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Notes and ThemesThemes for Shamir

(mostly from the Old Testament; miracles-ancient lore)

GenesisSerafimSanverim

Sulfur (brimstone)

Interplanetary travelGiants

Smoke of furnace

!elu"eGiant animals#also $i% bird& (mammals)

Stru""lin" 'ith the an"el

n"els visit braham

!ream interpretation Exodus*anna#hydroc+ combin+ Numbers,adiation disease-

T%aarat#leprosy-air fell out Joshua.ild ducks (meat of fo'l)#radioactivity in e/posedanimals-case of radiated en"ineer+

The death after eatin" the 'ild ducks (irradiated)+0hosphorescence1hand 'hite after bein" kept in dark

2arnaim-the horns or rays of *oses

(rays of 3enus#like horns)4indin" 'ater

!iamonds

0etroleum

3ermin pla"ue5ordan runnin" back

!elu"e of fire

Serpent and 6aal 'orship

7evelin" of mountains Judges & Kings*a"net*outh-to-mouth breathin".eather forecast

Telepathy and hypnosis+ Since 89:


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*ene Tekel - 'ritin" on the 'all

Sun?s shado' returned Elias & ElishaSanverim*a"netism

Static electricityrtificial breathin"

*eteorolo"yGalvanism

@hariot of fire

Interplanetary Travel

The story told in Genesis A& about the sons of God (6?nei =lim) comin" to the dau"hters of men&

is usually e/plained as referrin" to the aristocrats that min"led 'ith common people+

In my understandin" this is a literary relic dealin" 'ith the visit of intelli"ent bein"s from

another planet+ ctually in the rabbinical literature is preserved the stroy of BA() persons led

by ++++++ that descended on *ount ermon+ The ne' arrivals& all males& 'ere probably of "i"anticstature; their pro"eny 'ith 'omen of the earth 'ere "iants (Genesis A)+ I thou"ht that trilithon of

6aalbek& near ermon& 'as the 'ork of their hands+

The planet from 'hich they came I 'ould not kno' to determine+ =l 'ould refer to Saturn+ The

"reat si%e of the visitors 'ould su""est a smaller body+ 6ecause of the stran"eness of the idea& Ithou"ht to never publishin" it+ 6ut since I came to it in about 8C:-8C:8& the space a"e started&

D4O 'ere claimed to be vehicles of visitors from other planets ('hich idea does not find any

credence in me)& and previous visits to the earth by "uests from other systems (other star

systems) 'ere e/pressed 'ithout callin" for ridicule+

It appears to me that the visitors in e/pectation of some "reat catastrophe& moved out from theirplanet+ ctually& their story precedes the story of the !elu"e in the Scriptures+

Angels visit Abraham

The time of the events connected 'ith the story of the patriarch braham is& in my

understandin"& the end of the =arly 6ron%e or Old 2in"dom in ="ypt+ The catastrophe of Sodom

and "omorra1the overturnin" of the plain& the ori"in of the !ead Sea& 'as a catastrophe thatended an era; the ori"in of the Great (frican) ,ift or its "reater e/pansion& coincided 'ith those

events+ The a"e of the !ead Sea 'hen measured by the amount of salts in its 'aters and in the

supplyin" sources1is of the order E& years& but could be even less& all dependin" the various

factors (submarine sources& chan"e in concentration of salts in the 5ordan& the contribution of thesources on the shores of the sea& besides the main tributaries+)

The visit of an"els1or 6?nei =l1to the ten of braham 'ould su""est that the interplanetary

visitors 'ere still around at the end of the Old 2in"dom in ="ypt& or =arly 6ron%e+ To me thisappears a misplaced memory+ I 'ould think that the visitors 'ould be su""estive of an earlier

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6ut in recent years I chanced to find my old idea concernin" Genesis A& e/pressed by a ,ussian

astronomer& thou"h he seems to be una'are of the landin" at ermon& he associated a not

removed stone in the Fuarry near 6aalbek 'ith their effort to leave the earth; he also su"estedthat the turnin" of the plain 'as the 'ork of their hands (atomic e/plosion) 'hich mi"ht be true&

considerin" the element of the punishment told in the story of Sodom+

Horn lo!ing on "om Kippur

The blo'in" of the horn on the


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s the above-mentioned travellers could not have visited the merican *useum of


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E+ Ibid+& pp+ B-B8+

The Burning Bush

It is told in the 6ook of =/odus that& in advance of the "reat catastrophes that preceded andaccompanied the fli"ht of the Israelites from ="ypt& the first si"n of the thin"s to come 'as the

e/perience of *oses in the 'asteland of *idian Sinai 'hen he sa' a burnin" bush+ The bush&

to his ama%ement& 'as burnin"& yet the flame did not consume it (=/odus BH-:)+ Should 'e

assume that it 'as some natural phenomenon& interpreted by *oses as a miracle& 'e 'ould be

put before the choiceH either it 'as a phenomenon of phosphorescence& or some similar radiation&

or it 'as a phenomenon of an electrical nature& such as that kno'n to us as St+ =lmo fire+ In the

first instance a desert bush could "lo' in the dusk of the day if covered by phosphorus dust; and

the desert of Sinai& like southern Israel& abounds in deposits of phosphorus+ Irradiated by li"ht

durin" the day& phosphorus continues to "lo' in the dusk+ St+ =lmo fire is the visible electrical

