Fingerprints of the Gods
Earth-crust Displacement Theory
"When the naturalist and geologist Louis Agassiz presented the idea of ice ages to the
scientific community in 1837 he was met with great skepticism. However, as evidence
slowly gathered in his favor, the skeptics were forced to accept that the earth had
indeed been gripped by deadly winters. But the trigger of these paralyzing ice ages
remained a puzzle. It was not until 1976 that solid evidence existed to establish the
timing of ice ages. The explanation was found in various astronomical features of the
earth's orbit and the tilt of the axis. Astronomical factors have clearly played a role in
the timing of glacial epochs. But this is only part of the problem. Of equal importance is
the geography of glaciation. It is here that the theory of earth-crust displacement plays
its role in unravelling the mystery.
Albert Einstein investigated the possibility that the weight of the ice-caps, which are not
symmetrically distributed about the pole, might cause such a displacement. Einstein
wrote: 'The earth's rotation acts on these unsymmetrically deposited masses, and
produces centrifugal momentum that is transmitted to the rigid crust of the earth. The
constantly increasing centrifugal momentum produced this way will, when it reaches a
certain point, produce a movement of the earth's crust over the earth's body, and this
will displace the polar regions toward the equator.'
When Einstein wrote these words (in 1953) the astronomical causes of ice ages were
not fully appreciated. When the shape of the earth's orbit deviates from a perfect circle
by more than one percent, the gravitational influence of the sun increases, exercising
more pull on the planet and its massive ice sheets. Their ponderous weight pushes
against the crust and this immense pressure, combined with the greater decline in the
earth's tilt[another changing factor of the orbital geometry] forces the crust to shift."
"The consequences of a displacement are monumental. The earth's crust ripples over
its interior and the world is shaken by incredible quakes and floods. The sky appears to
fall as continents groan and shift position. Deep in the ocean, earthquakes generate
massive tidal waves which crash against coastlines, flooding them. Some lands shift to
warmer climes, while others, propelled into polar zones, suffer the direst of winters.
Melting ice caps raise the ocean's level higher and higher. All living things must adapt,
migrate, or die...
If the horror of an earth-crust displacement were to be visited upon today's
interdependent world the progress of thousands of years of civilization would be torn
away from our planet like a fine cobweb. Those who live near high mountains might
escape the global tidal waves, but they would be forced to leave behind, in the
lowlands, the slowly constructed fruits of civilization."