Worlds In Collision

Initial Commentary

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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