current bun wrote:Whilst reading an old book on subtle energy I came across a comment regards the Vedas (ancient Indian scriptures) that the Sun could eject over 200,000 different kinds of ray. Whether this was a figure lost in translation I don't know
Given the inevitable inaccuracies of translation of concepts, 200,000 is pretty near to 'right'
If a large one - Venus - can create a cataclysm perhaps a small one interacts on a smaller scale and just stirs our imagination
Catastrophists would argue that our past encounters with Venus, amongst others, are what lies behind the historical conviction that comets portend disaster. I think your argument is that there is a physical mechanism (?). They would say it's a cultural one.
With further ref to old texts, I read an almost decipherable tome which I would not recommend to anyone of a hard scientific bent called A Treatise on Cosmic Fire by the curiously maligned mystic, Alice Bailey. This book was written in 1925. It actually describes EU theory perfectly and more, particularly our evolution in electric terms. The Cosmic Fire of the title is electricity. My point is that somewhere there is more subtle information rgds comets.
I'd never heard of this lady. I just browsed her Wikipedia entry. There are some interesting elements to her story. She seems to have been controversial on a number of issues, particularly race.
You might find some interest in Alice Bailey on the Human Question board...
