomical event (it heralded the flooding of the Nile & thus signalled the need to begin planting crops). Schwaller de Lubicz wrote a book "Temple of Man" where he meticulously detailed these findings over a 20-year period excavating & mapping an Egyptian Temple (the main one at Dendera I think but I forget- was a few years back when I studied these things).

The ancients from 100s of long-dead civilizations seem to all tell us the same thing. Our solar system (& hence our world) undergoes catastrophic periods every 12K years as we pass nearby our sister star Sirius in the halfway point of an elliptical orbit round each other.

The Academic Orthodoxy will never even consider ideas like these. Anything that challenges their dogma is suppressed, & professors are stripped of tenure & blackballed for daring to even mention it. Colleges are the place where the search for truth goes to die. I personally believe it to be true, & the historical evidence in favor of it is undeniable so far as I'm concerned.

My 2 cents.