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THE BABYLONIAN SKY SCIENCE Volume I In this PDF: The CONTENT and chosen title pages FROM: παντα7πασι PLACIDUS RESEARCH CENTER, VARNA, BULGARIA aaa THE BABYLONIAN SKY SCIENCE volume I by Rumen Kolev A COLLECTION of writings from 2000 - 2010 Pages: 370. With 12 color photos, Hard Cover www.babylonianastrology.com THE BABYLONIAN SKY SCIENCE volume I by Rumen Kolev A COLLECTION of WRITINGS ******* THE 5,500 BC DATING of THE ASTROLABE + THE HOLIEST of THE HOLY- THE ASTRAL REVELATION from THE GOLDEN AGE + THE BABYLONIAN ASTROLOGY & ASTRONOMY BASIC CONCEPTS- The Heliacal Phases + ALL FOUR VOLUMES OF THE BABYLONIAN SKY OBSERVER ******* CONTENTS a WITH THE GLORY OF GOD AND BY HIS DECREE 17 ******* PRESS RELEASE on 21 THE 5,500 BC DATING OF THE ASTROLABE ******* The PATHS of Mul MUL (Pleaides) and Mul Mash.Tab.Ba 33 Gal.Gal (Polux & Castor) through the AGES ************ BEYOND 5,500 BC 37 ************ THE HOLIEST of THE HOLY- 41 THE ASTRAL REVELATION from THE GOLDEN AGE ******* DESIGN of THE ASTROLABE 43 ******* CONSTRUCTION of THE CIRCULAR ASTROLABE 45 ******* THE CALENDARIC SKY MODELS of 47 THE EARLY DANUBE ‘CULTURE’ (5,500 BS-4,500 BC) ************ THE REVELATION of LORD MEDURANKI 53 through THE AGES The Calendar and Cosmology of the Astrolabe in Enuma Elish, Hermes and the Neo-Platonics. Synopsis of the Astral Teachings of Hermes The Mystical Astral Doctrine of the neo-Platonics THE DESTRUCTION of THE pan-BABYLONISM 59 OR PAN-BABYLONIAN FANTASIES BECOMING REALITY ******* DECODING of 67 THE TARTARIA TABLETS (5300 BC TORDOSH Culture) ******* THE CUP of THE MOON GOD 83 (5,000 BC - 4,500 BC VARNA Culture) ******* BRIEF DESCRIPTION of my Visit to 103 THE 4,500 BC TEMPLE in DURANKULAK (HAMANGIA Culture) ******* End of the SECTION: On Page 104 On Page 105 of the COLLECTION starts: THE BABYLONIAN ASTROLOGY & ASTRONOMY BASIC CONCEPTS THE HELIACAL PHASES by Rumen Kolev a PRINCIPLES 2 THE SUNRISE & SUNSET PROCESS 4 ARCUS VISIONIS (AV), MAGNITUDE 8 THE HELIACAL CYCLE OF THE STARS, G, H& J 10 DURATION OF SHINING, THE HELIACAL CYCLE OF D& F 16, 18 AVERAGE AV AND BRIGHTNESS IN THE HELIACAL PHASES 26 THE GLOBAL HELIACAL CYCLES OF THE PLANETS 31 THE BABYLONIAN CALENDAR, LUNAR HELIACAL PHASES 41, 42 SAND STORMS, ECLIPSES, SOLSTICES, WINDS 52 ORIENTATION OF TEMPLES, CULTURE, PROGNOSIS METHODS 57, 58 THE COMPUTER PROGRAM BABYLONIA, BIBLIOGRAPHY 60 MMX, Varna End of the SECTION: On Page 168 On Page 169 of the COLLECTION starts: a THE BABYLONIAN a SKY OBSERVER 1 A publication of the Placidus Research Center of recent articles and news in the field of the practice, theory and history of The Babylonian Science of the Stars Volume 1, April 2006 THE OMEN OF VENUS INSIDE THE PLEIADES 2 THE 'PATHS' OF THE SKY 4 THE HELIAC. RISE OF SIRIUS ACC. TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS 16 THE 12 TASKS OF THE BABYLONIAN STAR SCIENCE 20 MY MEETINGS WITH PROF. DAVID PINGREE 26 OMINA MIS-INTERPRETED 28 THE CYCLES OF MARS' ACRONYCHAL RISES 31 ONE OBSERVATION OF THE HELIACAL RISE OF MARS 34 8 OBSERVATIONS OF HELIACAL PHASES OF MERCURY 35 THE HELIACAL PHASES IN DRAWING 47 DICTIONARY OF USED TERMS 48 BIBLIOGRAPHY 50 BABYLONIA ver. 4.0 51 End of the SECTION: On Page 224 a CONTENTS a On Page 225 of the COLLECTION starts: a THE BABYLONIAN a SKY OBSERVER 2 A publication of the Placidus Research Center of recent articles and news in