One of the most famous eclipses in US History travels along the northern boundary of the United States, where it is viewed by hundreds of thousands in New York City, the last total solar eclipse in that city. 16 years and four months before the birth of perhaps our nation's greatest cultural figure, Bob Dylan. The path begins in Upper Minnesota, with both Dylan's hometown Hibbing and birthplace Duluth, and adopted home of Woodstock ( Bethel New York) in the eclipse totality.
see the path traveling from upper Minnesota to New York City, Woodstock is to the Northwest of NYC
On January 24th 1961 19 year old Bob Dylan arrives in a snowy New York, with friend Fred Underhill. He goes to the Cafe Wha. It is a hootenanny night, and he performs a couple of songs. The Wha’s owner, Manny Roth, asks the audience to provide them with a place to stay for the night.
Dylan tells the crowd:
“I been travelin’ around the country, followin’ in
Woody Guthrie’s footsteps”.
Why Bob Dylan? Born Robert Zimmerman on May 24 1941 to Jewish parents descended from Lithuanian and Russian stock. Probably the most influential and controversial poet/musician since King David. The most significant popularly known entertainment figure in history to consistently incorporate Biblical themes and apocalyptic prophecy in his work. The most fully realized and recognized songwriter of the popular era, and also a musical and world historian. The most famous Jewish Christian since the Apostle Paul. One of the best gospel songwriters of the 20th century. A master of riddles and story, whose techniques resembles the storytelling techniques of eclipses, living outside of and through time. Along with Elvis, perhaps the most simultaneously mocked and imitated performer of all time.An example of maximum expression, which does not imply righteousness, but rather the existence of example in story. His last release in 2020 includes the 17 minute epic Murder Most Foul about the killing of John F. Kennedy. Dylan performed Blowin in the Wind at the March on Washington in 1963 led by Martin Luther King. Injustice has always been one of the primary themes on Dylan's work.
The eclipse distinctly marked the midpoint of the 1920's.
The eclipse path leaves New York City and travels across the Atlantic, ending just after crossing the extreme northern sections of the United Kingdom, thus linking the Dylan Eclipse with the 20th century's other greatest example of maximum musical expression, The Beatles.
All the Beatles became friends with Dylan and their musical expressions helped feed each other's art.
86% coverage in Liverpool
Obviously the January eclipse was about more than Dylan, but it is a great example of personality mixed with cosmic timekeeping.
"I got my back to the sun 'cause the light is too intense
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
You can't turn back- you can't come back, sometimes we push too far
One day you'll open up your eyes and you'll see where we are ....
Just as sure as we're living, just as sure as you're born
Look up, look up-- seek your Maker 'fore Gabriel blows his horn "
Sugar Baby...Bob Dylan
from Love and Theft released September 11, 2001
One of the only total solar eclipses to cross Liverpool in hundreds of years broke through heavy cloud banks to give an immortal show to thousands of Brits.
In the 1920's the British Empire covered nearly a quarter of the Earth's surface.
Within the same time frame as the span between the Hibbing eclipse and Dylan's birth ( 16 years) all members of the Beatles are born in the eclipse path in Liverpool. Within the same time frame of 40 years from time of eclipse, their music achieves maximum popularity. June 1967 is the release of Seargeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
One of the only total solar eclipses to cross Liverpool in hundreds of years broke through heavy cloud banks to give an immortal show to thousands of Brits. In the 1920's the British Empire covered nearly a quarter of the Earth's surface.Within the same time frame as the span between the Hibbing eclipse and Dylan's birth ( 16 years) all members of the Beatles are born in the eclipse path in Liverpool. Within the same time frame of 40 years from time of eclipse, their music achieves maximum popularity. June 1967 is the release of Seargeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club BandClearly the path travels over virtually no other populated regions besides Scandanavia and the UK, but nevertheless connects Britain and America- beginning just to the west of the British Isles before traveling a great eliptic path across the northern latitudes ending just after crossing the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
Beatles songs about the cosmos include: Good Day Sunshine, Here Comes the Sun, Across the Universe, I'll Follow the Sun, The Sun King
Saros Cycle 145. This was to be the last total solar eclipse visible from the United Kingdom until the great Judgment Eclipse of Aug 11 1999. Incidentally , that happened to also be Saros Cycle 145, which then reappears on the August 21 2017 USA Total Solar Eclipse.
