: A POLE SHIFT IS THE LEAST OF OUR WORRIES
: http://www.mm2000.nu/prophecye.html
: Since 1830, the terrestrial magnetic field has been decreasing
: in strength. As the field weakens, so does what many believe
: is the natural navigatory force for many living
: creatures...
: by Peter Petrisko
: Much talk has revolved around coming pole shifts on Earth,
: either physical or magnetic. Does the evidence bear out
: such an event happening?
: An 180-degree physical inversion of the planets's solid crust
: around the molten core would be the ultimate cataclysmic
: "Earth change". However, more than a few experts
: find this scenario most likely only if another planetary
: body - such as a 'rogue planet' or similar cosmic anomaly -
: passed in close proximity to the Earth, providing enough
: torque for such an event to occur.
: A reversal of the magnetic poles is much more likely, however,
: as it's happened before. Seen in the paleomagnetic record,
: locked into rocks of the ocean floor and in some lava
: flows, scientists think the time between reversals on the
: Earth falls somewhere between every 100,000 to 25 million
: years, with the reversal itself taking about 5,000 years.
: [1]
: Not that just the reversal takes that long, mind you, and
: therein lies the crux of the problem. No, during much of
: that time, the geomagnetic field strength decreases - which
: counts as part of the 'reversal' process. According to
: laboratory analysis of thermorenanent magnetization carried
: by clay baked in ancient times, the average global field
: intensity in any given region went through a broad maximum
: about 2,000 years ago. [2] After reaching a maximum, it
: then began its long descent.
: NASA's Magnetic Field Satellite concurs, confirming a trend
: that goes back to at least 1830; namely, that the
: terrestrial magnetic field is decreasing in strength. At a
: rate measured by the satellite, the Earth's field will hit
: 'zero' in about 1,200 years.[3] That, at least, is the
: estimate.
: One contributing factor to the decrease, and eventual
: reversal, may be intensifying core spots within the inner
: core that are magnetized in a sense opposite of the main
: field[4]; while competing energy sources, such as heat loss
: at the mantle-core boundary (itself possibly contributing
: to climate change) and growth of the inner core may also be
: contributing factors.[5]
: As the field reaches 'zero', or close to it (some estimate the
: magnetic field will be at 20% of normal during a reversal),
: complete with periods of rapid and radical changes[6],
: something much more threatening than the upcoming reversal
: will occur.
: First, as the field weakens, so does what many believe is the
: natural navigatory force for many living creatures. Studies
: have shown that whales, dolphins, birds and even mollusks
: and mice use the geomagnetic field as a guiding device.
: Some, like mice, use it as a directional guide[7]; while
: cetaceans use the total geomagnetic field as a map, not for
: directional information, as we would use a compass, but by
: navigating the contours of magnetic "hills and
: valleys" in a field that is anything but uniform.[8]
: Without it, whales and dolphins would beach in record numbers,
: birds and other creatures would be 'lost', unable to find
: their home.
: The effect of a magnetic reversal on humans is less known.
: Confusion might reign, and some theorize a complete
: 'reboot' of the human mind - the brain IS known to contain
: magnetite - might occur. However, as the field decreases
: (before a 'reversal'), one could surmise what may happen by
: looking at a recent experiment by Dr. Valerie Hunt. Hunt
: had a room constructed in which the magnetic field
: intensity could be varied. The following, as spelled out in
: her book, ''Infinite Mind'', was observed: When "the
: magnetism was decreased, gross incoordination occurred. The
: entire neurological integrating mechanism was thrown off.
: Subjects could not balance their bodies; they had
: difficulty touching finger to nose or performing simple
: coordinated movements. They lost kinesthetic
: awareness."[9]
: Could our bodies adjust as a much more gradual, long-term but
: worldwide decrease in the magnetic field intensity
: occurred? That may be doubtful, and if so then at what
: point near the conclusion of this pre-reversal descent
: would such incoordination sweep over the human race?
: Not that it would matter for long. Now, as the Earth and its
: magnetosphere plows through the solar wind, the charged
: particles are diverted around a 'shell' created by the
: geomagnetic field. Without that field, high-energy
: particles -- including dangerous gamma-, and X-rays --
: would penetrate completely, to the surface. If television
: or radio were still in use at that point in the future,
: transmissions would become impossible. Electric power grids
: would be off-line indefinitely.
: And the effects on organic matter?
: Gamma rays, because they are so penetrating, can have severe
: effects on the cells of humans and other animals. As with
: cosmic rays, which also bombard the Earth at all times,
: gamma rays are known as ionizing radiation, which can cause
: a host of problems from cell death to genetic mutations
: (leading to cancer), in any living thing.[10] As was said
: before, the magnetic pole reversal itself would be the
: least of the worries, as it's unlikely future generations
: would survive long enough to see it.
: Bibliography
: 1. Scientific American Online, April, 1998.
: 2. "Geomagnetic Intensity as Evaluated from Ancient
: Pottery," Nature, 328:330, 1987.
: 3. "Magsat Down: Magnetic Field Declining," Science
: News, 117:407, 1980.
: 4. "Inner Earth Coming Out," Science News, 131:222,
: 1987.
: 5. "What Triggers Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic
: Field?" Nature, 309:115, 1984.
: 6. "How the Geomagnetic Field Vector Reverses
: Polarity," Nature, 316:230, 1985.
: 7. "Magnetic Orientation on Small Mammals," Journal
: of Mammalogy 70:1, 1989.
: 8. "No Through Road for the Misguided Whale," New
: Scientist, p. 46, February 12, 1987.
: 9. "Infinite Mind", Dr. Valerie Hunt, pp. 31.
: 10. "How Nuclear Radiation Works", BYG Publishing,
: 1998.
Esclarmonde,
You are right on the money again. You are impressing the hell out of me. I had began to think there was nobody on the internet, I could identify with.
You are actually the first person on the internet I have ever encountered who has read the Popul Vuh, which basically the indian version of Genesis.
"Countless lineages and tribes converge on the Tulan Zuyua of the Popul Vuh, and each of them, starting with Quiches, is given a God. The Cauecs receive the god named Tohil, the Greathouses receive Auilix, and the Lord Quiches receive Hacauitz. Ultimately the patronage of the first-ranking god. Tohil, extended to all three of these lineages, and to two other Quiche lineages of lesser rank, the Tams and Ilocs. The worship of Tohil has recently been traced back to the classic period; in the inscriptions at Palenque, he bears the name Tahil. a Cholan word meaning "Obsidian Mirror," and he is shown with a smoking mirror in his forehead."
Now we know obsidian is a very sharp stone and can be sharpened finer than a surgeons scapel, and was used for operations, sometimes brain surgery by the Mayans.
They refer to a smoking mirror in the forehead. Can this be anything other than the third eye of the prophets.
I mentioned you were Jewish because you had indicated that earlier. (photographic memory). I was not trying to stir the eternal debate.
I can see we have much to talk about.