Part Two
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As the Earth drifted away from the battle between Jupiter and Saturn, the battle, from the point of view of the Earth, moved into the southern skies. This is simply due to the axial tilt of the Earth. From the point of view of the northern hemisphere, as the Earth recedes from something, it appears to move further south in the sky. This is demonstrated in the diagram below, if you can understand it:
This apparent movement is recorded by ancient civilisations. The planets would have appeared to move into the zodiac, which is characterised by the presence of the zodiacal light - a glow within the orbital plane of the planets caused by massive levels of dust. It has dissipated over time and is not as bright as it once was. Apparently it once looked like a large glowing river in the sky. Because the planets were receding from the Earth, the gods were said to be dying and drifting down the river to the underworld (the underworld – the absu – in Sumerian mythology was, in fact, originally identified as the southern portion of the sky). Compare the following mythologies which describe the aftermath of the battle:
The Greeks claim the battle lasted a full 11 years, with both Zeus [Jupiter] and Chronos [Saturn] assisted by more minor figures – Chronos by the Titans, and Zeus by the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes. These would have been the moons of each planet as well as debris formed during the battle. Eventually Zeus defeated Chronos and banished most of the Titans to Tartarus – the underworld, which is reached via a river. Chronos wasn’t banished to Tartarus, but instead fled. The Titans, being moons, would have eventually become to small to see as Saturn fled along the zodiac, and this may account for the reason that they were “banished” and not Chronos, who still remains visible today.
Egyptian mythology is somewhat confused, with some gods changing identity several times over several thousand years, however what we can tell is that Osiris [Saturn] was originally the god of Egypt (it’s possible that the name “Ra” who was the original ruler of Egypt (see the last post) is in fact a title, not a name, as it seems to be often used as the name of whichever god is chief god at that time). His brother Set [Jupiter] became jealous and battled Osiris, and killed him by throwing him on his side. Osiris was sealed in a sarcophagus and floated down a river to the underworld. He then became the god of the dead. Set, however, did not become the chief god, and was viewed as an evil god (the Egyptians rather liked being ruled by Osiris). Instead, Horus [Mars] became the chief god. Another god, Isis, is identified in this legend, who appears to correspond to Venus (she accompanied Osiris originally and fled from Set during the battle).
The Mayans recall that Oxlahun-ti-ku [Saturn] ruled the Earth until he was overthrown by Bolon-ti-ku [Jupiter] who seized him, wounded his head, buffeted his face, spat on him, and threw him onto his back, stripping him of his markings of rank (as described in the Chilam Balam).
The Sumerians say that there was civil war among the gods, until Marduk [Jupiter] was chosen to duel against Tiamat [possibly Saturn] to settle the dispute. Marduk won, and killed Tiamat and became king of the gods.
It is from this point in history that the ancients appear to have become aware that authority could be overthrown, and for the first time in history we start getting accounts of rulers fighting each other and killing each other for the throne.
Eventually the gods separated, Saturn appearing to have been thrown on its side (its rings were probably seen from side on for the first time in history, making them almost invisible, and looking as though Saturn was on its side). Their orbits had been radically altered, and as a result they were both drifting further from the sun. It may have taken as long as a thousand years for their orbits to restabilise into the orbits they currently have now.
Eventually something would happen with Jupiter that would cause it to be seen as the new chief god, but I’ll get to that later. Earth and Venus had both been released from Saturn near the beginning of the confrontation, causing a massive catastrophic flood on Earth, the like of which has never been seen since. Their new orbits both resembled ovals, with Venus’s inside the Earth’s and meeting it at the point where the battle had occurred. Mars wasn’t released probably until about the time Jupiter and Saturn finally separated, and its orbit lay outside the Earth’s although it appears that it was eccentric enough for it to meet the Earth’s orbit at its pericenter. As a result it was inevitable that Earth and Mars would meet again.
The Greeks claim the battle lasted a full 11 years, with both Zeus [Jupiter] and Chronos [Saturn] assisted by more minor figures – Chronos by the Titans, and Zeus by the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes. These would have been the moons of each planet as well as debris formed during the battle. Eventually Zeus defeated Chronos and banished most of the Titans to Tartarus – the underworld, which is reached via a river. Chronos wasn’t banished to Tartarus, but instead fled. The Titans, being moons, would have eventually become to small to see as Saturn fled along the zodiac, and this may account for the reason that they were “banished” and not Chronos, who still remains visible today.
Egyptian mythology is somewhat confused, with some gods changing identity several times over several thousand years, however what we can tell is that Osiris [Saturn] was originally the god of Egypt (it’s possible that the name “Ra” who was the original ruler of Egypt (see the last post) is in fact a title, not a name, as it seems to be often used as the name of whichever god is chief god at that time). His brother Set [Jupiter] became jealous and battled Osiris, and killed him by throwing him on his side. Osiris was sealed in a sarcophagus and floated down a river to the underworld. He then became the god of the dead. Set, however, did not become the chief god, and was viewed as an evil god (the Egyptians rather liked being ruled by Osiris). Instead, Horus [Mars] became the chief god. Another god, Isis, is identified in this legend, who appears to correspond to Venus (she accompanied Osiris originally and fled from Set during the battle).
