Some authorities split it up as a separate species referring to it as cygnus bewickii. We humans have a buccinator muscle in our cheekswe use it to blow out candles and to blow into trumpets and other instruments. The cygnus key is the new astronomical paradigm that shines light on the primal awakening of human consciousness, sparked by the discovery of precession cycles, sound acoustics, and number cosmology. The fascinating, regal history behind britains swans the aristocratic birds has a legacy as a luxury status symbol that dates back centuries the annual swan upping ceremony of the queens. Unlocking the ancient secret of lifes origins in the cosmos. Unlocking the ancient secret of lifes origins in the cosmos kindle edition by collins, andrew. It was five years in the making, but finally the wait is over.
Im more than half way through the book, reading a little bit each day. It is the eurasian counterpart of the north american trumpeter swan, and the type species for the genus cygnus. I saw the other in a history channel documentary and i was led to amazon where i. Overall, the book provides the most thorough and indepth appraisal of current information. Cygnus lies in the milky way and hence contains many attractive star fields for sweeping with binoculars. They are in the subfamily anserinae, in the family anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks.
The brightest star in cygnus is deneb, the 19th brightest star in the sky. Ancient origins articles related to cygnus the swan in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. Professional photographer malcolm schuyl has studied the swan for decades observing, researching and photographing it throughout its lifecycle. The ancient greeks featured it in many of their legends.
Cygnus, the swan, is also known as the northern cross because of its shape. The cygnusx1 is the yonic,female stargate,also known as the swan,or yama. Stunning photographs illustrate our new natural history of the swan, this muchloved creature of beauty and grace. Cygnus swan also modern northern cross the story behind the. Tonight, look for deneb, the brightest star in the constellation cygnus the swan. Cygnus, the swan, is an ancient constellation, one of ptomelys original 48, included in his almagest of 149 ad. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the cygnus mystery. Ebook the cygnus mystery as pdf download portable document format. This book starts off about the dogon people in mali who since ancient times and as part of their beliefs claim people came from the star we call sirius in the cygnus of which the sun is part of.
Pdf behavior responses of the whooper swans cygnus. As with most mythology there are different stories about the cygnus constellation. The cygnus constellation is the key to unlocking humanitys ancie. Andrew collins takes readers into deepest, darkest caves in search of the sound of the universe, making a compelling case for palaeolithic cerns. Built at the end of the last ice age around 9600 bce, gobekli tepe in southeast turkey was designed to align with the constellation of the celestial swan, cygnus a fact confirmed by the discovery at the site of a tiny bone plaque carved with the three key stars of cygnus. The cygnus key and millions of other books are available for instant access. May 19, 2018 great book with some great shortcomings. He is a well established writer on science and history in the uk and has no. Review of the cygnus key by andrew collins part 1 jason. Trumpeter swan overview, all about birds, cornell lab of. He was considered to be one of the best english practitioners of wood engraving. The starry shape of cygnus the swan has long been known to stargazers.
Andrew collins had already decoded the alignments to the cygnus star system at gobekli tepe and the giza pyramid complex in his book g. He was an early member of the house of black, and possibly the brother of arcturus and misapinoa and father of phineas nigellus and his siblings sirius, elladora, and iola, but his precise relationship to other known members of the black family is unknown. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. This beautiful blue supergiant also forms part of the summer triangle, together with aquila in altair, and lyra in vega.
Cygni is a constellation, one of 88 constellations that the night sky is divided into. There are several different stories associated with the cygnus constellation. Cygnus a is one of the earliest radio galaxies discovered. Being myself in archeoastronomies of the world for 27 long years, im deeply dissapointed that andrew collins didnt say,not even once in the cygnus key,cygnusx1black hole,or yama,its ancient name. The cygnus constellation welcome to another edition of constellation friday. The trumpeter swans scientific name, cygnus buccinator, is from the latin cygnus swan and buccinare to trumpet.
I saw the other in a history channel documentary and i was led to amazon. There is a pattern of stars in cygnus that is called the northern cross. Nov 12, 2007 one of history s longforgotten astronomers, poor le gentil had some real bad luck attempting to record the venus transits of 1761 and 1769. The sacred history jonathan black cygnus book club. With 5 stars brighter than 3rd magnitude this constellation is visible even in some city lighting. Cygnus black 1889 1943 was the fourth son and youngest child of phineas nigellus black and ursula flint, the brother of sirius, phineas, arcturus and belvina, the husband of violetta black nee bulstrode and the father of pollux, cassiopeia, marius, and dorea. Locted in the area of northern cross,also known as the swan,flying away from the deark rift cleft of milky way,also known as mesopotamia,separted by the two biblical rivers,pishon and gihon,as described in genesis 2.
In classic mythology it represents the seduction of queen leda by the all powerful zeus jupiter, who had his way with her in the form of a swan, their union leading to the birth of helen of troy, and pollux of the gemini twins. Andrew collins sets out to find answers on an extraordinary historical quest to unravel. Cygnus, the swan, is a large summerearly autumn constellation immersed in the milky way and appearing to be flying generally south through the sky. Leda was so beautiful that zeus could not resist her. Childrens book about child on failing generation starship.
