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Dave Talbott as guest?
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Tyger
Paranormal Adept
OMiGosh - the first quote is from 'Hamlet's Mill' - I read that aeons ago - another lifetime, but it came flooding back! This is such an important work that a used copy starts at over $50.00. Unfortunately I have no time to watch the video right now, but I will.
Amazon Blurb Text: "Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description, mythology and science have developed separately. But what came before the Greeks? What if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial cosmology? What if the gods, the places they lived, and what they did are but ciphers for celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical data? Drawing on scientific data, historical and literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose power and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman world view. This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development and transmission of knowledge. This is a truly seminal and original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two."
An Amazon review: "The Reader will find that this book is quoted in the bibliography of many if not all recent books concerning the origins of human civilisation and the extent of knowledge possesed by our ancestors, that it has almost become a bible to modern researchers in this field. Upon reading, it is not hard to see why this should be.
"The authors show compelling evidence that myth was a way of handing down complex information in easy to manage packages within stories, and that modern man has lost all understanding of the true nature of the myth. They also boldly state that the majority of this information pertains primarily to the mechanics of celestial movements and the precessional cycle.
"However, it can be at times a very heavy text and can indeed be hard to understand upon first reading, but perseverence is most rewarding. At times the text is interupted by periodic quotes of German, Latin or French which, if one does not know the language can cause the reader to feel that he/she has missed some major point of the argument.
"Having been published in 1969, this book is beginning to feel its age especially with the help of modern authors explaining many of its main arguments in a much more simple and effective way.
"It is an excellent book, and one that you may go back upon in future to study again and again. However, it is not advised for the casual reader, and most definately not for any one with a less than passing interest in myth."
Amazon Blurb Text: "Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description, mythology and science have developed separately. But what came before the Greeks? What if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial cosmology? What if the gods, the places they lived, and what they did are but ciphers for celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical data? Drawing on scientific data, historical and literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose power and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman world view. This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development and transmission of knowledge. This is a truly seminal and original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two."
An Amazon review: "The Reader will find that this book is quoted in the bibliography of many if not all recent books concerning the origins of human civilisation and the extent of knowledge possesed by our ancestors, that it has almost become a bible to modern researchers in this field. Upon reading, it is not hard to see why this should be.
"The authors show compelling evidence that myth was a way of handing down complex information in easy to manage packages within stories, and that modern man has lost all understanding of the true nature of the myth. They also boldly state that the majority of this information pertains primarily to the mechanics of celestial movements and the precessional cycle.
"However, it can be at times a very heavy text and can indeed be hard to understand upon first reading, but perseverence is most rewarding. At times the text is interupted by periodic quotes of German, Latin or French which, if one does not know the language can cause the reader to feel that he/she has missed some major point of the argument.
"Having been published in 1969, this book is beginning to feel its age especially with the help of modern authors explaining many of its main arguments in a much more simple and effective way.
"It is an excellent book, and one that you may go back upon in future to study again and again. However, it is not advised for the casual reader, and most definately not for any one with a less than passing interest in myth."
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The music wears on you for sure.
Charlie Prime
Paranormal Adept
I second what Pduch said. Talbot would be a good guest.
He is an experienced interviewee. He knows how to do it. He is affable, good-natured, and interviewers don't have to work to drag content out of him.
He will defer from venturing too far into the scientific aspects of Electric Universe Theory, and instead focus on his specialty area, the legends, native petroglyphs, and mythology.
However, he may not be "paranormal" enough for the Paracast.
He is an experienced interviewee. He knows how to do it. He is affable, good-natured, and interviewers don't have to work to drag content out of him.
He will defer from venturing too far into the scientific aspects of Electric Universe Theory, and instead focus on his specialty area, the legends, native petroglyphs, and mythology.
However, he may not be "paranormal" enough for the Paracast.
Tyger
Paranormal Adept
@pduchesne Not at all 'poppycock' imo. It's as good an analysis as any Claude Levi-Strauss did imo - and who I had to wade through as an undergraduate in Cultural Anthroplogy studies.
But then I am a longtime fan of Immanuuel Velikovsky, too. 
I've had the time recently to view the entire video and go further. I have started a thread on the science of the Electric Universe model/theory. Fascinating and exciting stuff. Has enormous implications for all sorts of things - like space travel. Should be something UFO enthusiasts are interested in as so many UFO encounters talk about electrical events.
Here is the new thread: The Electric Universe Theory | The Paracast Community Forums
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