Earth Under Fire: Humanity's Survival of the Ice Age

Paul A. LaViolette

Inner Traditions / Bear & Co, Oct 25, 2005 - Nature - 448 pages

An investigation of the connection between ancient world catastrophe myths and modern scientific evidence of a galactic destruction cycle

• Provides scientific evidence of past Earth-wide catastrophes and their galactic superwave origins

• Decodes the ancient message encrypted in the zodiac constellations and symbolism of the Sphinx

• Describes how explosions of our Galaxy’s core pose a threat to humanity in the future

Many ancient myths from around the world tell of catastrophic destruction by fire and flood. These ubiquitous legends are so extreme that they are often dismissed as imaginative exaggerations. In Earth Under Fire, Paul LaViolette connects these "myths" to recent scientific findings in astronomy, geology, and archaeology to reconstruct the details of prehistoric global disasters and to explain how similar tragedies could recur in the near future.

Compelled by his decryption of an ancient warning hidden in zodiac constellation lore, LaViolette worked with information from many scientific sources, including astronomical observations, polar ice core measurements, and other geological data, to confirm that our Galaxy’s core exploded near the end of the last ice age. This explosion unleashed a barrage of cosmic rays and enveloped the solar system in a dense nebula, which led to periods of persistent darkness, frigid cold, severe solar storms, searing heat, and mountainous floods that plagued mankind for many generations. Linking his scientific findings to details preserved in the myths and monuments of ancient civilizations, he demonstrates how past civilizations accurately recorded the causes of these cataclysmic events, knowledge of which may be crucial for the human race to survive the next catastrophic superwave cycle. This information reveals the intelligence and ingenuity of our ancestors who, when faced with extinction, found the means to warn us that the apocalypse that destroyed them could occur once again.

Contents

• CIPHER IN THE SKY: 1
• The Science of Cosmogenesis: 7
• The Riddle of the Sphinx: 16
• The Encryption of the Cosmic Microwave Temperature Gradient: 21
• THE GALACTIC CONNECTION: 31
• Was the Galactic Center Visible in Ancient Times?: 37
• Cosmic Procreation: 45
• Activity in the Core of Our Galaxy: 54
• Cosmic Benchmarks: 58
• THE CHARGE OF THE BULL: 65
• The Blue Star: 71
• The Eye of Re: 73
• The Temple of Dendera: 76
• Distant Thunder: 81
• Ice Core Evidence of Prehistoric Cosmic Ray Volleys: 87
• COSMIC DUST INVASIONS: 93
• The Age of Darkness: 96
• The Battle of Horus and Set: 104
• Horuss Nearly Fatal Sting: 109
• Validation: 111
• Discovery of the 15800yearsBP Cosmic Event: 120
• Dusty Aftermath: 125
• The Star That Smoked: 129
• THE AGE OF ICE: 133
• Dark Clouds Up Ahead: 136
• Ragnarok Twilight of the Gods: 144
• Fierce Winds: 155
• THE CONFLAGRATION: 158
• Lunar Evidence of an Active Ice Age Sun: 163
• The Canyons of Mars: 165
• The Myth of Phaethon and the Sun Chariot: 174
• Other Myths about the Burning of the World: 178
• Terrestrial Evidence for a Prehistoric Global Warming and Solar Outburst: 188
• Solar Storms and Geomagnetic Flips: 200
• THE GREAT EXTINCTION: 203
• Glacier Waves: 213
• The Mystery of the Frozen Mammoths: 221
• FLOOD LEGENDS AND CIPHERS: 235
• Thus Spake Zeus: 245
• Asgard and the Bifrost Bridge: 250
• A Zodiacal Date for the Flood: 251
• Flood Legends from Asia Oceania and the Near East: 258
• FLOOD LEGENDS FROM THE AMERICAS: 265
• The Barasana Star Lore: 277
• Archaeological Evidence for the Flood: 287
• TESTIMONY IN THE SKY: 292
• Supernova Remnant Signposts: 297
• Do Superwaves Trigger Supernovae?: 306
• Extragalactic Evidence for Superwaves: 309
• CYCLES OF DESTRUCTION: 317
• The Days of Brahma: 322
• The Journey of the Hopi: 327
• PROPHECIES: 330
• The Revelation of Saint John: 337
• The Fatima Prophecy: 344
• Future Vision: 353
• REQUIEM: 359
• COORDINATES AND PROPER MOTIONS FOR KEY CONSTELLATION STARS: 363
• THE DURATION OF GALACTIC CORE EXPLOSIONS: 364
• ATTEMPTS TO MOVE THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION FORWARD: 368
• Subsequent Investigation Attempts: 373
• Glasnost: 377
• Chronology1979 to Present: 381
• CHRONOLOGIES: 388
• NOTES: 390
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 408
• INDEX: 422
• INDEX OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS: 435

About the author

Paul A. LaViolette, Ph.D., (1947–2022) was president of the Starburst Foundation, an interdisciplinary research institute, and held advanced degrees in systems science and physics. He is the author of Genesis of the Cosmos, Earth Under Fire, Decoding the Message of the Pulsars, Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion, and Subquantum Kinetics.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Earth Under Fire: Humanity's Survival of the Ice Age
• Author: Paul A. LaViolette
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co, 2005
• ISBN: 1591430526, 9781591430520
• Length: 448 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Ancient Mysteries & Controversial Knowledge; Body, Mind & Spirit / General; Body, Mind & Spirit / New Thought; Body, Mind & Spirit / Occultism; Body, Mind & Spirit / Unexplained Phenomena; Nature / Natural Disasters; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science / Space Science / General; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology