Pole Shift: Scientific Predictions and Prophecies About the Ultimate Disaster

I should perhaps start by confessing that I am skeptical of pole shift claims. That being said, I found this book far more interesting than I expected. The author has done substantial research, including digging up biographical information on some pretty obscure people. If you want to get a good idea of the scope of pole shift theories, from those with strong scientific aspirations to pure apocalyptic visions, this is much quicker than reading a stack of sometimes hard-to-find books. White does a good job of pointing out strong and weak points of each theorist, though sometimes I wonder why he even included someone he obviously considered "out there." It drags somewhat in the later chapters, hence the subtraction of a star.

I'm not as phlegmatic about this title as the other commentators. I really liked it: the author, an obvious Cayce disciple, covers a variety of theories from Hapgood to Velikovsky and beyond -- all the while making it clear that "to make the case is not to prove the theor(ies)." In fact, I am surprised that none of the other reviewers picked up on the most unexpected feature of all: his "epilogue" that one might easily miss because it falls AFTER his index (a most unusual placement: I've never seen that before). Strangely, White's conclusion turns out to be this loopy, apologetic "por mi culpa" that can be summarized thusly: "Well, folks, we're well into the 1990's, the poles haven't shifted yet. Cayce must have been wrong. I guess it's never going to happen, after all. Oh well, we still had a swell time reviewing the catastrophic possibilities, didn't we?" He goes so far as to quote from John Perry's "The Heart of History" -- in essence, saying that these theories arise because we have a psychological need to come up with these "end time" scenarios. I disagree. In fact, I will go so far as to say that White is the eschatological version of a Harry Dent: "You had it right the first time, mister. You should have stayed the course." Just because the Pole Shift hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean that it won't. And whether that huge planetary event is 5 years away or 100 years or 5,000 years away, the fact remains that it has occurred repeatedly over the life of this planet and it will again. He had it right ... before he decided to add the epilogue. In view of the strange "earth changes" we are already witnessing now (present tense, not future tense), I believe this book -- pre-Index -- deserves a fresh read. Greg Caton (5/9/06)

This is a book that all thinking people should read

This book is a good summary of articles over a 20 - 30 year period ending in 1977 concerning the shifting of earth's rotational axis. Shifting of the poles axis becomes a popular topic every few years and is becoming even more popular with the coming of the new millennium. The author critiques various books and articles by many scientists both trained and lay scientists. The critiques are logical and thought provoking. He also reviews various psychics and their predictions in fairly through detail. This book is full of technical details and is not for the faint in heart who doesn't have somewhat a technical background. Those of us who do have a technical background will throughly enjoy it. Even though the book is out of print you can still find on book shelves. If the author is still around it would be good to have an up date.

The author has a very good experience with several disciplines of science and research. The book reads well and sounds impressive and professional, even in matters as Psychic Foresight etc... However, in the epilogue (page 391-408) he takes almost everything back and left me with a rather frustrated feeling of "what is it know ?. Is it so or is it not ?"My conviction is that he backs away from his own work. This does not mean that I am looking forward for a nice pole shift soon to happen. However, I expected in the epilogue the same professionalism to give a modern, more holistic answer to the questions that surfaced during the years, instead of simply stating in only 17 pages that it will not be as it was seen by him. After reading White (and Velikovsky), I am truly convinced that more than one pole shift has taken place in the last million years. Maybe not exactly as written by the above mentioned authors but nevertheless highly interesting and demanding for further research. And to be taken very seriously