"lo' on the tops and e/tremities of masts of ships& or at the summits and ends of branches of

trees; this electrical phenomenon is especially apparent 'hen the atmosphere is char"ed more

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It is kno'n that comets "lo' chiefly by their o'n li"ht& rather than by the reflected li"ht of the

SunH the spectral analysis of the "lo' comin" from the tails of the comets sho's that the li"ht

ori"inates there; it sho's the so-called lines of emission& 'hereas reflected "lo' 'ould produce

lines of absorption+ =lectrical li"ht shinin" in vacuum& upon meetin" some obstacles& may also

produce K-rays+

The "reat dischar"es e/chan"ed bet'een the head and tail of the comet& retarded in its motion;

the terrifyin" crashes (kolot)of the bolides (barad)on enterin" the =arth?s atmosphere; the

ma"netic disturbances; and the electrical phenomena caused by the irre"ularities of the terrestrial

motions1all must have contributed to the increased tensions bet'een the "round and the upper

atmosphere& and the radiations& some of them of harmful nature& that filled the air of the entire

'orld+ Thus a passa"e of the =arth throu"h the tail of a comet 'ould result in phenomena the

intensity of 'hich 'ould clearly depend on the si%e and mass of the comet and of its trailin" tail&

and the closeness of the approach+

It is narrated that 'hen *oses came from hidin" in the cloud on *ount Sinai& his face shone

(=/odus B:HB&BE)+ This 'as re"arded as a si"n of holiness& and actually in @hristian times the

saints are represented 'ith a halo around their heads+ Of $arathustra it is also said that he 'as

burned by fire& but not consumed by it& durin" his stay on a mountain+(8)*ountains themselves

often possess a halo ; and actually& @harles 6eke 'ent to rabia in 8J9: in search of *ount

Sinai& and believed to have discovered it in *ount Seir& a mountain 'ith an electrical halo+

*ichelan"elo portrayed *oses on his famous statue& presently in ,ome& 'ith horns over his

forehead+ s many artists& he 'as misled by the translation of the 'ord keren(plural karnaim),

'hich in ebre' can mean both horn and ray+ .hat the scriptural 'riter had in mind 'hen

he described *oses descendin" from *ount Sinai 'as most certainly a halo of rays of li"ht+ Inthe aggadicor le"endary material not included in the Scriptures& *oses and aron& appearin"

before the 0haraoh& had already faces that 'ere illuminated& or "lo'ed in the dark+ The 6iblical

narrative renders the story of *oses? descent from the mountain after the la'"ivin" as the time

'hen he impressed the people in the plain by his head shinin" in the darkH it 'as surrounded by

rays of li"ht& understood by *ichelan"elo& and by many others& as horns protrudin" from his

head+

s 'e can "ather from the material collected in Worlds in Collision,the comet that shone at the

end of the *iddle 2in"dom in ="ypt1and caused its do'nfall1appeared to the peoples of the

'orld at one time as a dra"on 'ith a flamin" body& at another moment as the head of a bull 'ithhorns stretched out to'ards the earth; these 'ere horns of li"ht+ This e/plains 'hy the ebre'

'ord horns and the 'ord rays is the same (keren, plural karnaim)can be understood in

terms of the phenomena attendin" the =/odus+

It is also very probable that the "reat dischar"es that accompanied the terrestrial catastrophes

caused radiation diseases+ The "reat role that leprosy (zaarath)took in the medical concern of the
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priests durin" the 'anderin" in the desert& and the very description of this so-called leprosy

that 'as cured by time and no other medicine& lets surmise that this disease 'as of radioactive

nature+ I 'ill discuss the subLect of radiation disease separately+

,eferences

8+ !io @hrysostom& The Thirt!"i#th $iscourse, :f+

Matza

The most important item of the ceremonial of 0assover is unleavened bread called mat%a; the

feast itself is called the feast of the unleavened bread+ *at%a is not Lust one of several eFually

important other re"ulations of the festival of 0assoverH it is the main ceremonial (to"ether 'ith

the readin" of the a""ada)& almost thesymbol of the chief holiday of the Israelites+ The

observin" of the command to eat only the unleavened cakes durin" the feast of 0assover is

ordained in the follo'in" termsH 4or 'hosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until

the seventh day& that same shall be cut off from Israel (=/odus 8H 8E)+ The 6ook of =/odus

e/plains this bread by the command "iven on the eve of the departure of the @hildren of Israel

from ="yptH

nd this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the 7ord throu"hout

your "enerations+++ Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread+ (=/odus 8H8:)

fter they left ,ameses and came to Succoth&

nd they baked unleavened cakes of the dou"h 'hich they brou"ht forth out of ="ypt& for it 'as

not leavened; because they 'ere thrust out of ="ypt and could not tarry& neither had they

prepared for themselves any victuals+ (=/odus 8HBC)

