{"collection":"atl","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/atl/rag/rag01.htm","path":"atl/rag/rag01.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/atl/rag/rag01.htm","text":"PART I.\nTHE DRIFT.\nI.--THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRIFT 1\nII.--THE ORIGIN OF THE DRIFT NOT KNOWN 8\nIII.--THE ACTION OF WAVES 10\nIV.--WAS IT CAUSED BY ICEBERGS? 13\nV.--WAS IT CAUSED By GLACIERS? 17\nVI.--WAS IT CAUSED BY A CONTINENTAL ICE-SHEET? 23\nVII.--THE DRIFT A GIGANTIC CATASTROPHE 43\nVIII.--GREAT HEAT A PREREQUISITE 58\nPART II.\nTHE COMET.\nI.--A COMET CAUSED THE DRIFT 63\nII.--WHAT IS A COMET? 65\nIII.--COULD A COMET STRIKE THE EARTH? 82\nIV.--THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE EARTH 91\n{p. iii}\nPART III.\nTHE LEGENDS.\nI.--THE NATURE OF MYTHS 113\nII.--DID MAN EXIST BEFORE THE DRIFT? 121\nIII.--LEGENDS OF THE COMING OF THE COMET 132\nIV.--RAGNAROK 141\nV.--THE CONFLAGRATION OF PHA\u00cbTON 154\nVI.--OTHER LEGENDS OF THE CONFLAGRATION 166\nVII.--LEGENDS OF THE CAVE-LIFE 195\nVIII.--LEGENDS OF THE AGE OF DARKNESS 208\nIX.--THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN 233\nX.--THE FALL OF THE CLAY AND GRAVEL 251\nXI.--THE ARABIAN MYTHS 268\nXII.--THE BOOK OF JOB 276\nXIII.--GENESIS READ BY THE LIGHT OF THE COMET 316\nPART IV.\nCONCLUSIONS.\nI.--WAS PRE-GLACIAL MAN CIVILIZED? 341\nII.--THE SCENE OF MAN'S SURVIVAL 366\nIII.--THE BRIDGE 376\nIV.--OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED 389\nV.--BIELA'S COMET 408\nVI.--THE UNIVERSAL BELIEF OF MANKIND 424\nVII.--THE EARTH STRUCK BY COMETS MANY TIMES 431\nVIII.--THE AFTER-WORD 437\n{p. iv}","title":"Contents","type":"page"}