Category: Mysteries of the Inner Earth

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2001: Mysteries of the Inner Earth 4

David Pratt May 2001 Part 4 of 4 Part 4: Mythology, Paradise, and the Inner World 1. The Imperishable Sacred Land 2. Shambhala 3. A northern paradise 4. Inner kingdoms References 1. The Imperishable Sacred Land Theosophy teaches that a series of seven root-races or humanities will develop during the present fourth round of the earth’s evolution. The first humanity is said to have appeared in the mid-Paleozoic, about 150 million years ago (according to the theosophical timescale), and […] Read More

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2001: Mysteries of the Inner Earth 3

David Pratt May 2001 Part 3 of 4 Part 3: Polar Puzzles 1. The open polar sea 2. The north pole controversy 3. Polar land cover-up? 4. Flights of fancy 5. Auroras and the poles References 1. The open polar sea Many 19th-century explorers believed that beyond the belt of pack ice at the perimeter of the Arctic Ocean there was an open polar sea, and possibly continental land as well. The idea of an open polar sea took […] Read More

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2001: Mysteries of the Inner Earth 2

David Pratt May 2001 Part 2 of 4 Part 2: The Hollow Earth Hypothesis 1. Early theories 2. Modern theories 3. Hollow moons 4. Feasibility — I (06/04) 5. Feasibility — II (08/05) References 1. Early theories Since the scientific revolution, a small number of notable scientists have proposed the possibility of a hollow earth. One of the first was the famous English astronomer and mathematician, Sir Edmond Halley (1656-1742) [1]. He held that the earth had an outer […] Read More

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2001: Mysteries of the Inner Earth 1

David Pratt May 2001 Part 1 of 4 Contents Part 1: The Solid Earth Hypothesis 1. The standard earth model 2. Deep drilling springs surprises 3. Mass, density, and seismic velocity (09/05) 4. Deep earthquakes 5. Geomagnetism References Part 2: The Hollow Earth Hypothesis 1. Early theories 2. Modern theories 3. Hollow moons 4. Feasibility — I (06/04) 5. Feasibility — II (08/05) References Part 3: Polar Puzzles 1. The open polar sea 2. The north pole controversy 3. […] Read More