The fact that the Israelites left ="ypt in such a hurry that that ni"ht the dou"h did not leaven&

could hardly be the only motif for a command to 'hich the reli"ion of Israel affords such

importance+ The speed of the =/odus from ="ypt 'as not complemented 'ith the speed of an

entry into the 0romised 7and& but 'as follo'ed by forty years of aimless 'anderin" in the

desert; the haste 'hich saved a fe' hours needed for the dou"h to leaven 'as lost completely in

the events of the slo'-movin" years that follo'ed; the rashness of the =/odus did not even help

the Israelites to run a'ay from the pursuin" ="yptian army and they 'ould have been destroyed

'ere it not for the sea that parted and let the Israelites pass& only to return then to its stren"th and

en"ulf the ="yptian hosts+ 4or its part& the haste of the =/odus could have been much more aptly

remembered by some act symboli%in" the haste of leavin" one?s domicile or s'iftness of retreat&

or celebration of reachin" a 'ater barrier and the like; 'eary loins and the staff of a 'anderer


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'ould e/press better the leavin" of ="ypt; and if the s'ift "oin" a'ay should be symboli%ed in

food& uncooked victuals or eatin" 'hile standin" could better symboli%e the speed than

unleavened cakes eaten in a reclinin" position& as prescribed by the ritual+ nd the seven-day-

lon" observance of eatin" unleavened bread hardly harmoni%es 'ith the e/planation that makes a

one-time hurried preparation of bread the motive of it+

The other e/planation of the ori"in of the custom of eatin" of mat%a durin" 0assover is found in

the a""ada read durin" the Seder& the evenin" meal of the first (in diaspora the first t'o)

evenin"s of the feast+ There it is saidH This is the bread of misery that our forefathers ate in

="ypt+ This e/planation makes mat%a the replica of the poor bread eaten in the misery of

serfdom+ Thou"h less popular& it sounds better rationali%ed+ nation that preserves the memory

of the lon" years of affliction may institute the observance of eatin"1one 'eek each year1the

bread of affliction& lakhmo anio%It must& ho'ever& be noted that the replica of the bread of

affliction is not made to taste unpleasantly and is enLoyed by adults and by children alike+ There

is another symbolic piece of edibles on the Seder plate& the bitter root& 'hich is supposed tocommemorate the bitterness of the days of bonda"e; it is eaten& ho'ever& dipped in honey+

The t'o e/planations contradict each otherH accordin" to one of them the unleavened bread 'as

eaten durin" the many decades of the soLourn in ="ypt 'here the children of Israel 'ere

subLu"ated and carried the yoke of bonda"e; accordin" to the other e/planation this bread 'as

eaten only on the very last ni"ht of the soLourn and possibly not even then& but 'as& for lack of

time& made in preparation of the suddenly-undertaken mi"ration+

6ein" contradictory& the t'o traditional e/planations invite a re-e/amination of the motives

underlyin" this ancient usa"e+

The maLor festivals of the 5e'ish calendar are connected 'ith the memories of the =/odus&

7a'"ivin" and livin" in huts durin" their mi"ration in the desert+.as not some unusual

phenomenon connected 'ith the time of the =/odus of the Israelites from ="ypt that could be

re"arded as more compellin" for the ori"in of the custom than the above-stated motives usa"e

of such persistence& predominance and antiFuity& must have been instituted& so it seems& to honor

some unusual and impressive occurrence+ Such an occurrence 'as the fall of manna+

!urin" the years 'hen the Israelites 'andered in the desert after havin" left ="ypt manna fell

from the sky+ It served as their nourishment in the years 'hen they roamed in the 'asteland& inthe shado' of death& 'hen nothin" budded+ The customary e/planation of manna as the seed of

the tamarisk bush "ro'in" in the desert 'as refuted in Worlds in Collision, section&Ambrosia%'

*anna is called the bread of heaven& the bread that fell from the clouds& (=/odus 8AH :) or

even from the starry sky+8It 'as found by the Israelites daily in enormous Fuantities& and the

*idrashic sources state that the Fuantity that fell every day 'ould have sufficed to nourish the
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people for t'o thousand years+It 'as "round bet'een stones and baked in pans (=/odus

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in the mystery of communion& had the participants eatin" of their "od+ ere it is sho'n ho' this

stran"e idea ori"inated; it 'as an element of ancient mysteries that 'ere inherited and then

incorporated in the @hristian faith+ The eatin" of the body of the "od& the miracle of food fallin"

from the sky& the food that sustained life in the 'anderers in the desert1these are the 'onders

that impressed the ancient 'orld and that survived in the ancient cult of mat%a& and also in the

bread of communion& and in the custom of offerin" cakes to the Mueen of eaven in ancient pre-

e/ilic Israel+

There must have been a special reason 'hy the cakes of unleavened bread should not be

implicitly connected 'ith manna+ It appears that these cakes became a part of an astral 'orship+