"The sense of exaltation produced by such stupendous beauty was so great that when the first pencil of light from the reappearing sun robbed the corona from our eyes, one seemed to fall back to earth through an untold distance, back to the common reality of ourselves, our fellow beings, and the wet sand on which we stood, Totality was ended. "
S. Seeley—The Total Eclipse of June 29, 1927, Liverpool England— writing for The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Elvis Presley had an enormous impact on The Beatles and Dylan and three are usually considered together when discussing the most popular performers of the rock era. His very first billed show occurred on July 30, 1954, exactly a month after a total solar eclipse in the USA (June 30 1954) which featured 97% coverage of the sun in Hibbing Minnesota, 75 % in Liverpool and 67% in Elvis's birthplace of Tupelo Mississippi. He sang "Blue Moon of Kentucky". at that show. Other than that, it's difficult to establish any reasonable links between Elvis and eclipses.
There was an eclipse on May 14 1771, exactly 177 years before May 14 1948--the date of modern Israel independence..
The number 1771 is a palindrome of 177. it will be 177 in either direction.
1771 is 1701 years since destruction of the temple in 70 AD.
1948 is equal to 11 times 177 +1.
177 days 4 hours is the median number of days between eclipses in back to back eclipse seasons. (days can swerve between 176 and 178 due to rotations and time zonesbut In most cases, therefore, successive eclipses are separated by an interval of 177 days. This period is known as an eclipse season.
In 1771 Joseph Eyre publishes Observations Upon The Prophecies Relating To The Restoration Of The Jews, arguably the most important early statement of Christian Zionism,.
israel will be 77 years old at the beginning of the 70th Hebrew Jubilee in 2025.
May 14 is the 134th day of the year. The eclipse of 1771 is Saros 134
An eclipse year is (346.6 days.
77 eclipse years ( 26,690 days) from May 14 1948 brings us to June 10 2021, which brought a ring of fire eclipse from the US /Canada border across the northern latitudes--add 177 days and you arrive at the Dec.4,2021 Antarctic eclipse we just experienced.
Saros 134 is the eclipse that brought the Jerusalem Ring of Fire August 21 1933, which was exactly 171 eclipse years after the May 14 1771 eclipse.
it brought the 9-11 Metonic in 9-11-1969.
It brought the Portugal and Spain Ring of Fire on October 3 2005 ( also Algiers and Northeast Africa )
Saros 134 brings the upcoming Great North American 10-14-2023 Ring of Fire.
there are other minor peculiarities involving the dates of May 14 1948 and the June 4 1967 re-incorporation of Jerusalem into Israel) for instance, 5+14 =19, 19 +48 =67 ( also with 5-14...5+1 =6) this makes the second date of 6-4-1967 fully represented in the first date of 5-14-1948....there 6960 days between May 14 1948 and June 4th 1967--19 years and 21 days...6960 is also a palindrome, its numbers equaling 21...the 19 year metonic is discussed in the Metonic Cycle section
As the Nazis seize control in Germany, at the peak of a worldwide depression, a Ring of Fire chooses the great Metonic date of Monday August 21 1933 to carve a path of Annularity across the Mideast--Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan-- then travels over India and Southeast Asia, total annularity in Jerusalem, Baghdad ( Babylon), Amman, Gaza, Alexandria ---path cuts through Iran, Afghanistan, Northern India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia before finally ending at .the east coast of Australia
It was the year that Germany went from democracy to dictatorship--the Reichstag fire, the first anti-Jewish laws, the purge of the opposition, the construction of Dachau, the first concentration camp. August 21st was the start of the 18th Zionist Congress in Prague . In the Hebrew calendar it was 1st day of month of Elul
In August 1933 in Iraq, thousands of Assyrian Christians were killed in the Simele massacre, The "great white spot " of Saturn was seen by astronomers for the first time in 30 years in early August, and stayed for 4 weeks, allowing for the measurement of Saturn's rotation. Mahatma Ghandi was arrested by the British in India and began a hunger strike. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was born 3 days after eclipse in Cairo on August 24, 1933
The last eclipse across Jerusalem, before heading on to Amman and Baghdad ( and ancient city of Babylon) 2519 years after destruction of Temple by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.
