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With this book Immanuel Velikovsky first presented the revolutionary results of his 10-year-long interdisciplinary research to the public, founded modern catastrophism - based on eyewitness reports by our ancestors - shook the doctrine of uniformity of geology as well as Darwin's theory of evolution, put our view of the history of our solar system, of the Earth and of humanity on a completely new basis - and caused an uproar that is still going on today. Worlds in Collision - written in a brilliant, easily understandable and entertaining style and full to the brim with precise information - can be considered one of the most important and most challenging books in the history of science. Not without reason was this book found open on Einstein's desk after his death. For all those who have ever wondered about the evolution of the earth, the history of mankind, traditions, religions, mythology or just the world as it is today, Worlds in Collision is an absolute MUST-READ! Read more
Publisher : Paradigma Ltd; Softcover ed. edition (January 1, 2009)
Language : English
Paperback : 438 pages
ISBN-10 : 1906833117
ISBN-13 : 14
Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
Dimensions : 5.98 x 0.97 x 9.02 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #235,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #380 in Astronomy (Books) #530 in Ancient & Controversial Knowledge #585 in Folklore & Mythology Studies
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Revolutionary, world-changing discoveries are often initially greeted with suspicion, rejection and hostility and in the 20th century, perhaps no one experienced this principle more harshly than the psychologist, astronomer and historian Immanuel Velikovsky. Dr. Velikovsky hypothesized, based upon his readings of the Old Testament, that some sort of catastrophe affected the Earth in the days of the Exodus. After ten years of research, Velikovsky published "Worlds In Collision" in 1950, which not only confirmed the catastrophe but advanced the Catastrophic Theory of the solar system with unprecedented elaboration. The book was very popular among the general public but was savagely attacked by the Scientific Establishment of his time, including boycotts of the book's publisher and the firing of astronomers who dared to defend the book. One of the reasons "Worlds In Collision" was scathingly denounced was because it challenged the then-prevailing Uniformist view, the view that everything in the solar system was formed at the same time, billions of years ago, and that it has remained static ever since. Velikovsky's work shows that our solar system is actually dynamic, quickly evolving, and that it has probably only been in its current form about 2,700 years. Velikovsky knew that the ancient solar system is understood best by the people who observed it firsthand and he is committed to learning their story. He proves to be an excellent researcher, pulling a large number of documents (some of them deeply obscured) from the historical record in order to make the case for catastrophe. Around 1500 B.C., a comet of unfathomable size approached the Earth as it revolved around the sun. It assaulted the Earth with red dust, meteorites and liquid hydrocarbons. Venturing closer, the comet slowed down the rotation of the Earth, causing prolonged periods of day and night, a phenomenon mentioned in both the Book Of Exodus and the Book Of Joshua. The comet's influence caused earthquakes and hurricanes to form. It pulled the Earth's tides miles into the sky and blasted our planet with discharges of celestial lightning. At its most extreme, the comet caused the Earth to tilt on its axis so that the sun rose in the West. Entirely new mountain ranges were formed and islands (including possibly Atlantis) sank into the sea. The entire human race was affected and countless people died. Accounts of this interstellar chaos appear in the historical and religious traditions of peoples all over the world: the Hebrews, the Greeks, the Mayans, the Chinese and Japanese, the Finns and Slavs, the tribes of Africa and the Maoris of New Zealand. What was this terrible comet? It was nothing less than the planet Venus itself. The earliest astronomical tablets from Babylon and India do not mention Venus at all, convincing Velikovsky that the planet is a newcomer to the solar system and that it erupted from deep inside Jupiter. Curiously, various mythologies concern themselves with the birth of Venus, but not the births of any other deities. After several centuries of silence, Venus' reign of terror reawakened in the 7th century B.C., when it managed to throw Mars out of its orbit, an orbit that was originally closer to the Sun than Earth's. Mars waged a brutal war with Venus before it was hurled towards the Earth to further affect life here. Some time after this second act, both Mars and Venus settled down into their current orbits. "Worlds In Collision" is an incredible book, a profound, exciting epic, staggering in its implications. It explains that the Bible basically is historically accurate. It solves the mystery of when Homer wrote "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" and the genesis of stories like Zeus' battle with Typhon. It sheds light on why comets have been regarded as dark omens throughout history. It laid the groundwork for current theories of dinosaur extinction and emphasized the important role of electromagnetism in celestial mechanics. It touches upon every aspect of human existence and describes how the cosmos is something far more fantastic and dangerous than we were expecting. Velikovsky began to receive acceptance after he used his theory to make several remarkable predictions about the solar system: the existence of radio waves eminating from Jupiter, the strange rotation and scorching hot temperature of Venus, the scarring of Mars' surface, the intense magnetism of the moon's rocks...and yet the attacks from Scientific Orthodoxy continued, culminating in the kangaroo court that was the American Association For The Advancement Of Science symposium of 1974, in which a cadre of disgraceful "scientists" (including Carl Sagan) lined up to take their shot at "refuting" Velikovsky while misrepresenting his basic ideas! Such is the dogmatism of the mind that is incapable of reconsidering its premises, a dogmatism that is pervasive within the mainstream intelligentsia, witness the attacks on anti-vaccinists, World War II revisionists and critics of manmade climate change today. While his major thesis is probably undeniable, some more minor elements in the mix are doubtful, such as his reliance on suspect Freudian theories of repression and unconsciousness to explain human reaction to the catastrophes. Several of his interpretations of phenomena may also need reworking but these problems can easily be forgiven in light of the book's tremendous strengths. Truth cannot remain submerged forever and sooner or later, the world will know that in eras past, there were catastrophes upon the Earth. Immanuel Velikovsky will be vindicated someday. 