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Ove von Spaeth, (Copenhagen, Denmark), the Writer, Historian, and
Researcher on the history of science and religion culture of Antiquity. He is
known for the
interdisciplinary investigation of several thousands of ancient sources and
references of Antiquity especially about the historic Moses now forming a
comprehensive basis for reshaping this figure into reality-history. Attended by
international interest the entire work on the unique subject - and based on
intensive research during a quarter of a century - the work was published in
five volumes. It is the first time such a monograph as a thorough work on Moses
has ever been established; in fact, not even a two-volume work have existed.
Ove von Spaeth is noted
for establishing the first decoding of dating information contained in the
world's oldest star map, i.e. the Senmut (Senenmut) star map from Ancient
Egypt. His method - thoroughly contested, as always essential to new,
different projects - proved able to access the hitherto difficult
chronology related to the important historical turning point 3,500 years
ago. Eventually the discovery - as being based on modern objective method of
exact astronomy - is contributing to a thorough
time fixation needed for 18th dynasty of Egypt and with perspectives for the
entire Middle East history of this era.
The amount of related
articles and other features published by Ove von Spaeth through out the many
years - concerning his research of historical astronomy, ancient culture and
religion history, myth tradition, and anthropology - have, notably, yielded
to an important expansion of public interest in the ancient history
knowledge.
Some details elaborated. On the basis of the experience by Ove
von Spaeth devoting more than a quarter of a century tracking and studying
the evidence material of the historical Moses, the results are pointing to a
new, more concrete direction for the important related history, and for the
biblical data too. The material he investigated was earlier spread and could
be found in various parts in many languages. The hitherto research was often
influenced, unfortunately, by unfounded hypothesis from the previous century
with a then non-developed science of archaeology and poor developed text
analysis. These lines of research were generally placing Moses almost 250
years too late and consequently claiming to have found no clues for his
existence - thus, Moses was often assumed being a myth.
However, for instance Sigmund Freud, with his famous analytic concept of
Moses ("Moses and Monotheism", 1939) being an high-ranking Egyptian, would
have accepted, as a matter of course, Ove von Spaeth's hypothetical basis
with Moses' high ranking status among the Egyptian royal family - as being
meticulous presented in his
book-series based directly on the
great number of
concrete sources and
data in the ancient Rabbinical Writings,
archaeology, Egyptology, and epigraphic studies. Factually, such a task of
large scale survey on historical data of Moses has never been carried out
before - the results of all these activities showed the necessity of the
tracing and testing of the
huge amount of still existing and often neglected
material, new discoveries, and the displaced parts of the dramatic history
of Moses and details of his activities.
A weak point in Ove von
Spaeth's hypothesis could be the analysing comprising such extensive
material of so many sources and research lines, all together often difficult
to evaluate because of classic, separated studies using in general their
individual methods of testing. Another weakness might be that the author
often has the investigation dealing with many points in the general known
research studies, instead of e.g. concentrating on being more opposing to
particular schools or certain hypotheses. Such cases might otherwise have
produced a clearer picture with a number of meeting or opposing features to
relate to.
By some critics it has
been considered - and presumably right in some relations - as being a week
point in the author's works that some moral aspects of religion, behaviour,
odd traditions and even cruelty of ancient times and persons in question
have not been brought more in focus. However, as many ancient texts
themselves being without forming judgments, the author's choice here seems to
have been observing a direction of using, in addition, extensively
comprehensive research methods also known from e.g.
anthropology - in order to better establishing a useful factual base to
operate from - rather than conducting the matters presented by e.g. a
politically correctness of the time.
Thus, von Spaeth using a research methodology with definite distinction
between description and analysis (all of which are more neglected in normal procedure than what
generally is assumed), offering many indisputable improvements and results
in the scientific areas in question. His clues to many enigmas of ancient
history have expanded the access to information about the knowledge in
antiquity - necessary for establishing a more true pattern of our cultural
past, an
achievement mostly well received also
through the support and recognition from a considerable number of
scientific experts and professionals (cf. credentials).
Ove von Spaeth's
book-series
on the historical Moses appears to be the largest religious-cultural
research in its field - and also the
most comprehensive interdisciplinary science project carried out by such
individual history-work. Among some researchers, naturally, the book-series
on Moses caused mixed reactions - and controversy too, often initiated by
certain theological schools. However, due to the fact that von Spaeth's
books are mainly built up of the vast amount of concrete sources, thus in
preference to hypothetical features, he was able to demonstrate the
important fact: that surprisingly much of the particulars in the
information about Moses as presented in the ancient Rabbinical Writings and
in connection with the biblical texts, fits in minute detail with
information of Egyptian inscriptions of
early 18th dynasty.
Furthermore, his books are proving the fact that survived ancient
astronomical data can enhance the exactness of the very important chronology
in question. All these groups of sources have never before been brought
together to such a large-scale for carrying out systematic, analysing
comparison - a collection of great value for future research.
Ove von Spaeth's
treatise on a new-orientating dating of the world's oldest star map
(Egyptian) was a scientific pioneer work first being wider known through the
"Centaurus International Magazine of The History of Mathematics, Science,
and Technology", published July 2000.
The way of throwing fresh
light on the ancient historical subjects has became widespread appreciated.