Also in 1933 a Ring of Fire eclipse from South America across Africa into Yemen--Saros 129, which fades in 1969
531 years and two days after Columbus discovered America, an annular eclipse creates a ring of fire from Oregon to Texas and then on to South America October 14th 2023, one of three solar eclipses in the USA in Seven Years
It enters Oregon--center of annularity coming ashore near Florence at 9:05 am. Oregon's second eclipse in 7 years. and heads across the Southwest USA . Crosses Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan, Central America, across the Amazon and exits into the Ocean at Natal, Brazil. Natal is Portugese for Nativity.
The only place in the USA where four states meet and form a cross, the sacred lands of the Four Corners region. The Eclipse path perfectly covers the Cross as it travels over some of the most beautiful lands on earth, including confluence of Green and Colorado Rivers, several national parks and centers of the lost Anasazi Civilization like Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde.
The eclipse exits the USA .
Exact centerline of annularity directly over
the city of Corpus Christi ( Body of Christ) -
The only city in America that bears such a name.
The eclipse then traverses the gulf of Mexico before crossing the Yucatan.
One of the most famous eclipses in US History travels along the northern boundary of the United States, where it is viewed by hundreds of thousands in New York City, the last total solar eclipse in that city. 16 years and four months before the birth of perhaps our nation's greatest cultural figure, Bob Dylan. The path begins in Upper Minnesota, with both Dylan's hometown Hibbing and birthplace Duluth, and adopted home of Woodstock ( Bethel New York) in the eclipse totality.
see the path traveling from upper Minnesota to New York City, Woodstock is to the Northwest of NYC
On January 24th 1961 19 year old Bob Dylan arrives in a snowy New York, with friend Fred Underhill. He goes to the Cafe Wha. It is a hootenanny night, and he performs a couple of songs. The Wha’s owner, Manny Roth, asks the audience to provide them with a place to stay for the night.
Dylan tells the crowd:
“I been travelin’ around the country, followin’ in
Woody Guthrie’s footsteps”.
Why Bob Dylan? Born Robert Zimmerman on May 24 1941 to Jewish parents descended from Lithuanian and Russian stock. Probably the most influential and controversial poet/musician since King David. The most significant popularly known entertainment figure in history to consistently incorporate Biblical themes and apocalyptic prophecy in his work. The most fully realized and recognized songwriter of the popular era, and also a musical and world historian. The most famous Jewish Christian since the Apostle Paul. One of the best gospel songwriters of the 20th century. A master of riddles and story, whose techniques resembles the storytelling techniques of eclipses, living outside of and through time. Along with Elvis, perhaps the most simultaneously mocked and imitated performer of all time.An example of maximum expression, which does not imply righteousness, but rather the existence of example in story. His last release in 2020 includes the 17 minute epic Murder Most Foul about the killing of John F. Kennedy. Dylan performed Blowin in the Wind at the March on Washington in 1963 led by Martin Luther King. Injustice has always been one of the primary themes on Dylan's work.
The eclipse distinctly marked the midpoint of the 1920's.
The eclipse path leaves New York City and travels across the Atlantic, ending just after crossing the extreme northern sections of the United Kingdom, thus linking the Dylan Eclipse with the 20th century's other greatest example of maximum musical expression, The Beatles.
All the Beatles became friends with Dylan and their musical expressions helped feed each other's art.
86% coverage in Liverpool
Obviously the January eclipse was about more than Dylan, but it is a great example of personality mixed with cosmic timekeeping.
"I got my back to the sun 'cause the light is too intense
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
You can't turn back- you can't come back, sometimes we push too far
One day you'll open up your eyes and you'll see where we are ....
Just as sure as we're living, just as sure as you're born
Look up, look up-- seek your Maker 'fore Gabriel blows his horn "
Sugar Baby...Bob Dylan
from Love and Theft released September 11, 2001
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