The Mayans recall that Oxlahun-ti-ku [Saturn] ruled the Earth until he was overthrown by Bolon-ti-ku [Jupiter] who seized him, wounded his head, buffeted his face, spat on him, and threw him onto his back, stripping him of his markings of rank (as described in the Chilam Balam).
The Sumerians say that there was civil war among the gods, until Marduk [Jupiter] was chosen to duel against Tiamat [possibly Saturn] to settle the dispute. Marduk won, and killed Tiamat and became king of the gods.
It is from this point in history that the ancients appear to have become aware that authority could be overthrown, and for the first time in history we start getting accounts of rulers fighting each other and killing each other for the throne.
Eventually the gods separated, Saturn appearing to have been thrown on its side (its rings were probably seen from side on for the first time in history, making them almost invisible, and looking as though Saturn was on its side). Their orbits had been radically altered, and as a result they were both drifting further from the sun. It may have taken as long as a thousand years for their orbits to restabilise into the orbits they currently have now.
Eventually something would happen with Jupiter that would cause it to be seen as the new chief god, but I’ll get to that later. Earth and Venus had both been released from Saturn near the beginning of the confrontation, causing a massive catastrophic flood on Earth, the like of which has never been seen since. Their new orbits both resembled ovals, with Venus’s inside the Earth’s and meeting it at the point where the battle had occurred. Mars wasn’t released probably until about the time Jupiter and Saturn finally separated, and its orbit lay outside the Earth’s although it appears that it was eccentric enough for it to meet the Earth’s orbit at its pericenter. As a result it was inevitable that Earth and Mars would meet again.
In fact Mars first appears near the Earth only a few years after the flood (around 3100BC) – probably on its first time round the sun. The Egyptians had given it the name Horus. Horus was seen as a resurrection of Osiris, who had been sent to the underworld. This is possibly because Horus became the new chief god. The first time Horus was recorded as visiting the Earth he was seen approaching from the southern sky (remember from the northern hemisphere the further away another planet is the further south it appears – and as it gets closer it appears to move further north). Mars had originally existed above the north pole of the Earth, and its orbit was still “above” the Earth’s. As a result Mars approached the Earth and moved back into its old position above the north pole. The two speeds of Earth and Mars were identical at this point, because two objects at the same distance from the sun will have the same speed around it.
Once again a plasma arc struck up between the two planets, and it is from this that we get the account of Horus sitting on his mountain overlooking the world. From Egypt the plasma arc would have appeared broad near the earth, narrowing as it approached Mars – roughly in the shape of a fairly conical mountain. It also explains why the Egyptians described Horus as “rising on his mountain” when in fact there are no mountains anywhere near Egypt. It also explains why temples from this period face due north (where Horus was) rather than towards the strike point of the arc as they did under Saturn’s rule.
Mars appears to have come close enough to Earth to rotate about the pole and establish a plasma arc only once roughly every 30 years. It would have appeared to slowly rotate around the pole a few times before moving on, temporarily moving between the Earth and the sun, before crossing the Earth’s orbit again (now some distance ahead of it) and heading back out into space. The apparent motion of Mars may have inspired a rather bizarre part of the pharaoh’s coronation ceremony (the pharaoh was seen as getting his authority from Horus, and joining Horus when he died) – in which the pharaoh was required to run a race along a fixed course, accompanied by the priests of the souls of his forefathers, before being crowned.
The Palermo Stone of Egypt may indicate that Mars was pursued by several small asteroids. The smaller ones closer to the planet became known as “the cattle of Horus” and the larger ones further away as the “followers of Horus” and it may be the presence of these larger ones that inspired the priests of the souls of the pharaoh’s forefathers (who joined Horus when they died and became the followers of Horus) to accompany the pharaoh as he ran along the course towards his coronation.
These visits of Mars are what became the legends of the Ten Labours of Hercules (there were originally 10, they were expanded to become 12 at a later date). It is interesting that several of Hercules’s tasks involve him rustling cattle or horses – possibly the same “cattle” as the Egyptians saw.
By about 2700BC Mars had ceased visiting the Earth, probably due to precession of the orbits. This wasn’t one of Horus’s more popular decisions, and there were various attempts at comemorating his death and inducing him to return. Various edifices were built all across the world. In Egypt he was said to have died, along with Ra and Osiris. Pyramids were built as graves for the gods, culminating in the greatest and most famous three – the Pyramids of Giza. The largest pyramid of Giza was built to house Ra [Saturn above the north pole]. The passage that rises within this pyramid towards the king’s chamber is at 26 degrees to the horizontal and represents the plasma connection. The king’s chamber at the top of this represents Ra/Saturn at the top of the connection, and the queen’s chamber lower down the passage represents where Mars sat in the plasma stream. This pyramid was clad in brilliant white limestone and capped with gold – the colours recalling the colour of Saturn above the pole.