It transpired to the instructed priests of the northern kind"orn of Israel that it 'as the planet

3enus that 'as an instrument& or as they may also have thou"ht& the cause of the disturbances

and upheaval that enabled the Israelite slaves to leave ="ypt+ In the northern kin"dom 5eroboam&

by erectin" an ima"e of a calf in the temple of !an and another in 6eth-el& said here are the

"ods that brou"ht you out of ="ypt and he initiated the 0assover service in !an 'hich in hisplan should have served as the "atherin" place for the 0assover 'eek& not only for the population

of the northern kin"dom& but also for the people of 5udah+ Thus 'e see that 0assover 'as a feast

also in the 'orship of 6aal; and in Worlds in Collision'e have sho'n that the calf 'as the

ima"e of the planet 3enus and that 6aal 'as also her name+

t the end of the si/th century before the present era& shortly before the 6abylonian =/ile&

5eremiah accused the population of 5erusalemH The 'omen knead dou"h to make cakes to the

Fueen of heaven& that they may provoke me to an"er+ (9H8J) The Mueen of eaven& 'e are

informed by many authorities& 'as the planet 3enus+ pparently the kno'led"e that 3enus had

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The custom of brin"in" bread (flour) and honey to the Fueen of heaven 'as practiced also by the

Syrians in the second century before the present era& as 7ucian tells in his book$e $ea "ria%

nd in Greece& on the sprin" feast of libations of flour and honey 'ere poured into a crevice in

the "round& in memory of the flood of !eukalion& in 'hich the population of Greece 'as

destroyed almost to the last; this flood of !eukalion& accordin" to tradition conserved by the

fathers of the @hurch& occurred in the days of the =/odus (=usebius)

lso in the .estern emisphere the sprin" feast in honor of Muet%alcoatl or the planet 3enus

'as observed once in ei"ht years1every ei"ht yers the planet 3enus presently returns to the

same position in relation to the sun and the earth1the synodic cycle of 3enus consists of ei"ht

terrestrial years+ 3enus years 'ere ri"orously observed by the *ayas in ucatan& %tecs in

*e/ico& and Incas in 0eru+

!urin" the feast of in honor of 3enus& bread 'as baked 'ithout salt& 'ith 'ater alone1and

Saha"un& the Spanish author 'ho studied the life of the *ayas in the si/teenth century& 'roteH

=very ei"hth year these natives celebrated a feast 'hich they called tamalFuali%tli& 'hich

means feast of bread and 'ater+ 4or ei"ht days precedin" the festival they ate nothin" but

tamales prepared 'ithout salt& nor did they drink anythin" else but clear 'ater+ +++ They did not

mi/ anythin" else 'ith the dou"h of 'hich they make them (tamali) not even salt+++C

ere 'e see the feast of unleavened bread in merica dedicated to 3enus and 'as observed on

its every return on its synodical cycle+ mon" the *ayas the feast of the bread 'as dedicated to

the planet 3enus& as it 'as amon" the 'omen of 5erusalem in the days of 5eremiah and before

him+

The 'ord mat%a may mean to find; the corn of heaven 'as actually found on the "round+

The people of Israel in "ratitude for their salvation in the desert& amidst the outra"ed elements& in

a desert clouded by t'ili"ht& burnin" and 'aterless& observe the feast of salvation and eat the

unleavened bread+

The connection by the people of 5udea in the days of 5eremiah of manna and mat%a 'ith 3enus

contributed to the separation bet'een the custom and its cause& 'hen reli"ion became a

monotheistic form of 5udaism+ Thus the root of the custom 'as lost and other e/planations 'eredevised and survived for many centuries& despite their obvious inadeFuacy+

#eferen$es

8+ 0salms 9JHB-:; Tractate orna 9Ea+
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+ *idrash Tehillim to 0salm B; Tosefta Sota :+B+

B+ Tractate orna 9Aa+

:+ 5+ + *ac@ulloch&ddic -tholog(8CB)& p+ 8AJ+

E+ 2iddushin BJa+

A+ .++ ,oscher&.ektar und Ambrosia,(7eip%i"& 8JJB)& p+ 8C+

9+ NThe synthesis of various edible carbohydrates and su"ars from hydrocarbons by bacterial

action& or from other& simpler compounds by chemical reaction aided by stron"

irradiation has been demonstrated e/perimentally+ 4or instance& see + 5+ S'allo'&

adiation Chemistr of /rganic Compounds(O/ford& 8CA)+ 3+ + 4irsoff (Our

.eighboring WorldsN8CE:& p+ J) described ho' formaldehyde could be produced

from 'ater vapor and carbon dio/ide in the presence of stron" ultraviolet radiation+ 4romformaldehyde su"ars& like fructose or "lucose& and starches can be produced+ See .on"

