Category Archives: Science and Mathematics

Rudolph Steiner Saw a Connection Between These Two

Harun al-Rashid (March 17, 763 – March 24, 809) Rudolf Steiner attaches great importance to the connection between Bacon and the court of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, where Harun al-Rashid reigned from 786 until 809 AD. Harun al-Rashid was a … Continue reading

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The Day the Space Race Started

Sputnik Launched (October 5, 1957 local time) On this day in 1957, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) launches Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. To read about this momentous event, click on the relevant Wikipedia page here. It … Continue reading

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With an IQ of 260+, He was No April Fool

William James Sidis (April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) This is one of those questions: nature or nurture? William James Sidis was considered a genius, but a huge part of that designation may be entirely due to his father’s … Continue reading

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The Last Time Pluto was in Aquarius:

Uranus was Discovered (March 13, 1781) Next month, Pluto moves into the first degrees of Aquarius, before reverting to Capricorn in June. My friend, Ellie Adams, wonders what that may foretell for our future. In the years 1778 to 1798, … Continue reading

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Seeking Higher Knowledge, John Dee Was Deceived

Angelical (Enochian) Alphabet (March 26, 1583) Imagine, if you will, a world in which everyone knew what everyone else was saying. Obviously, the Tower of Babel disrupted that. John Dee wanted to get back to the time of Adam and … Continue reading

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Have You Ever Wondered Why?

Inventors Get Ideas Simultaneously Hmm.

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It’s One Small Step for Man

Fusion! (December 5, 2022) The news was touted on all the news channels recently. I thought to myself, someone, somewhere will give us the exact details, eventually: I never expected it would be the New York Times. The Cosmic Cross … Continue reading

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Was This a Wartime Secret or Just a Hoax?

The Philadelphia Experiment The YouTube video of Al Bielek’s discussion of this ‘event’ is attached to yesterday’s post. Warning! Everything about this ‘event’ chart may be speculative, including the date and definitely the time. But what does it tell us? … Continue reading

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Since We Don’t Have Photographic Evidence…

Did Adam and Eve have Belly Buttons? Obviously, when artists depicted the first Man and Woman, they showed them to be human, with everything that we’ve come to know and love about humanity, including their navels. They were not trying … Continue reading

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It’s a Very Thin Line Between Genius and Insanity

A Beautiful Mind (2001) Bless. We watched this film last night, for the first time. Up until now I had always managed to avoid it. It’s not hard to work out why… Yes, the film is based on (and inspired … Continue reading

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