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Paul LaViolette, Ph.D., is president of the Starburst Foundation, an interdisciplinary research institute, and holds degrees in both systems science and physics. The author of Genesis of the Cosmos and Subquantum Kinetics, he lives in New York. Acknowledgments 1. CIPHER IN THE SKY Message from the Past The Science of Cosmogenesis The Riddle of the Sphinx The Encryption of the Cosmic Microwave Temperature Gradient 2. THE GALACTIC CONNECTION The Galactic Center Indicators Was the Galactic Center Visible in Ancient Times? Cosmic Procreation Activity in the Core of Our Galaxy Cosmic Benchmarks 3. THE CHARGE OF THE BULL Galactic Superwaves The Blue Star The Eye of Re The Temple of Dendera Distant Thunder Ice Core Evidence of Prehistoric Cosmic Ray Volleys 4. COSMIC DUST INVASIONS Arrival The Age of Darkness The Battle of Horus and Set Horuss Nearly Fatal Sting Validation Discovery of the 15,800-years-B.P. Cosmic Event Dusty Aftermath Venus: The Star That Smoked 5. THE AGE OF ICE Thermal Freeze Dark Clouds Up Ahead Ragnarok (the Twilight of the Gods) Fierce Winds 6. THE CONFLAGRATION The T Tauri Effect Lunar Evidence of an Active Ice Age Sun The Canyons of Mars The Myth of Phaethon and the Sun Chariot Other Myths about the Burning of the World Terrestrial Evidence for a Prehistoric Global Warming and Solar Outburst Solar Storms and Geomagnetic Flips 7. THE GREAT EXTINCTION In Search of a Cause Glacier Waves The Mystery of the Frozen Mammoths 8. FLOOD LEGENDS AND CIPHERS Atlantis and the Flood Thus Spake Zeus Asgard and the Bifrost Bridge A Zodiacal Date for the Flood Flood Legends from Asia, Oceania, and the Near East 9. FLOOD LEGENDS FROM THE AMERICAS American Indian Legends The Barasana Star Lore Archaeological Evidence for the Flood 10. TESTIMONY IN THE SKY The Galactic Radio Background Emission Supernova Remnant Signposts Do Superwaves Trigger Supernovae? Extragalactic Evidence for Superwaves 11. CYCLES OF DESTRUCTION Geocosmic Cycles The Days of Brahma The Journey of the Hopi 12. PROPHECIES The Day of the Lord The Revelation of Saint John The Ftima Prophecy Future Vision 13. REQUIEM APPENDIX A: Coordinates and Proper Motions for Key Constellation Stars APPENDIX B: The Duration of Galactic Core Explosions APPENDIX C: Attempts to Move the Scientific Investigation Forward Getting the Word Out Subsequent Investigation Attempts Glasnost Predictions and Their Later Verification: Chronology–1979 to Present APPENDIX D: Chronologies Notes Bibliography Index Index of Myths and Legends
