Working from Professor Porpis’ hypothesis that the Sun – and presumably the Earth as well – manifests a solid and spherical magnetic core, magnetic reversals would be a normal and synchronous process which can be scientifically known and predicted. Since the Sun is the setting of a constant thermonuclear burn, its solid core would not be hampered or restrained by a lock with a solid mantle or crust, like what would happen on a “cold” planet, such as Earth. The heat of its stellar explosions would create a viscosity which would allow its core to rotate freely at a steady rate. We think the Sun’s core is currently, but partially locked by tidal forces with the planet Jupiter and follows that planet’s 11-year orbit. We do not know for sure the size of the Sun’s solid core; it is possibly hidden by its oceans of liquid metallic hydrogen (LMH) per Professor Robitaille’s thesis.
[I say “partially locked” because the Sun’s core takes 22-years to make a complete rotation, a rotation which involves two magnetic reversals. Thus, Professor Porpis’ belief that Jupiter’s magnetic field (and Saturn’s) creates a “drag” on the Sun’s core rotation may explain the process better.]
However, if Felix’s citation quoted in part 1 is accurate – that the Sun’s core magnetic field is the same as that of the Earth at only one gauss – then that would certainly be a tiny stellar seed for such a mass as our Sun. Of course, most of the Sun’s mass probably consists in its oceans of LMH which produce the bulk of its gravitational attraction. And most of its electromagnetic effects are formed by the fusion process in the solar atmosphere which perhaps is controlled by magnetic field lines emanating from the core (i.e. supergranulation, cf. Felix) and in turn, amplifies them.
McCanney thinks that the tiny planet Mercury works like a spark plug which continuously disturbs these field lines and ignites them as it progresses through its 90-day orbit within the Sun’s magnetosphere.
Earth’s situation is different because it is a comparatively cold celestial body. It is not the setting of a thermonuclear furnace. Its core is locked with the mantle, which is, in turn, locked with the crust. Unlike the Sun, the Earth’s various layers rotate at almost the same rate. Scientists get excited at differentiations of milliseconds, which sometimes makes the headlines of the popular press. But these are inconsequential. For all practical purposes, Earth’s layers rotate at the same rate.
That could change if the mantle heats up sufficiently to create a viscosity (oiliness) in which the various internal structures are allowed to collapse or slide. We think that is what happens when the Earth experiences a magnetic reversal: the mantle softens and releases the core to rotate at a different rate. Or, actually, it is the core which releases the mantle. Because the core is the denser solid, it should have the greater torque while the momentum of the mantle would slow. And even though the mantle and the crust (which we could call “the shell”) should have the greater angular momentum, it would be the core which would increase its speed, while “the shell” would slow in comparison. Like the ice skater, when she brings her arms closer to her body, her spin accelerates. But imagine if her arms were severed? The body parts would fly away, of course, while her body’s core would maintain its angular momentum.
[This involves a discussion of celestial mechanics for our final installment].
We think that the inner core is not perfectly spherical; it is jagged. While it is extremely dense, it does not mean it is smooth. The appearance of a sphere in seismographic mapping comes from the various layers which were acquired during the epoch when Earth was a comet. These layers are dense, also, especially in the outer core, but may have elemental compositions different from the core. If they do not share the iron/nickel composition of the inner core, they will not respond to magnetic influences. They may have different melting temperatures.
However, released from the mantle, the core will seek a new equilibrium if the distribution of mass changes. Davidson believes the outer core protrudes with a skeletal structure deep into the mantle. What kind of wobbles should we expect in a sudden or an uneven disconnection from this structure? Remember our ice skater analogy above?
The core would also want to shift or flip if it is in the presence of a more powerful magnetic field. Just as magnets will flip if they share the same polarity, Earth’s core could do the same if it is found to be within a magnetic field which either manifests a single polarity or if it is in a state of chaotic flux. If the intruder is a dominating field, Earth’s core would try to align itself with it.
Thus, to state it another way; two forces could be in play:
1) The dominating electromagnetic field – the magnetosphere – which is produced by the bombardment of cosmic radiation becomes overwhelmingly either positive or negative beyond the ability of Earth’s mass to provide a sufficient and stable “grounding” effect.
2) The tidal effects of the Moon. If Earth’s jagged solid core is of the size of 800 miles in diameter by seismographic evidence, then the Moon would have the greater mass. Its tidal “tug” would become greater, especially should the Moon be forced into a closer orbit.
In fact, during a period of a magnetic field flux, the Moon’s tidal effects could turn or flip the Earth’s core several times, perhaps once a month, until the forces which caused the mantle to heat up subside sufficiently to relock the core.
There has been much discussion as to the mantle unlocking the crust, allowing a crustal shift. But we must not forget that the mantle is also locked to the magnetic core. The force of gravity passes through all bodies. Earth’s crust and mantle cannot provide “shielding” to the core from gravitational effects. While the crust and the mantle will respond differently, and perhaps just as dramatically, the core, too, would experience tidal effects from the Moon, and because it would be the smaller body, a new precession to its rotation could be imposed upon it.
