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I have just had the pleasure of examining a number of copies of THE FLAMING SWORD, and have become quite interested in the subjects under discussion. Not having seen the earlier publications, I am unable to understand all that I find there, and write you for further information. Will you kindly inform me, (1) Where I can find the fundamental principles of the Koreshan theory in concise form, and (2) How the sun, being many times larger than the earth, and some 92,000,000 miles distant, can still be inside of it? There are many questions I should like to have you answer, but first I wish to read what you have published in defense of the theory.—J. E. B., Lawrence, Mass.
(i) Our new book, the CELLULAR COSMOGONY, which is now being printed in our establishment, will give you some concise information regarding the Koreshan Astronomy, and the facts which conclusively demonstrate it to be true. This work will soon be ready; 200 pages, postpaid for 25 cents. We send you copies of
THE FLAMING SWORD, in which you will find description and prices of our other Koreshan literature. You should receive THE SWORD regularly. (2) The Copernican system of astronomy is a prodigious fallacy. It assumes that the earth is convex, revolving about the sun. Upon these hypotheses, in connection with misapplied principles of solar parallax, calculations are made of the sun's distance. Of course if the sun were 886,000 miles in diameter, and 92,000,000 miles distant, it could not be inside the earth. The earth is neither convex nor revolving about the sun at the rate of nineteen miles per second. Taking the same facts of observation of solar parallax and declinations, on the basis of the demonstrated concave arc, we compute the visible sun's vertical distance from the belt of the tropics to be about 1,000 miles. It is about as many times smaller than the earth, as the astronomers say the earth is smaller than the sun ! Upon reference to the diagrams on the last page of cover of THE FLAMING SWORD, you can readily see, by an application of the principles of simple triangulation, from the basis of the concave arc, that it is not possible for the giant sun of the Copernican fallacy, to exist. We have conclusively demonstrated the earth to be concave, by actual observation, experimentation, and geodetic survey. Our scientific corps has, during the past two years, conducted the most important and successful geodetic survey ever made in the history of the world.
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The Flaming Sword · Vol. 12, No. 44 · Sep 1898 · PDF p. 10