2ee 2uon"& The Synthesis of *anna&0ens1eIII (8C9B)& pp+ :E-:A+ @arbon dio/ide is a

maLor constituent of 3enus? atmosphere+

J+ 6ernardino de Saha"un&2istoria general de las cosas de la .ue+a spana,6k+ 3II&

@hap+ :+

C+ Ibid+& ppendi/ to 6k+ II+

Shamir

In the Talmud and the *idrashim there are many references to "hamir1unusual Fualities 'ere

ascribed to it+ 4or instance it reportedly could disinte"rate anythin"& even hard& durable stones+

The rabbinical literature describes it as bein" employed in en"ravin" the breast plate of the i"h

0riest+ mon" Solomon?s possessions it 'as the most 'ondrous+ 2in" Solomon 'as ea"er to

possess the Shamir because he had heard about it from earlier days; kno'led"e of the Shamir is

in fact ascribed by rabbinical sources to *oses+ fter much search a "rain of Shamir the si%e of a

barley-corn 'as found in a distant country& in the depths of a 'ell& and brou"ht to Solomon+ 6ut

stran"ely& it lost its abilities and became inactive several centuries later& about the time the

Temple of Solomon 'as destroyed by


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Talmud transmits in the name of ,abbi


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from the root batel%In the four hundred years that passed from the buildin" of the first Temple to

its destruction by


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#eferen$es

8+ ,ashi&0esahim 56a4*aimonides& Commentar on AbotE+A+

+ 7+ Gin%ber"& The Legends of the Jews,(0hiladelphia& 8CE)& vol+ 3 p+ EB& n+ 8AE+

B+ 7bid%,loc+ cit+

:+ @+ *c@o'n& The Testament of "olomon(7eip%i"& 8C)& pp+ 8E ff+ 4 @+ @onybeare

(The Testament of Solomon& The Jewish 8uarterl e+iew KI N8JCJ& p+ 8) dated it to

ca+ 8 @+=+

E+ Tractate Sotah :Jb of The 9ab 7onian Talmud%

A+ S+ @assel& =in archaeolo"ischer 6eitra" %u natur- und Sa"enkunde&$enkschrift der

:oeniglichen Akademie gemeinmitziger Wissenschaften in rfurt,(8C 5uly& 8JE:)& pp+ :J-

88+

9+ Gin%ber"&Legends,loc+ cit+

J+ 7bid%,3ol+ I& p+ B:

C+ N0ossibly the ink contained su"ar of lead& 'hich is the salt of acetic acid solution1a

readily available rea"ent for the ancients& as acetic acid is the maLor constituent of

vine"ar+14+6+5+

8+ Tractate Sotah (Seder


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Magnetism

It 'ould appear that the action of the lodestone must have been discovered

very early; a le"end tells ho' a youn" herdsman in the hills of *a"nesia

felt the nails of his shoes kept "lued to the rock& and thus discovered the

phenomenon of ma"netism+ Since ma"netic rock is found in many places&

the discovery of its action must have been made in more than one place; yet

apparently kno'led"e of the phenomenon 'as confined to the initiated&

'hether the medicine man& yo"i& or shaman+

Is it for certain that the phenomenon has no reference in the ebre'

Scriptures One instance& it seems& points to its use by the seer =lisha+ In

the 6ook of 2in"s 'here the story of his deeds is "iven& apparently culledfrom some ancient source no lon"er e/tant& the follo'in" episode is

describedH

So he N=lisha 'ent 'ith them+ nd 'hen they came to 5ordan& they cut

do'n 'ood+

6ut as one 'as fellin" a beam& the a/ head fell into the 'aterH and he cried&

and said& las& masterP for it 'as borro'ed+

nd the man of God said& .here fell it nd he she'ed him the place+ ndhe cut do'n a stick& and cast it in thither; and the iron did s'im+ therefore

said he& Take it up to thee+ nd he put it in his hand& and took it+(8)


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reconstructed here+ *iracle it is& but not of the one 'ho lon" a"o kne' its

useH ma"netism is a miracle 'ith 'hich the Dniverse is created& and its true

nature is still not kno'n& and therefore belon"s in the fold of the

miraculous+

,eferences

8+ II 2in"s AH:-9+

,adiation Sickness

The upheaval of the days of the =/odus caused by interplanetary perturbations and dischar"es&'as of an intensity of many thousands of hydro"en bombs+ Some of the many conseFuences

'ere transmutation of elements& nuclear fission& and radiation sickness+ permanent

bombardment or the =arth by cosmic rays is "oin" on& resultin" in fission of atoms& especiallythose of nitro"en+ 6ut the comparative rarity of cosmic rays makes the results& thou"h

spectacular in every case or collision of a ray-particle 'ith an atom or a "ene& lackin"& in an

overall picture& the dramatic element of massive chan"e or transformation+ In the abnormal

conditions of interplanetary stress and dischar"es& the elements could "o throu"h transformationson a "rand scale& the livin" or"anisms throu"h the process of somatic chan"es& and their

reproductive cells throu"h mutations that 'ould impress themselves on the formation of the

