Society for Interdisciplinary Studies Internet Digest ISSN 1362-7686 2001 No. 2

Editor/Compiler: Ian Tresman. 9 Ashdown Drive, Borehamwood, Herts. WD6 4LZ. UK Tel: +44 20 8953 7722. Fax: +44 870 167 1951. Email: ian@knowledge.co.uk World Wide Web site: http://www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/ © September 2001 The Society for Interdisciplinary Studies

2001 Number 2

Contents

Above: Suggested comet pictograph. From Painted Cave, Burro Flats, California, from Hudson, Travis and Georgia Lee, "Function and Symbolism in Chumesh Rock Art", in Journal of New World Archaeology 6(3) 1984. Below: Suggested supernova. Petroglyphs from Northern Arizona (top row) from Eddy, John, "Astroarchaeology" in Insights into the Ancient Ones, edited by Edward F. Berger, 1981. And rock art from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (bottom), from Williamson, Ray A., in Living the Sky: The Cosmos of the American Indians, 1984.

About the SIS; How to Join Editorial .. 1 Intersect 2001 Conference .. 2 Day1 Fri 6th July 2001: Introduction .. 2 Welcome and Announcements, Don Scott .. 2 The Electric Universe -- The Big Picture, Wal Thornhill .. 2 Verbal Vignette, Mel Acheson .. 2 Rupert Sheldrake: An overview .. 2 Circumstance, C J Ransom .. 3 Day 2: Sat 7 July 2001. AM .. 3 Our Universe: Unlocking its Mysteries, Annis Scott .. 3 Context for Reconstruction, Michael Armstrong .. 3 Error Probes, Truth Probes, and Space Probes, Mel Acheson .. 4 Our Electric Sun, Don Scott .. 4 Symbols of an Alien Sky: Part I, Dave Talbott .. 4 The Impossible Dinosaurs, Ted Holden .. 4 Day 2: Sat 7 July 2001. PM .. 5 Resistance to Scientific Innovation, Earl Staelin .. 5 How You Know, Mel Acheson .. 5 A World with One Season: Part I, Dwardu Cardona .. 5 Halton Arp: A Modern Day Galileo, Amy Acheson .. 5 The Saturn Theory video trailer, Ben Ged Low .. 6 Panel Discussion .. 6 Day 3: Sun 8 July 2001. AM .. 6 Electric Currents in Space, Anthony Peratt .. 6 Verbal Vignette, Mel Acheson .. 7 A World with One Season: Part II, Dwardu Cardona .. 7 Symbols of an Alien Sky: Part II, Dave Talbott .. 7 Problems with Modern Physics, John Chappell .. 7 Day 3: Sun 8 July 2001. AM .. 8 The Electric Universe: Part I: Electrical Scarring, Wal Thornhill .. 8 Verbal vignette: Tool Time, Mel Acheson .. 9 Symbols of an Alien Sky: Part II, Dave Talbott .. 9 Day 4: Mon 9 July 2001. AM .. 9 Morphic Fields and Resonances, Rupert Sheldrake .. 9 The Electric Universe: How and Why it Works, Wal Thornhill .. 10 Electric Currents in Space, Don Scott .. 10 Plasma Phenomenon in the Polar Configuration, Dave Talbott .. 10 Day 4: Mon 9 July 2001. PM .. 11 Slide Show, Steve Parsons .. 11 Biology of the Cell, Bruce Lipton .. 11 Electric Universe, Wal Thornhill .. 11 Morphic Fields, Rupert Sheldrake .. 12 Reflections on a Third Story, Michael Armstrong .. 12 Day 5: Tue 10 July 2001 .. 12 Day 6: Wed 11 July 2001, Grand Canyon trip. .. 12 Summing up .. 13 The Hamlet's Mill International Conference .. 13 ISIS Conference: The Amarna Heresies .. 14 Overview .. 14 Key figures of the Amarna period .. 14 Welcome: ISIS Chairman Anthony van der Elst .. 15 The Amarna Age - an Introduction, David Rohl .. 15 Akhenaten - Heretic or Visionary, John Davis .. 16 The Amarna Coregency Controversy, Aidan Dodson .. 17 The Amarna Royal Tomb, Geoffrey Martin .. 18 The Memphite Tomb of Haremheb, Geoffrey Martin .. 19 Akhetaten - Horizon of the Aten, Lucia Gahlin .. 20 The Amarna Royal Tombs Project - last 3 seasons, Nicholas Reeves .. 21 The Tomb of the High Priest of Aten at Memphis, Geoffrey Martin .. 21 The Body in Tomb KV55, David Rohl .. 22 The Mysterious Smenkhkare, Aidan Dodson .. 23 Amarna Iconoclasts - Who were the Real Criminals? Penny Wilson .. 24 Aten - an Imaginative Reconstruction .. 25 Akhenaten as Moses, Ahmed Osman .. 25 The Amarna Period and Levantine Archaeology, David Rohl .. 26 The el-Amarna Letters, Peter van der Veen .. 27 Fifty years after Velikovsky's 'Worlds in Collision' New Book: Catastrophobia Index .. 29 Back Page