Hi guys,
For whatever weird reason, I get some level of fascination out of reading pseudo-history. I guess it's mostly the interesting acrobatics of logic people use with their sources to get history to say one thing or another. At the same time, it gives a certain chill to think that their logic operates in a world so far removed from our own (like the Holocaust never happening). However, no pseudo-history will quite compare to the outlandish claims of the renowned Russian mathematician, Anatoly Formenko.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Chronology_(Fomenko)
This man actually believes that recorded history has no information prior to 965 AD (or 915 AD), and in fact civilization began around the ninth century AD. How does he claim this? That's what he takes up seven volumes justifying. In summary, his statistical analysis of various medieval chronicles discovered a series of "repeated" events over history, where merely the names and geography changed. Thus, he came to the conclusion that all these repeated events were actually the same history, lasting from about 965-1376 AD. During the Renaissance, he believed, this history was either accidentally or deliberately misinterpreted to refer to multiple eras of 300 years in length, thus extending history eons into the past that never existed. Thus all references to a "great empire", including Rome, Byzantium, Babylon, Israel, Persia, Medieval Germany, and Ancient Egypt, were all the same empire in the late Middle Ages. A similar fusion was made of rival nations, namely Macedon, Ottomans, Hittites, Mongols, Russia, and Hapsburg. Great religious leaders were also merged together as one person, including Jesus, Elijah, Basil, Pope Gregory VII, and Numa Pompilius. All the works of art and philosophy attributed to Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians were actually made in the Renaissance according to Formenko, saying that Plato = Pletho and Plutarch = Petrarch. Biblically, the "Babylonian Captivity" was the Papacy of Avignon, and King Solomon was actually Suleiman the Magnificent. Even the Garden of Eden, according to Formenko, was actually derived from the legend of Saint George and the Dragon taking place in the early 10th century.
What does this have to do with Generational theory? Remember, Formenko's premise was that the historical records were repeating, therefore they all refer to the same event. I believe Formenko accidentally stumbled across Generational Theory, proved by his statistical analysis, but his presuppositions led him to create New Chronology instead. Thus, I think that some of his observations about identifying similar characters in historical records could shed a lot of light on identifying generations in places as yet unexplored by Generational Theorists.
Formenko
Re: Formenko
Tom Mazanec, who occasionally posts here, has done a lot
of work with pseudo-history, and also knows a lot about generational
theory. He wrote the short story "Maybe we'll get it
right this time" that's available on the web site.
** 'Maybe we'll get it right this time' by Tom Mazanec
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... 090309.htm
http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=85
Tom might find the Formenko concept interesting.
of work with pseudo-history, and also knows a lot about generational
theory. He wrote the short story "Maybe we'll get it
right this time" that's available on the web site.
** 'Maybe we'll get it right this time' by Tom Mazanec
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... 090309.htm
http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=85
Tom might find the Formenko concept interesting.
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Re: Formenko
Reminds me of "Lasttuesdayism" which postulates that the universe came into existence at 12:01 AM last Tuesday, complete with all our records and memories of things which never actually occurred already in existence.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain
― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain
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