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The Open Court of Inquiry. THE EDITOR. The Convex Appearance of the Moon. “ Th ere is on e th in gIwou ld lik e to m e n tio n , w h ic h h a s p u zzle d m e. In pho to g ra phs ta ken for the stereoscope, weno tice th atwh en p laced und er the g la s s they are rep rod u ced as in life . How then is it th atpho to g ra phsof the m oon, wh en v ie wedund er a stereoscope, ap p ear lik eavastg lo be ? Pho to g ra phs ofc ir cu la r d isc s a lw a y s a p p ea r flat. Now , I do n ot be lie ve that them oon is a g lo be , butI co n fe ss I ca nnotexp la in how the illu sio no ccu rs wh en apho to g ra ph of them oon is v ie w ed th ro ugha stereo sco p e. I am su re you can so lv e th epuz z le an dw ill be g la d to do so; and Ihave no d o u b t th a t o the rs ofyour readers wou ld be g la d to read yourso lu tio n .” The fact that the moon appears spherical in form, with an apparent convex surface covered with various indentations and irregularities, from which are projected shadows varying in length as the moon’s phases pro gress, offers no obstruction to easy and beautiful explanation from the stand point of the Cellular Cosmogony. The whole subject of lunar phenomena must be considered from the Koreshan point of view, which disregards the popular conception that heavenly bodies are material spheres, and that the re lations of these supposed spheres are for the most part mechanical. The universe is a living thing; and while it has a material environ, the intricacies of the activities of the great hollow re sult from the subtle action of the mil lions of qualities of energies which circulate between the center and cir cumference. Notwithstanding the fact that repre sentations of a sphere appear globular when viewed through a stereoscope, the pictures are really flat. The same pictures viewed through a pseudoscope will appear concave. It is easy to see that distribution of light and shade upon the material upon which the pictures appear, convey the impression of the globular form. What a stereo scope view is to objects with whose forms we may be acquainted, or what a reflection in a mirror is to the thing reflected, the visible moon is to the earth. A mirror above us reflects images of things beneath. The visible moon is the reflection of the earth it self, the mirror being located in the sky of the physical heavens. When we look at the visible moon we see, through the operation of ultra- penetrable rays which extend into and through the crust of the earth, the convex surface of the outside mineral stratum, the metallic planes lying out side the mineral planes constituting the material reflectors. To make the point clear, let us observe that the earth’s image in the heavens is formed through an X-ray process, which implants in the sky a faithful representation of the earth as seen from the outside, as it were—hence the convex appearance of the visible moon, which is but a picture of the earth. The mineral strata are comprised of crystals, having the appearance of chalk; so the impressions of these strata in the heavens appear to be those of chalky substances. The visible moon is not material, but a polar point of impression from the earth. Extend ing all the way round the earth at a height of about 800 miles, is a sphere of energy or force; this invisible lunar sphere rotates in the direction of the equator. The multiplex impressions of the earth are received on this invis ible sphere and transposed to the light pole of that sphere, which is the moon we see. The phases of the moon are the result of complex processes by which the moon is renewed every month; but the light and dark portions are reflec tions of the hemispheres of day and night in the earth. Now, upon the apparent surface of the visible moon there are numerous peculiar protuberances and depressions, in the interpretation of which many as tronomers have given free rein to their fancy. The fact is that the ex ternal or convex surface of the outer most mineral stratum—the one lying just above the uppermost metallic stra tum, is not smooth but rough, full of circular pits, irregularities, and streaks or rays wholly unlike anything ever seen on the upper or concave surface of the earth. All of these irregulari ties are faithfully pictured in the X- ray photograph of the earth, visible as the moon in the sky. The various permanent shades on the moon are due to X-ray impressions of the superim posed materials in the earth—even the continental outlines are traceable. Shadows are projected from the va rious protuberances, falling into the circular pits and being cast along the rough surface of the outermost mineral stratum—-a fact due to the ultra- penetrable effect of the projected sun’s radiations. These shadows are seen on the moon; and as the lunation pro gresses they change in length and direc tion—extending toward the east at first quarter and toward the west at third quarter—no shadows appearing at all on the full moou. But one may easily observe that while the shadows on the .moon are projected toward the east at first quarter, when the moon is on the meridian at sunset, shadows of the hills on the earth are also projected toward the east. Now, the shadows reflected in the visible moon are not the shad ows of the hills on the concave surface of the earth, but of the irregularities on the convex surface of the outermost mineral stratum—the protuberances and circular pits being reached by the projected sun’s ultra-penetrable rays, casting X-ray shadows similar to shad ows cast by objects in sunlight. To these irregularities is due also the peculiar and irregular distribution of the stars in the physical heavens. While the primary energies of the stars are projected from the central sun, the emplacement of the stellar focal points is determined by the character of the basis to which they are directly re lated—and that basis consists of the mineral strata of the earth’s shell. The gradual shift of the position of stars in given constellations is due to gradual change in the form of the “ mountains” and “ craters” in the mineral strata which project their impressions on the moon. The various peculiar lines upon the moon, light-colored “ streaks” or rays, are the impressions of the different substances which make up the bony frame of the cosmos, the bony struc ture being the mineral strata. The most striking system of streaks on the moon is that surrounding the so called great crater of Tycho not far from the lunar south pole. 4k a» 9 13
The Flaming Sword · Vol. 18, No. 18 · Oct 11, 1904 · PDF p. 12