"enerations to follo'+

In the travelo"ue of the fu"itives from ="ypt 'hich 'as ruined in the catastrophe& 'e read thestran"e story of the people?s askin" for meat& their reFuest havin" been ans'ered& yet the 'rath

of the 7ord causin" them to die as a conseFuence of eatin" the flesh of the Fuail& a lar"e flock of'hich 'as flun" to'ards their camp (


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'anderin" in the desert+ ctually& this disease occupied the minds of the priests to the e/tent that

the code of hy"iene for the purpose of preventin" disease deals chiefly 'ithzaraath%

recently published report on the contamination of a "roup of physicists at a research laboratorytells that one of the physicists 'ho 'as e/posed to a lar"er dose of irradiation contaminated his

apartment& his family& and the ru"s and furniture; that the ru"s and the furniture 'ere burned& yetthe nei"hbors continued to evade the members of the family; and thou"h the physicist after

several months 'as a"ain able to 'ork& the fear of his co-'orkers 'as so "reat that he 'ascoerced to look for a place of 'ork far a'ay from his community& and at the time of the

publication of the report 'as still 'ithout a Lob and could not find a buyer for his house+

Similarly in the 6ook of 7eviticus (@h+ 8B) 'e read of the fear of the community 'ith respect tothose affected 'ithzaraathand of their banishment from the camp+ The fear of the ancients of

radiation sickness 'as not smaller+

;araathbein" understood in later times as leprosy& the fear of radiation disease of those times

'as transferred to those sick 'ith leprosy+ Today 'e read the reports of medical men 'ho 'ork'ith the leprous& and 'e find that this disease is one of the less conta"ious; yet throu"h the a"es

the lepers 'ere the outcasts& kept outside the camps or any other human settlements& urban or

rural+ It seems as if the ancient fear of radiation disease 'as manifestin" itself in the later fear of

leprosy+

7eprosy does not break out in sudden symptoms+ et the description 'e have ofzaraathin the

Scriptures ascribes to this disease a sudden outbreak+B

famous case ofzaraathis narrated in II @hronicles& ch+ A+ It affected the kin" D%%iah+:In

Worlds in CollisionI narrated in short the episode that preceded the outbreak of the affliction+ It

'as durin" the planetary upheavals of the ei"hth century& namely in -9:9+

ccordin" to the *idrashim and Talmud& on the 'est side of 5erusalem a mountain 'as split and

one of its halves 'as hurled to the east+E4lamin" seraphim leaped in the air+AThe population fled

from 5erusalem in advance of the catastrophe; D%%iah burned incense in the Temple andaddressed himself to the 7ord in the name of the nation+ This 'as interpreted by the priests as an

appropriation of their priestly duties+ The punishment that follo'ed 'as ascribed to D%%iah?s

havin" committed a sin by burnin" incense in the Temple+ The Temple itself 'as badly dama"edby a "reat breach that rent its 'all+ This sho's that D%%iah 'as appearin" before the 7ord in the

very moment of "reat dan"er+ 4lamin" seraphim& or ton"ues of fire leaped in the air+ The kin"

'as stricken 'ithzaraath%ccordin" to the 6ook of @hronicles& the si"ns ofzaraathshone on

the kin"?s forehead

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in these very circumstances 'hen the kin" 'as in the Temple usurpin" theduties of the official intermediary bet'een men and God+ It 'ould appear more probable that the

sickness 'hich 'e 'ould be inclined to reco"ni%e as radiation sickness& sho'ed itself soon

thereafter+ The sudden outbreak of the symptoms of leprosy 'ould be even less likely than asudden outbreak of a sickness 'hich 'e 'ould think not entirely une/pected under the

circumstances+
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implication it is concluded that naturally found diamonds mi"ht have ori"inated from coal& but

under 'hat conditions is not kno'n+

!iamonds are re"ularly found as sin"le crystals 'ith no si"ns of previous attachment to any

other mineral+ They are found in several places in the 'orld& in sands and "ravels; in South

frica they are found in the blue "round+ The nature and ori"in of the blue "round is not

kno'n; it contains splinters of minerals some of 'hich are of the nature of the rocks in the

nei"hborhood& and some of 'hich cannot be traced to the surroundin" formations+ 6ut in the

nei"hborin" rocks diamonds are not found+ Similarly 'ith the "ravel and sandsH they are only

partly related to the rock formations in their vicinity; and diamonds are not found in these

formations+ !iamond is a form of carbon forei"n to the surroundin"s in 'hich it is found+ Thus it

is spoken of the mystery 'hich surrounds the natural ori"in of this remarkable mineral+(8)