Trumpeter swan john james audubons birds of america. Written by andrew collins, organizer of the questing conference great britains premier event on alternative history, forbidden archaeology, and ancient wisdom, the cygnus mystery. Like many other members of the house of black, cygnus is named after a constellation. The cygnus key book by andrew collins official publisher. A swan cygnini is a kind of water bird, from the genera cygnus and coscoroba. The cygnus is named from its singing canendo because it pours out song with modulated sounds. The night sky chart at the top of this post presents the view toward the northeast. The denisovan legacy, gobekli tepe, and the birth of egypt english edition ebook. Phaeton, unable to control the chariot of the sun, careens wildly though the heavens, scorching the earth. As with many ancient greek myths the amorous advances of the. Barbara hand clow, author of awakening the planetary mind the cygnus key is a monumental work bringing numerous ancient mysteries into focus. Some of the swans, notably the north american trumpeter swan and tundra swan were earlier classified to the genus olor, but they are now regarded as belonging to cygnus. We are recovering from our species trauma from the great cataclysms 12,000 years ago.
If you stick to the history in this book you will get good information. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The orangebilled white trumpeter swan, cygnus buccinator, seen in parks, is the mute swan, of old world origin. Oblivia herself is as much a motif as a fictional character in any traditional western sense. In the constellation of cygnus the swan we encounter the location of the first.
The sky is not divided up equally between the constellations. Once threatened with extinction fewer than 100 were counted in the u. One story involves the greek mythological character of leda who was the queen of sparta. This is because the pattern of stars looks like a cross. A voiceless trumpeter swan named louis was the main character in e. Cygnus is associated with the myth of zeus and leda in greek mythology. It is thought to sing sweetly because it has a long curved neck, and a voice forcing its way by a long and winding path necessarily renders varied. Now, going back even further to 45,000 years ago, he explores how our ancestors first discovered the cygnus connection, the pathway of souls through the constellation of the swan.
Its most celebrated object cannot be seen by optical means at all. Zeus, king of the gods, turned himself into a swan to attract the attention of a maiden named leda. Cygnus x1, located about 6,100 light years away, is a bright xray source that led to the first potential black hole being discovered. Also includes information on the role of the swan in folklore, history, art and literature. This has led some to criticize swan song beliefs since antiquity, one of the earliest being pliny the elder. A taxonomic genus within the family anatidae swans. He is a well established writer on science and history in the uk and has no room.
Swan, largest waterfowl species of the subfamily anserinae, family anatidae order anseriformes. Leda the wife of the spartan king, tyndareus, and the mother of the gemini and helen of troy had unrivaled beauty. As with many ancient greek myths the amorous advances of the king of gods zeus plays a major part in the story. This constellation is one of the original 48 constellations of antiquity. Andrew collins is a historical writer and the author of several groundbreaking books. Cygnus has been known by many different cultures and represents many different things for these cultures throughout history. It provides a lucid and wellreasoned understanding for readers who make the effort to digest it all. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. In his grief, phaethons devoted friend cygnus repeatedly dived into the water in search of the body. Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the milky way, deriving its name from.
Cygnus, the swan constellation facts, mythology and how to. The sacred history is an account of the workings of the supernatural in history. The milky way is so dense in this area of the sky it has been given the name of cygnus star cloud. The bewicks swan is named after thomas bewick, who specialized in illustrations of birds and animals. It breeds in the wild state in parts of europe, asia, and the united states. Trumpeter swan, blackbilled species cygnus cygnus buccinator of swan, named for its farcarrying, lowpitched call. Cygnus x1 was the subject of a bet between physicists stephen hawking and kip thorne, in which hawking bet against the existence of black holes in the region. Cygnus the swan by simon rose english library binding book. Ebook the cygnus mystery as pdf download portable document. The fascinating, regal history behind britains swans. The cygnus is designed for the way audiophiles listen to music today and the way they will listen to it in the future. New evidence showing that the earliest origins of human culture, reli. The constellation is easy to find in the sky as it features a wellknown asterism known as the northern cross.
Mute swans form the classic image of devotion, with their curved necks entwined in a perfect love heart. Andrew collins had already decoded the alignments to the cygnus star system at gobekli tepe and the giza pyramid complex in his book gobekli tepe. Cygnus is nearly overhead for most northern observers at 9 pm in midseptember. He kept the ancient myth to it as in hamlets millfurthermore, cygnusx1black hole. The history of the american swans has been but very slightly traced. The greeks also associated this constellation with the tragic story of phaethon, the son of helios the sun god, who. The author explains how the stars of cygnus coincided with the turning point of the heavens at the moment the denisovan legacy was handed to the first human societies in southern siberia 45,000 years ago, catalyzing beliefs in swan ancestry and an understanding of. Explains how gobekli tepe and the giza pyramids are aligned with the constellation of cygnus and show evidence. Cygnus is a familiar northern constellation with its brightest star, deneb, marking the tail of the swan it depicts.