the field of the practice, theory and history of The Babylonian Science of the Stars Volume 2, March 2007 HOW TO READ BABYLONIAN OMINA 2 THE OMEN OF IBBI-SIN 5 SARGON THE GREAT AND HIS OMEN 13 ENUMA ANU ENLILL - A Panoramic View 16 THE GLOBAL BABYLONIAN PLANETARY PERIODS 25 TRUTH AND DELUSION- PART ONE Texts-Dating 29 TABLET 57 OF ENUMA ANU ENLIL 31 THE PROGRAM BABYLONIA ver. 4.0 43 End of the SECTION: On Page 272 On Page 273 of the COLLECTION starts: a THE BABYLONIAN a SKY OBSERVER 3 A publication of the Placidus Research Center of recent research and news in the field of the practice, theory and history of The Babylonian Science of the Stars Volume 3, September 2008 A LETTER TO MY SUBSCRIBERS ......................... 2 THE PLANETS IN THE BABYLONIAN SKY-SCIENCE ........... 3 THE ANCIENT PRIEST versus THE MODERN SCHOLAR.................... 12 REACTIONS OF THE MODERN SCHOLARS ................ 17 ARCUS VISIONES OF PLANETS acc. to DIFFERENT SOURCES....... 19 THE OMEN 'VENUS VISIBLE IN DAY-LIGHT'.................. 23 TRUTH AND DELUSION PART II- WHY MODERN MAINSTREAM ASSYRIOLOGY FALSIFIES HISTORY... 29 DECLARATION OF THE WAR: DELITZSCH, BABEL UND BIBEL... 33 THE PAN-BABYLONIANS and THE MYSTERY OF SKY AND EARTH .................. 39 End of the SECTION: On Page 320 On Page 321 of the COLLECTION starts: a THE BABYLONIAN a SKY OBSERVER 4 A publication of the Placidus Research Center of recent research and news in the field of the practice, theory and history of The Babylonian Science of the Stars Volume 4, November 2008 THE UNTHINKABLE ( The heliacal rise of Venus in 2008 ) .......... 2 TWO VENUS OMINA- seen in daylight & late in its rise ......... 7 HOW TO READ THE BEGINNING of THE OMINA ............ 7 THE PERFECT BABYLONIAN MONTH ......................... 9 THE LATE RISE of VENUS & THE SHIFT in WORLD ORDER 17 TIME CYCLES & TIME FRACTALS in SUMERIA ......... 18 TRUTH AND DELUSION PART III THE ATTACK of the JESUITS .............................. 23 FRANZ KUGLER S.J. and his MONUMENTAL WORK ................ 26 OTTO NEUGEBAUER- THE LAST SEAL of the VATICAN ...... 28 ROCKEFELLER and the DISSIPATION of ALL DOUBTS .............. 37 BELOW THE SURFACE of THE MIRROR ..................... 40 End of the COLLECTION: On Page 370 WITH The GLORY of GOD and by His DECREE ! THE CHAINS ARE BROKEN ! 9th of March, 2010, Varna On the first of September, 2008, in Sofia, Bulgaria, a miracle hap- pened. When Jupiter was rising and Venus was in culmination, at the Melammu VI symposium and in front of a shocked audience of scholars- -from all over the world- the Babylonian Astrolabe was mathematically dated to 5,500 BC ! ******* The chains that, 100 years ago, were forged by Kugler and his followers- The chains used to bind and enslave Assyriology - These chains are broken ! These chains are broken ! Glory to God ! Assyriology is free ! Glory to God ! ******* The Babylonian Culture, that was cruelly debased, ridiculed and then merciless destroyed, has risen again from the ashes ! With the Glory of God and by His decree ! Dignified, spiritual and free- with the Glory of God and by His decree ! ******* The spirits of the pan-Babylonians are let free to roam and inspire thousands of researchers. The darkness of 'the nothing' is annihilated- once and for ever ! The light of our beloved Lord Meduranki shines like the Sun ! Glory to God ! The Truth ! ******* PRESS RELEASE by RUMEN