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The Moon Comet
A Section out of the Book
Der Kleine Kosmos… by J. W. Schmitz, pp. 51-54,
[a
transcript w. modern font here] (1852)…
Abstract:
Even though I may find the section The Moon Comet, in Schmitz’ book
being fraught with logical errors, and thus largely unreliable, I do find a
number of points of lasting value for me in consequence of having had the
privilege of studying this section in Schmitz’ book. As follows:
1. Schmitz is providing a
number of more or less unspecific references to events of the past, primary re
comets that are being said to have been causing solar eclipses during the last
millennium, events which I’ve rarely, if ever, seen or heard mentioned
elsewhere, but which events may well be worthy of a more in depth study. If
indeed such events did happen, then it might well be important to be able to
predict such events, and to make preparations accordingly.
2. This passage is
offering the reader an excellent, and very valuable, example re the importance
of always tying back one’s studies to the most original source that is at all
available. In this particular section this would refer to the importance of
studying the original Greek report of Phrantzae and its relationship to the
real time events themselves as accessible through astronomical software and
data banks such as Fred Espenak’s NASA website etc.. Failing such an in depth study of the primary sources, by
relying instead on intermediary authorities and translations, as obviously
Schmitz has done, is bound to lead to false conclusions and less than desirable
consequences.
3. The fact that Schmitz,
in this section of his, is primarily focusing upon the comet related by Georgii
Phrantzae, and upon some species of eclipse, has been serving as an incentive
for me to study some of the more original sources describing this event.
Comparing e.g. Phrantzae’s Greek text with the subsequent Latin translations,
and then with the tertiary translations into German, I notice the inevitable
accumulation of errors and misconceptions in every step away from the original
source. Serious consequences of the within example includes e.g.: 1)
Interpretations providing an incentive to war against the Muslim nations being
associated with the half Moon, and 2) the false teachings so very prevalent,
yes, even universal, within the educational systems at all levels in our own
society, that is, not only in ages past, but, even more so, in our very own
midst.
4. Anyone who takes time
for a thorough and in depth study of original sources is bound to acquire a
taste for more of the same work. By so doing, the motivation for becoming ever
more in touch with reality, as it really was and is, is bound to grow, to the
betterment of all of us…
5.
By identifying and correctly and exactly date the historical records of
celestial events of past centuries and millennia, we may each and all
gradually stand upon a more stable and reliable foundation, thus making us
better prepared for meeting the unknowns of the future. It goes without saying
that being totally unprepared may have serious consequences, and, when such is
the situation, there is good cause for worry and concern. Yet, the answers are
not found in a persistent blind focus upon our own ignorance and worries, lest
such concerns become self-fulfilling prophecies. No, the answers are found in
looking back towards the causes of things and to learn the relevant basics.
Important examples of serious misconceptions of our past that may be recognized
as the cause for much suffering and strife may be the following: 1) Those
misconceptions which are intimately tied to the Holy Scriptures and e.g. the timing of the crucifixion and
resurrection of Jesus of Nasaret; 2) serious
misconceptions re
historical events recorded in the Old Testament, e.g. re the Book of Daniel
etc., and 3) those misinterpretations that dominate and serve as the platform
for the greater part of modern history writing, most particularly re Ptolemy’s
Canon of Kings and Almagest.
6. In consequence of the
above said one should be better prepared for recognizing one’s own
deficiencies, as well as those of our society at large, and thus to recognize
also the serious dangers inherent in relying upon any so called “authorities,”
created as they are, not by God, the Creator of all, but by men who generally
are too busy for finding time or motivation for a deeper and more exact
understanding of the foundations of each our day to day present time reality.
Specifically, this certainly applies also to those men and women who are
forming and shaping the educational system, especially, and our society at
large, generally, of each our own State or nation…
7. In consequence of the
above said one should be able to better recognize the essential importance for
each of us to be motivated to study each our own basics, and to receive,
appreciate, and apply those truths and insights re reality as it really was and
is. Only then will one ever be able to approach a life free from undesirable
control by other people and “authorities”. Cf. Ezekiel, chapter 9, and
Revelation 18:4, and, yes, why not compare those two passages with the article The
Hiroshima Miracle!
A Section from the Book
Der Kleine
Kosmos…
by J. W. Schmitz, pp. 51-54,
[A transcript w. modern
font here] (1852)
The Moon Comet, traveling in a path inclined 32 degrees [relative to the plane of the solar system / Brackets added throughout by the translator] and with a period of 3 years, was observed in the years 1066, 1068, 1071, 1080, 1093, 1096, 1099, 1103, 1109, 1115, 1146, 1168, 1206, 1211, 1217, 1256, 1264, 1285, 1300, 1303, 1312, 1337, 1363, 1380, 1433, 1450, 1511, 1517, 1523, 1529, 1532, 1548, 1578, 1590, 1718, 1770, 1790, 1811, 1825,[1] and was offering its most spectacular views while within a distance of the sun less than the radius of Earth’s path around the Sun. In the year 1066 it first became visible at the time of its greatest illumination when it suddenly appeared on the evening sky while for 14 days trailing the setting sun. In 1090 or 1091 it passed between the Earth and the Sun during a 3 hour long eclipse. Subsequent to the darkness the light of the Sun still retained a striking quality; probably while the coma of the comet, invisible as it was in the day time, was still covering the sun. The same comet again eclipsed the sun in 1096, and then again in 1206 for 6 hours, presumably while its coma was passing by. In 1433 the comet eclipsed the sun for only half an hour.
