Initial Commentary
by
Robertino Solàrion
2001
Oftentimes, after a long and complex
research project such as this work on
Hyperborea, The Cosmic Tree,
it is beneficial to return to the original source material that
engendered the endeavor. It has been exactly 28 years since I first
read Dr. Velikovsky’s WORLDS IN COLLISION and began this
investigation, without knowing particularly where it would
eventually lead me. Although WORLDS IN COLLISION captivated me more
than Dr. Velikovsky’s other books, soon thereafter my attention was
riveted on his Historical Reconstruction presented in the AGES IN
CHAOS series.
By the late 1970s I had written a 70-page treatise
titled "June 15, 762 BCE : A Mathematical Analysis Of Ancient
History" in which I think I proved that Dr. Velikovsky’s purely
historical postulations could be mathematically verified and
thoroughly cross-referenced. That treatise was not published,
however, until August 1994 in an edition of THE VELIKOVSKIAN
Journal. This historical research sequence of the past three decades
is discussed elsewhere in these essays, such as in HYPERBOREA, THE
NIGHT SUN.
Note above that WORLDS IN COLLISION was first published in 1950,
half a century after Miss E. Valentia Straiton published THE
CELESTIAL SHIP OF THE NORTH and half a century prior to the
completion of my own research. And also during that second
half-century there also were published such relevant works as
HAMLET’S MILL by Giorgio de Santillana and
Hertha von Dechend,
THE
EARTH CHRONICLES by
Zecharia Sitchin, and
FLYING SERPENTS AND
DRAGONS by R.A. Boulay, amongst others. Since all of this prior and
seemingly disparate writing spanned the entire century, it would
have been -- and was -- impossible for me to finalize all the
conclusions which are presented here under the umbrella-title of
THE
COSMIC TREE.
Transcribed below are several excerpts from WORLDS IN COLLISION.
Chapters One and Two of Part Two (Exodus/Santorini) are transcribed
in their entirety; subsequent excerpts contain only parts of various
succeeding chapters. It is quite impossible for me to transcribe the
entire volume. If you are interested in reading it in its totality,
you are advised to locate a complete copy by way of your public
library, favorite bookstore or even the Internet.
Regardless of Dr. Velikovsky’s personal interpretation of the
ultimate cause of these events, when we read it in light of all
other material, we are forced to view this "invading comet" as the
cyclical
Planet Nibiru. These excerpts below thus describe the
magnetic, meteorologic, geologic and other phenomena that
accompanied the last arrival-sequence of Planet Nibiru in 1587 BCE
and ensuing years. Thus, we may safely conclude that, as horrible as
these events might seem, humanity did indeed survive; and we can
regard the words of Dr. Velikovsky as an ominous preview of what
will probably transpire when Planet Nibiru returns again, in the
coming years that surround
2012.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
In Dr. Velikovsky’s material, all footnotes are omitted, unless they
contain information significantly peripheral to the text itself, and
then they will be bracketed and included following the paragraph to
which they refer. If any reader wishes to explore Dr. Velikovsky’s
source material in greater detail, then I recommend that you visit
your public library and check out the book itself. This book was
translated into numerous foreign languages and has sold millions of
copies worldwide, so it might be possible for readers in
non-English-speaking countries, particularly in Europe, to locate a
local translated copy. Also, in lieu of italics and bold type,
capital letters will be used in this transcription.
Regarding the opening information about the Sun’s standing still,
you are also referred to my own accompanying essay THE NIGHT THE
STARS STOOD STILL.
You will note in Chapter Two the "52-Year Period" from the events of
the Exodus until the Battle of Gibeon. The exact chronology of this
period has been debated for centuries and is dealt with in other
essays in this collection. Assuming that it has a certain validity,
then the Exodus and the Santorini Cataclysm/Explosion occurred in my
scenario in the year 1587 BCE; and the Sun stood still over Gibeon
52 years later in 1535 BCE.
Significantly, Dr. Velikovsky also
linked this period of 52 years to the Mayan traditions; it more than
coincidental that the Mayan astronomical system is partially
constructed around the framework of a cycle of 52 years, or 4 times
13. In his discussion of the relevance of the number 13, however,
Dr. Velikovsky was undoubtedly not aware that the END-TIME DATE for
the current Mayan Baktun, i.e., the end date of 13.0.0.0.0, falls on
21 December 2012, precisely 3,600 years after the cosmic cataclysm
of Exodus/Santorini; and 3,600 years is the length of one Nibiruan
Orbit, that cycle of time after which new "world ages" begin,
birthed by fearsome cosmic storms of fire, water and wind.
Robertino Solàrion,
Dallas, Texas,
4 January 2001
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