Lunar Mysteries

Lecture Dates: September 25 & October 2, 2009
Venue: ParkGrounds Coffee Shop, Atlanta GA

Harold Urey – Nobel Physicist – “All explanations for the origin of the moon are improbable.”

MIT Geophysicist Nafi Tiksoz, 1981 – “It’s far easier to explain why the moon shouldn’t be there, than to explain its existence.”

Eric Chaisson – Harvard Astrophysicist and author of Cosmic Dawn - “Perhaps the formation of our Moon was the product of circumstances so rare that we will never be able to unravel the details of its birth. Indeed, the origin of Earth’s Moon is a frustrating subject – so perplexing that some researchers have been forced, in desperation, to suggest that the moon does not exist.”

Many scientists and scholars have pondered the numerous physical properties of our moon, yet no satisfying conclusions have been reached.

• Why is only one side of the moon visible to us on Earth?
• What is special about the Earth, Sun, Moon geometry, and its relation to eclipses?
• What has been the role of the moon in metaphysical and esoteric traditions throughout history?
• How is lunar symbolism embedded in our modern mythologies?
• How do modern scientific discoveries about the nature of the moon relate to ancient understanding of the moon?
• What relationship do lunar cycles have to The Great Year and cycles of catastrophe?