The clouds 'hich encompassed the =arth at the time of the =/odus contained carbon in

abundance+ There 'ere freFuent dischar"es of potentials at that time bet'een the clouds and the

"round+ 7et us make a surmiseH did not diamonds ori"inate in these clouds

In the Tractate oma it is said that precious stones fell every mornin" 'ith manna from the

clouds+()

!id diamonds drop from the sky In this connection si"nificant is the fact that diamonds are

occasionally found in meteorites+(B)

The blue "round of South frica 'as thro'n to"ether in a catastropheH this is 'ell reco"ni%ed+

6ut the catastrophe appeas to have been of cosmic nature+

If 'e are to believe the Talmud& diamonds 'ere found in the !esert of .anderin"+(:)So far no

diamonds are kno'n to have been discovered in the desert of rabia+ If transformation of the

carbon of the clouds into diamonds& throu"h po'erful electrical dischar"es& 'hether ori"inatin"

in the clouds themselves or from other planets& 'as facilitated by the atmospheric conditions

over the desert+ 0ossibly diamonds 'ill yet be found in the desert of rabia& and also possibly in

the sands of the Sahara+(E)

,eferences

8+ rticle !iamond inncclopaedia 9ritannica, 8:th edition+

+ oma 9Ea+

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!aiblo in ri%ona+ lso "raphitic carbons found in meteorites are re"arded as

metamorphosed diamonds+

:+ See The Great and Terrible !esert+

E+ Nle/ander umbold concluded that the formation of "old veins& and conseFuently ofdiamonds& is comparatively of recent date& and scarcely anterior to the destruction of the

mammoths+ See 5+ Timbs& Curiosities of "cience(7ondon& 8JEC)& pp+ 8f+ The same

conlusion 'as reached by Sir ,oderick I+ *urchison in his "iluria%

The Chariot of Fireskin" one day a friend of mine& orace 2allen& the 'ell-kno'n humanist scholar& educator and

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.hen a detachment of the kin" ha%iah 'as sent to interro"ate him& =liLah& a"ain on top of the

hill invoked a li"htnin" bolt out of an apparently cloudless sky to strike this "roup of men+

ccordin" to the story he repeated this 'ith a second detachment+ @haracteristically =liLah made

all his meteorolo"ical and electrical 'onders from the top of a hill+

=liLah 'as an electrical man& occasionally a livin" barometer& lookin" for electrical and

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It is not claimed here that this 'as the end of =liLah& only that such a phenomenon could be

natural& thou"h very unusual+

Resusitation b!

Mouth"to"Mouth Breathing

When I was a medical student at the University of Moscow (1915-1921), we were

tauht the art or revivin the drowned or su!ocated, or "eo"le in shoc#, $y arti%cial

$reathin& 'he "atient who had sto""ed $reathin was "ut in the "ro"er "osition (in

the case of drownin on his stomach, with his tonue "ulled out and held $y a cloth)

and his arms were lifted and then "ressed to his ri$s, "ressure thus $ein

rhythmically a""lied to his chest&

Once& years later& on a cro'ded beach& the body of a dro'ned man 'as brou"ht from the sea

surf+ I happened to be in the cro'd& and to"ether 'ith another doctor 'e desperately toiled foralmost an hour& until an ambulance arrived+ The doctor in the ambulance pronounced him dead1

he did not breathe& nor did his heart beat+

fter that incident I thou"ht of =lisha?s method of artificial breathin"; but many years passed

before I read in the merican press of a ne' method1resuscitation by mouth-to-mouth

breathin"+ Since then& the method of mouth-to-mouth breathin" has become 'idely kno'n& and

in very many cases people 'ere revived 'ho other'ise 'ould be dead+ Only yesterday (of my

'ritin" this) I read of a boy of ten 'ho 'as discovered by his father 'ith his neck cau"ht by the

slin" of a rope; the father cut the rope and the mother& 'ho happened to be a nurse& applied

mouth-to-mouth breathin"& keepin" him alive until the ambulance arrived+ The boy 'as saved+

In the time of =liLah there lived in Shunem a "reat 'oman+ fter years of childlessness she

bore a boy+

nd 'hen the child 'as "ro'n& it fell on a day that he 'ent out to his father to the reapers+ nd

he said unto his father+ *y head& my head+ nd he said to the lad& @arry him to his mother+ nd