250 years from now, his name will be spoken with the same reverence given to Galileo and Kepler today. Until that time comes, read "Worlds In Collision" and appreciate it for what it is: Velikovsky's transformation of the legendary into reality.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 1, 2013 by M.S. Lavelle
I have two copies of this book and at last count I have probably read it cover to cover 4 times. First I was fortunate to get an original hardcover copy (1950) passed on to me by my stepmother some thirty years ago as a young man in his twenties. I read the book with much interest and was fascinated by the cultural cross-referencing of significant celestial events as observed by ancient races, and how much of these same cataclysmic and 'ultra-natural' events may have found their way into religious texts on both sides of the world. Not the least of which was the Torah or the Hebrew 'Old Testament.' This in turn gave me a new understanding of what exactly might have taken place in biblical times. For me it was no less than a new lens with which to glean insight into the true nature of these often bizarre events (i.e. the Plagues and Exodus, The Sun standing still, the mythology surrounding Mars as the warrior god and Venus as the "Light-Bringer," et al, etc. etc.) and to see them in another light, one much different from the divine nature that has been traditionally touted. Ironically reading "Worlds in Collision," had me re-reading the "Old Testament" with a renewed interest and a much deeper appreciation of what those unfortunate souls had to cope with. After shelving this book for some thirty years, I decided to re-read it and did so in 2007. Now older and much more skeptical, I next decided to do a quick Google search on Velikovsky to see what I could find out about the man; I was appalled to find the self-righteous vitriol that was and still is leveled at this remarkable scholar. To get a sense of that, just take a look at the 'one-star' reviews on this site. For a time, I decided that if the world was against this man in such a vehement way, then maybe we had all been fooled and he was nothing more than a charlatan and hack. So I started reading books about him, and found it strange that many things he had posited about the planets in the solar system, this years before we had the ability to send space probes, were slowly coming to light and proving him right, as the science and exploration finally caught up with his claims. So much so that toward the end of his time on this dangerous little globe, major institutions of higher learning were glad to invite him come and speak to packed auditoriums of students and faculty. Let's just say that this man was - like so many great intellectuals throughout history - way ahead of his time. Perhaps not everything that he postulated is spot-on or even scientifically viable, but neither was Darwin's; as much as his theory of evolution has been accepted by mainstream science; even Darwin would admit that the fossil record has not been as forthcoming or cooperative as he had hoped it would be some 150 years into the future. But that's not what we are told, so I think we should try to keep an open mind when it comes to Velikovsky's unique brand of insight; especially his insight into the arcane and mysterious world of the past. Someone else (in one of those scathing 1 star reviews) questioned Velikovsky's scholarship due to the fact that he wasn't a geologist or astronomer or physicist, or a whatever. I think this is blatantly unfair and simple-minded. It is perhaps our good fortune that he was not hamstringed by these disciplines, and that he was able to 'think outside the box.' Can you imagine the grief one would have to suffer at the hands of 'peer review' for each scientific discipline involved. His book would never have been published in the first place, and oh how the academic powers to be, did not want this book published in 1950; sight-unseen and unread! However after a change of publishers, it was, and it then went on to be a number one best-seller for some 50 weeks (as I recall reading) running. Obviously he had struck a chord with the common person on the street; people fascinated and intrigued, people ready for something beyond the traditional "Sunday School Paradigm." I'm glad I did my homework, I now have this, 'New, unchanged edition (2009)' to read and I have read it with a new insight to this remarkable individual. I've also read "Ages in Chaos," which was intended to come out before "Worlds in Collision;" it too is controversial and captivating, more historical in content than the 'far-out' nature of 'Worlds.' There are also numerous books that discuss this man's life and the cross he had to bear. I would recommend "Carl Sagan & Immanuel Velikovsky" by Charles Ginentha, its fairly in-depth and revealing, and puts Dr. Sagan in a whole new light. Scholars the likes of Velikovsky or Zecharia Sitchin, were unfortunately never destined to be fully appreciated in their own time, and yet I would like to believe that future generations will recognize their accomplishments and their contributions to knowledge and ancient history, even though they might not might be mainstream now.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 3, 2015 by gnosisguy