The second pyramid is slightly smaller, but sits on higher ground, so appears to be roughly the same size. This is Osiris’s grave [Saturn after leaving the pole at fighting Set]. It was also clad in brilliant white limestone, again representing Saturn, but with no gold point, because the plasma connection had been lost.
The third pyramid is significantly smaller than the first two and is the grave of Horus, who had recently disappeared for good. This pyramid was covered with red granite – the size and colour of it representing the both the red colour of Mars and its apparent size with respect to Saturn.
A similar motivation was causing the pre-Mayan civilisation in Central America to build pyramids, and was causing the Sumerians to build ziggurats, as well as pyramids in China and Europe (cf. the Silbury Hill in England and the pyramid recently discovered in Bosnia).
In Babylon a “temple” was built, called Etemenanki, which translates as “the house of the receiving platform between heaven and earth.” Now either they were expecting a spaceship to land, or they were waiting to receive Horus – anticipating his return.
Once again a plasma arc struck up between the two planets, and it is from this that we get the account of Horus sitting on his mountain overlooking the world. From Egypt the plasma arc would have appeared broad near the earth, narrowing as it approached Mars – roughly in the shape of a fairly conical mountain. It also explains why the Egyptians described Horus as “rising on his mountain” when in fact there are no mountains anywhere near Egypt. It also explains why temples from this period face due north (where Horus was) rather than towards the strike point of the arc as they did under Saturn’s rule.
Mars appears to have come close enough to Earth to rotate about the pole and establish a plasma arc only once roughly every 30 years. It would have appeared to slowly rotate around the pole a few times before moving on, temporarily moving between the Earth and the sun, before crossing the Earth’s orbit again (now some distance ahead of it) and heading back out into space. The apparent motion of Mars may have inspired a rather bizarre part of the pharaoh’s coronation ceremony (the pharaoh was seen as getting his authority from Horus, and joining Horus when he died) – in which the pharaoh was required to run a race along a fixed course, accompanied by the priests of the souls of his forefathers, before being crowned.
The Palermo Stone of Egypt may indicate that Mars was pursued by several small asteroids. The smaller ones closer to the planet became known as “the cattle of Horus” and the larger ones further away as the “followers of Horus” and it may be the presence of these larger ones that inspired the priests of the souls of the pharaoh’s forefathers (who joined Horus when they died and became the followers of Horus) to accompany the pharaoh as he ran along the course towards his coronation.
These visits of Mars are what became the legends of the Ten Labours of Hercules (there were originally 10, they were expanded to become 12 at a later date). It is interesting that several of Hercules’s tasks involve him rustling cattle or horses – possibly the same “cattle” as the Egyptians saw.
By about 2700BC Mars had ceased visiting the Earth, probably due to precession of the orbits. This wasn’t one of Horus’s more popular decisions, and there were various attempts at comemorating his death and inducing him to return. Various edifices were built all across the world. In Egypt he was said to have died, along with Ra and Osiris. Pyramids were built as graves for the gods, culminating in the greatest and most famous three – the Pyramids of Giza. The largest pyramid of Giza was built to house Ra [Saturn above the north pole]. The passage that rises within this pyramid towards the king’s chamber is at 26 degrees to the horizontal and represents the plasma connection. The king’s chamber at the top of this represents Ra/Saturn at the top of the connection, and the queen’s chamber lower down the passage represents where Mars sat in the plasma stream. This pyramid was clad in brilliant white limestone and capped with gold – the colours recalling the colour of Saturn above the pole.
The second pyramid is slightly smaller, but sits on higher ground, so appears to be roughly the same size. This is Osiris’s grave [Saturn after leaving the pole at fighting Set]. It was also clad in brilliant white limestone, again representing Saturn, but with no gold point, because the plasma connection had been lost.
The third pyramid is significantly smaller than the first two and is the grave of Horus, who had recently disappeared for good. This pyramid was covered with red granite – the size and colour of it representing the both the red colour of Mars and its apparent size with respect to Saturn.
A similar motivation was causing the pre-Mayan civilisation in Central America to build pyramids, and was causing the Sumerians to build ziggurats, as well as pyramids in China and Europe (cf. the Silbury Hill in England and the pyramid recently discovered in Bosnia).
In Babylon a “temple” was built, called Etemenanki, which translates as “the house of the receiving platform between heaven and earth.” Now either they were expecting a spaceship to land, or they were waiting to receive Horus – anticipating his return.
But he never returned. At least – not in their lifetime. And after this time a new phenomenon appeared in the sky – Zeus had made his claim as chief of the gods.
But more on that next time.
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