'hen he had taken him and brou"ht him to his mother& he sat on her knees till noon& and then

died+8

The mother put him on a bed and hurried on a donkey driven by a servant& and came to the manof God& =lisha& and be""ed him to hurry 'ith her to her son+ =lisha follo'ed to Shunem& entered

the house+

staff brou"ht in by the seer?s servant& Geha%i& 'ho arrived first& and put it on the child& did not

produce any effect+ Geha%i 'ent a"ain to meet him Nhis master& and told him& sayin"+ The child

is not a'akened+ Then =lisha entered the house and found the child 'as dead+
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nd he 'ent up& and lay upon the child and put his mouth upon his mouth& and his eyes upon his

eyes& and his hands upon his hands; and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the

child ve/ed 'arm+ Then he returned and 'alked in the house to and fro; and 'ent up and

stretched himself upon himH and the child snee%ed seven times& and the child opened his eyes+

e called the Shunamite and saidH Take up thy son+

'he descri"tion of lishas miracle ma#es clear that he did not resurrect the child $y

a esture or a word, $ut $y a "roloned "rocedure, with the seers mouth u"on the

childs mouth* the e+ercise was interru"ted, the seer, after straihtenin his $ody

$y wal#in in the house, re"eated the "rocedure, and then the child re"eatedly

sneeed and the $reathin ree+ was re-esta$lished, and the child was alive aain&

The description of the child?s sudden illness makes it appear that he suffered from sun-stroke

'hen in the field 'ith the reapers+ stron" headache preceded the lapse into unconsciousness+

The mouth-to-mouth breathin" accompanied by rhythmic movements of the body of the healer

stretched out on the child?s body& 'ho kept his hands on the child?s hands& and also 'armed him

by his o'n body 'armth (and the flesh of the child ve/ed 'arm)& is an even better method than

mouth-to-mouth breathin" alone& and should be recommended in emer"encies+

The story is apparently not fiction+ InAges in ChaosI have Fuoted from t'o letters of the "reat

lady of Shunem+ These t'o letters of the el-marna collection are the only ones 'ritten from

Israel by a 'oman; she must have been a "reat lady if she corresponded directly 'ith the

pharaon+ s I could sho' conclusively& these t'o letters 'ere 'ritten from Shunem; and the

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remained unkno'n throu"h all the centuries and millennia ofrecorded historyH too simple is the

application and in no proportion to the mystery of the phenomenon+ *any of the practices of the

indu yo"is that "o back to ancient times belon" to the cate"ory of autohypnosis+

In a deep hypnosis it is possible to provoke by a mere verbal order a cataleptic state& hysteria-like

paralysis& and illusions+ n order can be "iven that the person in the e/periment not be able to lift

his arms; in the case of a person subLected to a deeper hypnosis1that he 'ill not be able to see;

or if led to some destination& that he should believe that he is in different surroundin"s+

In the ebre' Scriptures I find t'o instances 'here supposed miracles can be reco"ni%ed as

inflicted hypnotical states& consistin" of paralysis and somnambulistic illusions+ In both of these

e/amples the e/pression hikku bB san+erim3he (or they) smote 'ith sanverim1is used to

describe the phenomenon+

The first story is found in Genesis& in the narrative of the event shortly precedin" the destruction

of Sodom and Gomorrah+ 7ot had in his house as "uests t'o of the 7ord?s messen"ers& or

malakhim,a 'ord usually translated as an"els ; but they are called also men in the body of

the story+ .hen the depraved people of the to'n demanded the delivery of the "uests for their

se/ual debauchery and tried to force their 'ay inside+ 7ot vainly ne"otiated 'ith the people at

the door+ The messen"ers opened the door& stretched out their arms& brou"ht 7ot inside& and

smote the assailants at the door 'ithsan+erim%Those smitten 'ithsan+erim"roped for the door&

unable to find it+ The ne/t mornin" 7ot 'ith his family hastily left the city and fled to $oar+ Then

follo'ed the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah+

The second case 'here the 'ordsan+erimis used in the Scriptures is in the 6ook of 2in"s+ 2in"6en-adad of !amascus conspired to kill the kin" of Samaria in an ambush& hidin" his assassins

near a road 'here the kin" 'as to pass+ 6ut the kin" of Samaria 'as 'arned repeatedly by the

seer =lisha& and 'ould each time select a different route and thus escape the peril+ The kin" of

!amascus spoke to his captains and e/pressed the belief that somebody amon" them had

disclosed their plans to the kin" of Samaria+ They ans'ered him by sayin" that the seer in

Samaria kno's 'hat he+ 2in" 6en-adad& says in his bedroom; in other 'ords& that the kin" of

Samaria is 'arned by his seer& 'ho is endo'ed 'ith the "ift of telepathy+ On hearin" this& the

kin" of !amascus sent a detachment to fetch the seer+ They found him in the villa"e of !othan+

They 'ere under orders to brin" him to !amascus; but the seer smote them 'ithsan+erimand

commanded them to follo' him& sayin" that he 'ould lead them to the man they 'ere seekin"+e led them to Samaria+ There he opened their si"ht by orderin" them to see a"ain& and they sa';

and behold& they 'ere in the midst of Samaria& the kin"?s city+ Then =lisha had bread and

'ater set before them and sent them back to !amascus+

The usual translation of the 'ordsan+erimis blindness+ et in these instances if blindness 'as

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person in many 6iblical te/ts+ The Old Testament also kno's the 'ays a person may become

blind1slo'ly as in the case of the patriarch Isaac& or suddenly& as in the case of 2in" $edekiah&

blinded by

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