KOLEV, παντα7πασι PLACIDUS RESEARCH CENTER VARNA, BULGARIA A break-through research announced at the MELAMMU VI Symposium of the Assyrian and the Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Sep. 1st-3rd, 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria with forthcoming publication in early 2010 (Melammu VI Volume) The most ancient layer of astronomical data in THE BABYLONIAN ASTROLABE DATED to 5,500 BC παντα7πασι PLACIDUS RESEARCH CENTER VARNA, BULGARIA The ‘paths’ of mul MUL (Pleiades) and mul MASH-TAB-BA (Pollux-Castor) through the ages. and Dating of THE BABYLONIAN ASTROLABE and MUL APIN by Rumen Kolev Jan. 2010, Varna, Bulgaria For much more detailed analysis, please see the forthcom- ing publication of ‘Astronomical Dating of the Babylonian Astrolabe’ by Rumen Kolev in the Proceedings of the Melammu VI Symposium of the Assyrian and the Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project Sep. 1st-3rd, 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria. The publica- tion is expected in early 2010. You may follow updated information on the official WEB Site of the Melammu Project: http://www.aakkl.helsinki.fi/melammu/symposia/sypr6info.php παντα7πασι PLACIDUS RESEARCH CENTER, VARNA, BULGARIA aaa BEYOND 5,500 BC THE CELESTIAL RELIGION OF THE GOLDEN AGE by Rumen Kolev, 13-17 March, 2010 Varna, Bulgaria THE HOLIEST OF THE HOLY aaa THE TEACHINGS OF THE ASTRAL REVELATION FROM THE GOLDEN AGE THE CALENDARIC SKY-MODELS of THE EARLY DANUBE CULTURE 5,500 BC - 4,500 BC The ‘pantheon’ form Isaiia, Romania, dated to 4,700 BC. This set of godesses was found in a clay jar in the temple of a prehistoric settlement. It, in fact, is a ‘model’ of the yearly seasonal cycle with calendaric purpose. THE REVELATION of LORD MEDURANKI through THE AGES Page from a manuscript, with a treatise by the middle-Platonic philosopher and astrologer Antiochus Athenisiensis, kept in Modenna, Italy. The drawing shows the 4 ‘winds’ and 24 ‘steps’ in the tropical year. THE DESTRUCTION of THE pan-BABYLONISM ? OR? pan-BABYLONIAN ‘FANTASIES’ BECOMING REALITY by Rumen Kolev, Feb. 2010, Varna Franz Kugler SJ up big and Otto Neugebauer small at left: The two dark ‘genii’ of the Babylonian Astronomy. photos: courtesy of Gary Thompson DECODING of the TARTARIA TABLETS By Dr. Rumen Kolev 22 May - 15 June 2008 ‘Placidus Research Center’, Varna, Bulgaria Telephones: +359-52-609282 hm. +359- 897-253-097 cell. Skype nick: naramdingirsin Skype name: Naramsin EMail: [email protected] Address: Rumen Kirilov Kolev ‘Radko Dimitriev’ str. 13 B, ap.3 city of Varna-9000, BULGARIA THE CUP FROM WHICH THE MOON-GOD DRANK By Dr. Rumen Kolev ‘Placidus Research Center’, Varna, Bulgaria ASTRO-RESEARCH CENTER "ZENITH" a www.babylonianastrology.com THE BABYLONIAN ASTROLOGY & ASTRONOMY BASIC CONCEPTS- The Heliacal Phases by Rumen Kolev Venus in Leo, in her full Glory, close to Morning Elongation Oct 01, 1999 5:26 AM (TZ= 2E) 28E33 / 43N27 Kamen Briag, Bulgaria. On the foreground- the 'Altar', a place for observation of an ancient astral cult civilization THE BULLETIN OF THE "PLACIDUS RESEARCH CENTER" www.babylonianastrology.com THE BABYLONIAN SKY OBSERVER a VOLUME 1, MAY 2006, Varna, Bulgaria a AN 68.0z z EN LIL 110.9 EN KI 57.6z EAST 121.0z s.solstice equinox w.solstice a a 10z 30z 40z 50z 60z 70z 80z 90z 100z 110z 120z 130z 140z 160z D SIM.
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