This observation opens the door for a suspicion that at sometime during one crescendo of this catastrophic period, the location of the Earth’s geographical poles suddenly underwent a major shift. While this does not necessarily require a shifting of the angle of the axis, which is 23 1/2° to the perpendicular of the ecliptic, nevertheless the possibility of such a shift also exists.
Donald Patten, op cit.
Like McCanney, Patten’s causal explanation for Earth’s two primary orogenetic zones – the Circum-Pacific and the Alpine-Himalayan – is that of a passing, planetary sized comet. While McCanney would follow Velikovsky and credit the planet Venus as this celestial intruder, Patten would focus on Mars, and Mars as an Earth moon with a highly elliptical, 56-year orbit.
Patten was a geographer and an expert analyst of topographical features. Not only was he an expert of Earth’s topography, but he studied the topography of planets in the solar system, as well. He found topographical anomalies on Mars which could only be explained in terms of celestial mechanics by a period of orbital encounters with Earth which created tidal effects.
Since Venus is shrouded with an opaque atmosphere, it is impossible to map its topographical features. But it is reasonable to believe that if ever that shroud should be lifted, we would discover startling synchronous features with Earth. [But see a correction here: McCanney]
Yet, for both of these bodies, the reality is that they are not big enough to have caused these orogenetic uplifts on their own. Some other factors must have been in play.
And it is not only the sheer magnitude of these mountain chains and tectonic fissures. Earth’s oblateness has been argued since the late 1800s as proof against the movement of the crust as claimed by Hapgood and others.
Be that as it may, the evidence screams to the contrary. Not only did Major Maynard White’s Arctic expedition following the Second World War discover proof of it in paleontological remains (in the flora and fauna fossilization found in alternating tropical and arctic sedimentary layers), but Patten thinks that he has evidence in Earth’s geographical features as quoted at length in the last installment. Features such as the Great Rift Valley of Africa suggest crustal tearing.
In such a circumstance, another condition also would necessarily follow. It involves the Earth’s oblateness, which is due to its centrifugal motion (rotation). The Earth’s equatorial diameter is 7927 miles, whereas its polar diameter is only 7900 miles, a difference of 27 miles. A change in the location of the Earth’s poles implies a change in the location of the Earth’s equatorial zones. A consequence then would be a shift in the Earth’s oblateness to the new equatorial zone. This in turn would be facilitated by a splitting or a cleavage, a perpendicular tear in the Earth’s crust, astride the equator, which would allow for the necessary expansion. Such a cleavage, due to a new equatorial zone of oblateness, could be expected to be not only perpendicular to the equatorial zone, but could also be expected to be broadest and more complex in breaching in the equatorial zone.
Patten, Mars-Earth Conflicts, op cit
Should Earth’s oblateness be overcome by a crustal displacement, it would have to be accompanied by such immense force and geophysical violence that nothing would be left standing. A combination of external and internal factors would have to coincide in a “perfect storm” scenario.
We think that when Earth’s mantle becomes elastic enough, planetary fly-bys have a much greater effect. That could be one scenario. Vogt’s solar nova and rotational reversal of the Earth could be another. If there is any cyclical regularity to these phenomena, we are certainly entering such a period now.
While according to Patten, there was an epoch when Earth and Venus orbited each other with a barycenter and that they each shared Mars and the Moon as satellites, it is unlikely that such should ever happen again. All that we have left is the Moon. The reader is encouraged to revisit that discussion in an earlier installment.
And then, we must consider the science of electromagnetic reversals.
We have yet to discuss the effects of Birkeland currents in forming topographical features. The Grand Canyon has been cited by electric universe enthusiasts as definitive proof. The possibilities are startling.
Professor Porpis has provided visual illustrations for how this could have occurred when planetary bodies experience close encounters.
Yet, Birkeland currents operate according to the principles of electricity much like the conditions created by an arc welder. A weld cannot occur on surfaces which cannot conduct current.
Consequently, Birkeland currents can only occur between two celestial bodies which manifest charge. Electrically neutral objects cannot produce or conduct electric currents.
So, in past planetary encounters, for Birkeland currents to occur, there must have been the presence of charge and the disruption of charge in order to create discharge. Obviously, Earth manifests charge because it has an active electromagnetic field which works like a dynamo.
Mars has a weak magnetic field; Venus, now lacking a moon, has no magnetic field at all, and is constantly bombarded with intense cosmic radiation.
Earth, in its present condition, has electrically stable fields..
Even with the presence of high voltage generated from the amplification of the solar storms, Earth is capable of sloughing the excess off into space.
It is when Earth encounters a weakening or disruption of its fields that we can witness geophysical effects, such as stormy weather, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and so on.
What causes these disruptions?
Earth’s Cosmic Connections
Multiple factors. The waxing and waning of Earth’s connections to the planets of the solar system. Disruptions on the Sun itself. The general effects of Earth’s non-uniform distributions in the crust of electrically conductive minerals, but more importantly, a competing galactic current sheet.
We come back to the Moon in our discussion. Its orbital regularity contributes to what is called “an externally generated dynamo.” But as we pointed out in a previous SP, the rotational rates of the core with the inner shell (mantle) and the outer shell (the crust) differ. The core “slips” in its daily rotational rate in relation to the shell until it “flips.” Evidently, this flipping process completes itself every 12,068 years, while on the Sun it occurs every 22 years. We think instead of a gradual reversal as experienced by the Sun, Earth’s core is jagged and is stuck in place until a new epoch of mantle elasticity created by the heat of electrically charged currents unlocks or allows a “jerking” transition.
We think the Moon tugs at Earth’s core gravitationally, not electromagnetically. But the Moon’s electric neutrality could change were it brought closer to the Earth in its orbit.
The principal scenario described by the crustal displacement theory is that the crust slides over the mantle until a new equilibrium is achieved for the Earth’s polarity to match the new galactic polarity imposed by the galactic current sheet. So, it is not clear how Earth’s various layers interact with each other to create this shift.
McCanney uses the analogy of spinning an egg and compares the hard-boiled egg with a raw egg. In a hard-boiled egg, all the layers are connected: the shell, the egg-white, and the yolk. They spin at the same rate. With a raw egg, however, the internal layers can spin at different rates than the shell because they are not locked together.
So, maybe the Mexican jumping bean would be a better analogy.
Polishing Brass on a Sinking Ship
This disaster is accompanied, if not caused by, a solar nova. Vogt and Davidson think that tektites prove the Sun novas.
But Felix argued that tektites could have been produced by nuclear explosions in the Van Allen Belts. McCanney has explained the nuclear component of ball lightning. So, we are still not sure.
The reader must appreciate the complex nature of this discussion, and the fact that science will not have enough time to come to a final resolution of the scenario we should expect.
All that we can say, at this point, is that it will be really, really bad. It will represent a process of multiple catastrophes which will last for centuries, with multiple extinction level events.
The process has already begun in electromagnetic storms which are disrupting the climate, the eco-system, and mental health.
It will continue with increasing local and regional disasters caused by weather, earthquakes (if not earthshakes), and volcanic eruptions.
Disruptions in the food chain are imminent and portend all the chaos and disease which are historically associated with famine.
Solar storms will destroy our electronic-based technology and distribution systems, if not in this solar cycle (#25), certainly in the next one in the 2030s, as argued by Vogt.
Collapse of our civilization will occur long before 2046AD and the possibility exists that the human species will not even witness a solar nova, magnetic reversal, and ice age at all because it will have already gone extinct.
Yet, we must have faith.
James Wesley Stivers, 2/4/24
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