now dated .. but

I imagine caused some debate in its time. the pole switch I believe has been identified in geology. I think with modern day equipment most of the theory is wrong now and dated. I do believe also something maybe a comet did cause chaos @ 12500 years ago. Too many myths and lengenda passed down over the years from all cultures and across globe. Interesting book

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Impressive synthesis of some religious and mystical texts

This book would make a great movie! The descriptions are so vivid that it helps follow interpretation of facts larger than life. Having relevant religious and historical knowledge (which I don’t have) would certainly help keep up with the author

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A history I was unaware of

I found the analysis of past events and catastrophes to be interesting and engaging. Since 8 century bc

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well worth considering

it becomes obvious early on that velikovsky was an excellent writer which is even more impressive when you consider that english wasn't his mother tongue. If you're interested in the tales of catastrophic events in distant antiquity, velikovsky is the best place to start, even in 2021.

How does a Belarusian psychiatrist begin an investigation into ancient mythology, and end up correctly predicting that Venus will be an extremely hot planet, and will emit radio waves? The scientific community in the 50's went insane trying to dismiss that very important question, and it still needs to be answered in my opinion. obviously modern science has a few plot holes when it come to explaining human history. Theres 2 choices: ancient humans were dumb and silly, and have nothing to teach us. Or ancient humans were pretty much exactly like us, and did have something to teach us.

if you agree with the 2nd proposition, velikovsky was doing exactly what he should have done to uncover whatever lessons might be there to find. And he was slandered for it...smh Ignore whatever you might have heard about Velikovsky both good and bad, and make up your own mind. That's what I did and I think Worlds in Collision was an excellent book, he takes ancient mythology seriously but not literally, and has the sharp mind of a trained accademic before the sickness of postmodernism took hold in the universities.

Definitely recommended to anyone with a mind open enough to entertain heretical notions.

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Thought provoking but in places flawed

Appreciated the argument that the Chronicles of the ancients across different civilisations provided a compelling argument for actual events that run counter to some current cosmological views. Also appreciated that it was disingenious to think that these peoples could have mistaken a year for 360 days as they would have seen the seasons and sun markers cycle back through their 360 day year. Anyone who uses a lunar calendar, even for religious observences, knows this.
However the conflation of the pre-Islamic Arab's beliefs in Lat and Uzza (and their planetary associations) with Islam was an embarrassing glaring error which could shake confidence of a reader in the rest of the book (which would be unfortunate).
Towards the end of the book the author expresses a view of the Isrealites developing from Polytheism to Monotheism and could have considered, or clarified whether this was part of a longer cycle, namely an ancient monotheism, that descended into polytheism, and then returned to Monotheism.

Whether you agree with the book wholly, in parts, or totally disagree with it, it is worth a listen to them have an informed view.

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Our REAL history & cosmology.

Every prediction Velikovsky made was confirmed & others will also eventually be confirmed.
The narrator could be better,someone like David Talbott or Wallace Thornhill,who've continued Velikovsky's work to this day,would have made this a-book much better.

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Amazing

loved it, opened up my mind & started me on a journey back into cosmology, physics the electric universe & many more subjects with a fresh set of eyes & new understanding 10/10

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Fascinating.

A really interesting piece of work. Recommended for all students of the cosmos. Challenge the status quo.

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Garbabe, rambling, pretensious, inchorent, nonsens

Bought to see what all the fuss was about, now know why it was ridiculed

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