We have already discussed the tidal effects of the Moon and what could happen should its orbit were to bring it closer to the Earth. Little consideration has been given to this possibility. Past catastrophes are usually ascribed to the passage of planetary-sized comets. While Patten seems to embrace the cometary hypothesis, or in the alternative, Mars as a former Earth-moon, consider that the following could also describe the effects of close lunar encounters:
Donald W. Patten, The Recent Organization of the Solar System,1996
Observe that there are two great cycles, or zones of recent mountain uplifts, not one. One of the zones is the Circum-Pacific, which approaches each geographical pole within 20°, or 1500 miles. This zone generally describes the rim of the Pacific Ocean, from Antarctica and Chile, through Alaska, Japan and the Philippine Islands to Indonesia. The other zone is the Alpine-Himalayan zone, which begins in the Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, and Spain, and continues through the Alps, Ararat-Caucasus-Elburz group, through the Himalayas and associated ranges, across New Guinea and into the island arcs of Polynesia, including Samoa. In each of these zones of uplift, the mountain structures are similar in all respects.
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.
Observe the location of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenetic zone, a segment of a great circle, rising some 20 and 25° above the Earth’s equator, on a path quite similar to some of the space-probe satellites which have been launched within the recent decade. This zone is comparable to the plane of the ecliptic near the time of the summer solstice (June 21). At this time, the sun’s perpendicular rays fall some 23 1/2° north of the equator, due to the angle of the Earth’s axis to the plane of the ecliptic. The plane of the ecliptic is the plane of the path of the Earth as it orbits around the sun. It is on this plane that vertical rays of the sun fall upon the Earth. At the equinoxes, March 21 and Sept. 21, the plane of the ecliptic crosses the equator, and the days are equal in length in both hemispheres. On the solstices, it rises 23 1/2° above the equator into one hemisphere and alternately the other.
It is suspected that the zone of the Alpine-Himalayan uplift, similar to the plane of the Earth’s ecliptic in June, and even more similar to the pattern of orbiting satellites, actually reflects the plane of the Earth facing the orbiting astral visitor, as it revolved past the Earth. The Alpine-Himalayan zone of uplift is the plane of the bulge during the crisis. But there were two bulge zones; hence the possibility of two locations of the geographical poles during the one crisis period.
If such were the case, then certain other points must be a logical consequence. One is that the Circum-Pacific zone reflects or indicates the former equatorial zone, which supposes that the geographical poles may have been previously located within 1,000 miles of Nigeria and Samoa respectively.
Additional evidence may possibly exist in research into the magnetic alignment of prediluvian lava formations. As lava hardens, the iron compounds contained therein crystallize in a pattern containing a magnetic alignment to the magnetic poles. This lava alignment does not shift later, if the magnetic poles were to subsequently shift. Since it is commonly assumed that there is a relationship, not well understood, between the proximity of the geographical and magnetic poles, such discoveries should add to a suspicion of a historical shift in location of both geographical and magnetic poles.
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.
Such a condition closely approximates the Rift Valley of Africa. This is a cleavage which extends north and south about 5,000 miles, and is broadest in its breaching or cleavage in the equatorial zone. The Great Rift Valley possesses indications of recent vulcanism at the edges, where minor outpourings of lava occur, outpourings which are contrasted with other volcanic formations in the same region which are superimposed by alluvial strata. Other factors, such as the geosyncline of the Lake Victoria Basin, the shallowness of Lake Victoria, (279 feet deep for the largest fresh water lake on Earth), the attenuated shoreline, the precipice of Murchison Falls, where the White Nile plunges out of this basin and into the Rift Valley— a river as large as the Niagara passing with immense velocity through a precipice only 15 feet wide. Also the volcanoes of Elgon, Kenya, Kilimanjaro and Ruwenzori are related factors. Additional material on the great Rift Valley of Africa will be given in footnote 18, Chapter X, where it pertains to other data.
If this concept of a shift in location of the poles is historically correct (and geophysically correct), there may exist a clear relationship not only (1) between the Earth’s equatorial plane, geographical poles and the Flood catastrophe, but also (2) between the 23 1/2° angle of the axis to the perpendicular of the ecliptic and the Flood catastrophe. This is the phenomenon responsible for the Earth’s climatological seasons.
This suspicion of a shift in location of the geographical poles, during the Flood celestial crisis, also suggests that the Circum-Pacific series of mountain ranges is clearly older than the Alpine-Himalayan series, older by perhaps a few months. This point bears further on a discussion toward the end of this chapter on (a) the global scope of the orgenetic uplifts, (b) the direction of causation, and (c) the recent timing of this astral catastrophe. Observing the phenomena of these two great circle patterns of orogenetic uplift conjointly with the celestial crisis cannot help but be stimulating and ultimately illuminating.
It is difficult to appreciate the geophysical violence that is being described here. Yet, to produce Earth’s existing topographical features, it required just such violence. And the inference is justified to believe that should the same forces be unleashed in a future cataclysm, we must expect a repeat of this terra-forming process.
This lengthy quote will be discussed in our final installment.
(to be continued)
James Wesley Stivers, 12/10/23
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