The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-23
MAY Be ANOTHER DEUCE
FLOOD MAY OVERWHELM THE
WORLD AGAIN
HOW IT IS FIGURED OUT
Planets VIII Occupy the ZodiacaI
Sign Capricorn, Where They
Were In the Time of
Noah.

On one Of the famous Babylonian tablets
appears an inscription Of surprising inter
est, the full import of which has only
now become manifest. And yet the in
scriptiOn simply informs US that Capri
corn was the ruling sign in the Zodiac at
the time of the deluge-not a startling
statement in itself, nor one likely to at
tract much attention from antiQuarans
and psychologists. Quite recently, how
ever, copy of the inscription fell into
the hands Of an Oriental scholar in Lon
don, who is also an amateur astrono-
mer and astrologer of no mean repute,
and he at once saw that wide field for
speculation was here opened to him, the
enigma to be solved being the question:
In view Of the fact that 4 create deluge
occurred when Capricorn was the ruling
sign in the Zodiac, all the planets being
congregated in this sign at that time, Is
1t reasonable to expect that another del
uge will occur when the zodiacaI condi-
lions are similar?
Within a few days every noted occultist
and astronomer In England had heard Of
the strange inscription, and ever since
they have been bordering over 1t, says
the New York Herald. The ideas which
they have to guide them toward a solution
of the problem are few, but important.
To quote DR.. Frank Close, late president
of the Tacoma Academy Of Science.
What are known as the 'Babylonian
tablets are a set of inscribed plated hook
leaves, written thousands of years before
the Christian era, in which Is given an
account of the Noachian deluge. These
tablets were exhumed from the ancient
city of Ninevah, and are now In the Brit
ish museum in London"
BEROsUs' PREDICTION.
Now Berosus, a Chaldean astronomer,
and one Of the ablest men of his time
wrote history Of the Babylonian tablets,
but also declared that another flood
would surely take place whenever the sun,
moon and planets again occupied the s'gn
Capricorn That this strange predict on IS
of unusual interest to persons now living Is
evident from the fact that in December
1901, the sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and
Saturn will be located in the sign Capri
corn, as required by Berosus, while the
moon and Neptune will be in the oppos-
ing sign, Cancer, toward the end of the
month.
1t may be argued that the conditions at
that time will not be exactly the same
as those which prevailed at the time of
the Deluge, since neither Venus Her
schel, Neptune nor the moon will be in
Capricorn. The reply to this is that Her
sche1 and Neptune were unknown at the
ly, even If they had been in Capricorn,
neither Borosus nor any other astron-
omer could have chronicled the fact We
nus, moreover, is a minor planet and of
little Importance in such a manner: and
as for the moon, though she may not be
in Capricorn while the other planets are
there in close conjunction, she will GER
tainly be there for some hours about that
time. The question, therefore, which
oclriv1 &c w;
second deluge take place during De-
cember. 1901? To such an important
question scientists or occulists of inter
national reputation are very 10th to
reply, but fair estimate If their views
may be cleaned from the following state
ment in Coming Events, a London &C.
cult journal.
MAY MEAN ONLY A CONTINENT.
'"The term food or deluge," says the
writer, docs not necessarily mean the
total extinction by submergence of all
the living creatures on the earth, but
rather the submergence Of a continent.
such as happened in the case Of the lost
Lemuria and Atlantis, tradition of which
all nations and peoples seem to possess.
Necessarily, such a huge submersion
would cause fearful tidal waves in all
other lands. and to such phenomena the
Noachian record probably refers. Weth-
er partial satisfaction in December, 1901.
Of the conditions specified by Berosus
will produce even partially similar re-
suits is matter We may safely leave
to the consideration Of students"
Many persons will naturally ask. Is
Berosus reliable authority on such a
subject? and therefore a few words about
him are necessary. Prof. Sayre, of OK
ford, the well known Orlentaiist ana
author of Ancient Empires" saws,
'Berosus was a priest Of the Temple Of
Bel, at Babylon, and is said by Eusebius
and Italian to have been contemporary
Of Alexander the Great, and to have lived
into the reign of Andochus Softer He
had, therefore, special opportunities of
knowing the history and astronomy of
his country, upon which he wrote in
Greek. Recent discoveries have abund-
antly established the trustworthiness OF
this Manetho OF Babylon, whose works.
unfortunately. are known to US only