Many swans live in colder places, such as northern europe, asia and north america. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The cygnus mystery is an intellectual adventure that considers shamanism and the influence of the cygnus constellation on the minds of our neolithic ancestors. Cygnus was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer.
The whooper swan cygnus cygnus, also known as the common swan, pronounced hooper swan, is a large northern hemisphere swan. Cygnus flies southward along the summer milky way, and into the summer triangle. Cygnus is a prominent constellation in the northern sky. The constellation is a mythological representation of the swan. His lively and inspirational book covers the swan in all its stages. Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the milky way, deriving its name from the latinized greek word for swan. Isidore of seville 7th century ce etymologies, book 12, 7. Andrew collins is a science and history writer, who has been investigating. Andrew collins takes readers into deepest, darkest caves in search of the sound of the universe, making a. Few records of the habits of these majestic, elegant, and useful birds exist, on which much reliance can be placed.
In greek mythology there are four characters known as cycnus or cygnus, listed on this wikipedia webpage the words cygnus and cygnet, a young swan, are from latin cygnus, swan, greek kuknos the english word swan comes from the indoeuropean root swento sound. Swan simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At 700 million light years 4 distance, it is the most powerful in our part of the universe. In the late 1970s i bought a book at a school book fair likely published by scholastic about a young boy who lived on a generational starship. The shape of the constellation with a short tail and long neck stretching out suggests a flying. Zeus knew that as himself he would not be able to win the love. The astronomer ptolemy listed cygnus in the 2nd century when he made a list of constellations. The tail of the swan is marked by the bright star deneb, arabic for tail. In addition there is another species known as the coscoroba swan, although this species is no longer considered one of the true swans.
It consists of a blue star and a black hole orbiting each other, with the gas pulled off the star by the black hole subsequently heating up and radiating as xrays. Nov 09, 2006 the book i read to research this post was the cygnus mystery by andrew collins which is an excellent book which i bought from kindle. Unlocking the ancient secret of lifes origins in the cosmos is an examination of the origins of life not in the strict darwinian sense, but in the sense of humanitys earliest ancestors awareness of life and. Today, in honor of the late and great tammy plotner, we take a look at the swan the cygnus constellation. Because of its importance in ancient greek mythology and astrology, the sprawling constellation of cygnus was one of. Hawking later described this as an insurance policy of sorts. The book i read to research this post was the cygnus mystery by andrew collins which is an excellent book which i bought from kindle. Jan 30, 20 cygnus swan also modern northern cross the story behind the name. Its name means the swan in latin, and it is also known as the swan constellation. Nov 10, 2017 the cygnus constellation welcome to another edition of constellation friday. Francis willughby and john rays ornithology of 1676 referred to this swan as the elk, hooper, or wild swan. Cygnus is one of the 42 constellations that represents an animal. Ancient origins articles related to cygnus in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends.
The bright star deneb, at the tail of the swan, forms a part of the summer triangle asterism along with vega from lyra and altair from aquila. The cygnus key is a mustread for all students of ancient timelines, star alignments, and cosmology. This brilliant book is the sign ive been waiting for. Tepe and the giza pyramids are aligned with the constellation of cygnus and. The swan book speaks to a vast sweep of storied time, from the dreamtime to odysseus the original boat person and teller of tales to todays reality television with its makeover narratives and restaging of real life. When cygnus eventually died from exhaustion, zeus took pity upon him and changed him into a swan, placing him into the sky.
Three fainter stars cross the line between deneb and the head of the swan, albireo. Stunning star maps throughout the book by acclaimed star mapmaker wil tirion. Bewicks swan, cygnus columbianus bewickii is the eurasian form that migrates from arctic russia to western europe and eastern asia china, korea, japan in winter. This page was last edited on 4 november 2019, at 15. The god zeus strikes the impetuous charioteer with a bolt of lightning, causing him to fall headlong into the river. The author explains how the stars of cygnus coincided with the turning point of the heavens at the moment the denisovan legacy was handed to the first human societies in southern siberia 45,000 years ago, catalyzing beliefs in swan ancestry and an understanding of cygnus as the source of cosmic creation. The cygnus key goodreads meet your next favorite book. It tells the epic story of angels, from creation, to evolution through to the operations of the supernatural in the modern world. Swans are gracefully longnecked, heavybodied, bigfooted birds that glide majestically when swimming and fly with slow wingbeats and with necks. The constellation crux constellation has a pattern of stars that is called the southern cross. Swans are birds of the family anatidae within the genus cygnus there are six to seven species of swan called the blacknecked swan, black swan, mute swan, trumpeter swan, tundra swan which includes the bewicks swan and whistling swan, and the whooper swan. Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, and it features a prominent asterism known as the northern cross in contrast to the southern cross. Childrens book about child on failing generation starship saved by cygnus the swan. The author of several books, including from the ashes of angels and gobekli.