September 26, 2001 08:22AM
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<HTML>Dear John Wall,
You state: "And how you get any sort of an "accurate" 10500BC from a "symbolic" representation beats me ! The angles for that are a long way out."
The problem with you, John, is that you have failed to understand the dating method presented in Keeper of Genesis. It is NOT derived by the angle of the Belt stars of Orion; this angle is NOT used to define the date of c. 10500 BC. The date is derived by the fact that these stars reach their lowest culmination (or 'first time') in the precessional cycle in c. 10500 BC. This also occurs precisely (well, a minute or so away) when the vernal point is due east on the horizon, and directly underneath the constellation of Leo, thus locking the Sphinx into the same dating scheme. This is very precise (although it is true that the date should be kept within 10680 BC and 10450 BC, depending on which astronomical programme you use; Long hand calculation using the rigorous precession formula gives c. 10450 BC, but some computer programmes such as Night Sky Pro gives c. 10680 BC). And no, the 10500 BC date is not Cayce-inspired. It was arrived through astronomical and textual reasoning. I've said this many times before.
And John, it far better to have a flexible mentality than a wall for a brain (excuse the unintentional pun).
RB</HTML>
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