In 1450 the famous lunar eclipse, caused by this comet, took place. (According to the words of Phrantzae, the historian,) a comet appeared over the horizon each evening after sunset, which traveled beneath the disc of the full Moon, while, in so doing, causing an eclipse in accord with the common order and motions of celestial bodies. For the duration of this multi day appearance the comet was seen in the shape of a rectangular body, and said author added: that some, who saw the comet move from West to East, and its approach and eclipse of the Moon, interpreted
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the event as follows: the Christian princes must arm themselves and then draw towards the Orient to make war against the half Moon. Thus the eclipse was seen as clearly as possible, while day by day the comet was approaching ever closer (cf. “Weltall” [Engl.: “Universe”] p. 223.)
This eclipse must also necessarily have been caused by the comet passing over the disc of the Moon, and it is a laughable allegation, that, at this very time, when the comet was approaching the lunar disc, the Earth shadow should [also] have been present, and thus to cause a common lunar eclipse. Such an eclipse would then, even as much as today, have been foreseen and known by the historian and by all the other observers alike; just the same as, at that time, the discoverer of America knew how to take advantage of a predicted eclipse.
It is unbelievable how frequently
the attraction theorists attempt to hush up an event that shows that a comet
can pass between the Moon and the Earth without being attracted.[2]
The author of Kosmos also takes up the cudgels against this phenomenon. He lets
Phrantzae (albeit by means of a
later translation of 1796) bring out the comet as something like a fog,
rather than as something in the form of a rectangle, and lets the event
coincide with a common lunar eclipse in 1454,[3] which, however, is not the year of
this comet, but of Bessel’s comet.[4]
When Phrantzae, according to the older and better[5] translation
says: The comet passed under[6]
the Moon and thus it caused an eclipse, in accordance with the common events of
the celestial bodies, that is, as the comet passed from West to East (plenum lunae orbem subiens, eclipsing
efficiebat juxta ordinem et motum solitum luminum coelestium,)[7] then it is clearly stated, that it
was the comet that was seen that caused the eclipse, while the comet and the other celestial
bodies retained their common paths from West to East;[8] and certainly this cannot be
understood the other way around, that is, that not the comet, but, at that very
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time, when the comet approached the Moon, the common movements of the celestial bodies caused an eclipse; as does the author of Kosmos with these certain words: that a lunar eclipse, completely in accord with that which is common, took place.
What can be
said more clearly than that it was the comet, which every evening (quotquot vesperis,)[9]
was brought closer to the Moon, [10] that was the cause of the eclipse:
efficiebat? How much longer
would not an eclipse caused by the shadow of the Earth have lasted, than that
of a tiny comet!
How brightly the comet would have shone, that one that was already so bright
even while next to the bright full Moon, when suddenly it would have been
shining all alone from the pitch dark heavens without the competition of the
full Moon! But the comet, which was passing below the disc of the Moon (plenum lunae orbem subiens,) would necessarily[11] have had to have been eclipsed together with
the Moon by the 3 to 4 times wider shadow of the Earth. How clearly and in how much
detail could not then this new miracle have been described, when a cometary
coma without a comet had been seen etc.! And the interpretation by people
generally, which, as with that of the comet, was being understood in terms of
the Christian princes being victorious over the Half Moon, would then have been
quite the opposite. In the face of all those contradictions the deviations from
truth must necessarily step aside for the truth itself. Not only in 1450,[12] but also in 1770, did this comet pass between
the Moon and the Earth, as observed also by Lichtenberg,[13] who, in consequence thereof, has been accused
for this heresy.
Also in the year 1102 must this comet have been
present between the Earth and the Moon. Its long Period from 1099 to 1103
suggests[14] that it may have been moving for some time as
a second satellite or moon of the Earth: It is said that the comet with long
intervals was suddenly changed from one location to another: locum suum longo interstitio
saltibus mutantem (Hevel,[15] Vol. 12,
p. 821).
So long as this comet remained within
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a distance to the sun less than that of the Earth, it was being observed
with an [apparent retrograde] motion on this side of the Sun, just as does
Mercury and Venus, when those planets are located on this side of the Sun.
When, however, in the year 1811, this comet (the smaller of the 2 comets of
that year) was located 1 ½ Earth distances from the Sun, it was observed with a
direct motion, and its diameter was 93, according to others 107, German miles,[16] corresponding to ¼ of that of the Moon,[17] and to 1/17 of that of the Earth.[18] This is very different[19] from the attraction calculation which assessed
its mass, based upon the comet’s attraction upon the Earth and the Moon, to no
more than 1/5000th of that of the Earth.
(Thanks Heidi and Rose-May for helping better
understand this German text!)
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