In the Beginning

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In the Beginning is the unpublished book by Immanuel Velikovsky describing the catastrophes that occurred before those described in his first book, Worlds in Collision. Velikovsky’s former assistant, Jan Sammer, notes:

“.. parts of this volume were already complete in the 1940s and originally formed part of Worlds in Collision. The present manuscript also incorporates material written for a volume entitled The Test of Time, which dealt with the new information on the planets coming from the space probes, and contained frequent allusions to the earlier catastrophes;”[1]Jan Sammmer, “A Technical Note” to Immanuel Velikovsky, In the Beginning, unpublished. Online at the Velikovsky Archive

Velikovsky writes that the manuscript:

“… describes the cosmic events which are narrated in the first book of the Hebrew Bible; but also because in it I speak of events that preceded those described by me in Worlds in Collision — thus the name of the book conveys to the reader the notion that here is an earlier history of the world compared with the story of Worlds in Collision; although it is the second volume in that series, in some sense it is the first volume, being the earlier story.”[2]Immanuel Velikovsky, “Introduction“, In the Beginning, unpublished. Online at the Velikovsky Archive

Contents

  • Introduction

PART I: THE EARLY AGES

  • The Hebrew Cosmogony
  • Planet Ages
  • Sabbath
  • Deification of the Planets
  • Uranus
  • The Earth Without the Moon
  • A Brighter Moon
  • The Worship of the Moon
  • The Pre-Adamite Age
  • Giants
  • Nefilim
  • Astronomical Knowledge Before the Deluge

PART II: SATURN AND THE FLOOD

  • Deluge
  • William Whiston and the Deluge
  • Deluge and Comet
  • Khima
  • Saturnian Comets
  • Saturn and the Deluge
  • The Light of the Seven Days
  • Nova
  • “Star of the Sun”
  • Arrival of the Waters
  • The Deluge in Rabbinical Sources
  • Hydrogen and Oxygen
  • The Origin of the Oceans
  • Saturn the God of Seeds
  • The Worship of Saturn
  • Seventeen
  • Festivals of Light
  • Saturn and Jupiter
  • The Rings of Saturn
  • Saturn’s Golden Age
  • Rainbow

PART III: MERCURY AND MEMORY

  • The Confusion of Languages
  • Mercury

PART IV: JUPITER OF THE THUNDERBOLT

  • The Overthrow of the Cities of the Plain
  • The Age of the Dead Sea
  • The Great Rift and the Jordan
  • The End of the Early Bronze Age
  • Zedek
  • The Change in Jupiter’s Motion
  • The Worship of Jupiter
  • Jupiter of the Thunderbolt
  • Where a Planetary Bolt Struck the Ground
  • The Origin of Nitrate Deposits
  • The Transmutation of Oxygen into Sulphur
  • Jupiter, Gold and the Birth of Athene

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1. ↑ Jan Sammmer, “A Technical Note” to Immanuel Velikovsky, In the Beginning, unpublished. Online at the Velikovsky Archive
2. ↑ Immanuel Velikovsky, “Introduction“, In the Beginning, unpublished. Online at the Velikovsky Archive