For instance, Ove von Spaeth's treatise also caught special interest by the
Editorial Board of the "Aristoriton Journal of History, Archaeology, and
ArtHistory" (2002) who, independently, published (parts of) the original
treatise and comments:
"... The study concludes as follows: The Senmut map depicts an
exceptional event in the sky. This seems to have produced a prototype
for all later pictures of similar celestial events - but with one
exception: In the first depiction, in the time of Senmut, Mars is
retrograde in the west when the other planets assemble around Sirius in
the east.
So far has been
demonstrated: - 1) The Senmut maps contain a cosmological and
astro-mythological expression not only as decoration - as hitherto
assumed - but also as a picture of a particular and unique situation in
the sky. - 2) This configuration of the sky can be exactly dated: 1534
BC.
In addition the star maps
may contribute to a much better dating of their creator Senmut and also
of the contemporary Egyptian pharaohs ..."
- D.I. Loizos,
Professor in History, Editor-in-Chief, - Anistoriton Journal of History,
Archaeology, & ArtHistory, Vol. 6/2002 (ISSN 1108-4081), - Anistoriton
History Library, Athens, Greece
The further achievements of this research yields twofold: -
a) presenting an able method of dating other similar star maps produced
through the ages of Egypt; - b) the very discovery that other
star maps, too, e.g. by Ramses II, are constructed according to similar
systems containing information reflecting their exact dating.
As an extra gain an
important era of ancient history (Egypt's 18th dynasty period) is now to be
set free of the limbo of non-fixation of its exact time.
The star map's
configurations, which in previous hypothesis have been considered mostly as
mythological displays of ancient astronomy, were by Ove von Spaeth's
investigations disclosed to be an accurate depiction of a rare gathering of
planets in well-defined celestial positions - and by this referring it
constitutes a fixation of a specific, unambiguous, point of time.
The decoding of the Egyptian star map also points back to ancient
meta-scientific tradition of sky-recording, which hardly astronomy alone or
Egyptology alone could have solved. Leading international authorities on the
history of astronomy and Egyptology (for instance, Harvard-Smithsonian
astronomy Professor Owen Gingerich, astronomer and BBC-science-editor Sir Patrick Moore, and Egyptologist Professor Dr. Erik Hornung, Basel
University), independently and voluntarily, have acknowledged the
important nature of the star map dating project and the
specific value of what the results suggest. The system
appears as a forgotten tradition, as proven by Ove von Spaeth, who has
demonstrated the new dating method, too, successfully fits accordingly to
all other big star maps of the era in question.
The discovery reveals,
too that the astronomical knowledge of ancient Egypt turns out to be more advanced than previously imagined, and being of more precision in detail
after detail. The exact dating of the Senmut star map will contribute to
obtain also a more precise determination of the dating of Moses in history.
Ove von Spaeth has presented determinately astronomical dating for some of
Danish astronomer
Tycho Brahe's
enigmatic writings. Part of the research is added to a
treatise by Peter Zeeberg, Ph.D. in Latin Language and Literature, Professor
at the Copenhagen University (published in the Renaissance Studies from
the Museum Tusculanum, vol.7).
Before the 1980's Ove von
Spaeth was researching in cyclic phenomena, synchronicity, and also "pattern
recognition" when this was a new line of expanded research. This was
supported eventually by his established connections with
Clyde Tombaugh
(or cf. New
Mexico University Libraries)
astronomer and the discoverer of the planet Pluto and of more than thousand
asteroids - and with
Glenn T. Seaborg
and
Edwin M. McMillan
, the two nuclear physicists and Nobel Prize Laureates who discovered the
new radioactive elements, respectively plutonium and neptunium. And with
Sir Martin Ryle, Britain's Astronomer Royal - and later with George V. Coyne SJ ,
Although information of important and special kind was obtained by Ove von
Spaeth's lines of new-orientating research, the broader publishing range was
due to the presentation with keeping the genuineness also when
simultaneously making it fit many varied audiences.(cf. propagation, next
paragraph).
The publishing includes the
presentation of the author's discovering of a formerly used coding
system for astronomical information, methods known from Antiquity till the Renaissance.
An
appreciated quality of Ove von Spaeth's work is that he currently advocates
for a more unprejudiced approach to scientific research on ancient history.
By conveying his finds and results from special fields of ancient history
and cultic religion, all of long-term cultural impact, he has in a larger
scale contributed to make many people more conscious of some essential,
cultural and spiritual features as a background of their own present day
history.
The author's research
increased also by a huge exchange of knowledge and data through
international contacts with expert scientists and researchers - all
important for the propagation of the special kind of history knowledge.
Earlier, occasionally he
was a reviewer at the Astronomical Journal (a Scandinavian magazine) and a
consultant for The Steno Museum, Denmark's National Museum for History of the Exact Sciences.
He also has worked as referee/reviewer with the "Isis Journal of the History
of Science", the world's oldest and leading international magazine of
science history.
In order to expand the
conveying of the research information for external, general use - Ove von
Spaeth's paper on the Egyptian star map was adapted for being used by
non-scientific readers, through an independent version enclosed as an
appendix in Volume II of his book-series on the historical Moses - of
relevance for a better time fixation of this era.
Concerning the ancient
history research and religion-and-culture studies, the book-series was
established in use (in all Scandinavia) as a declared basis for specially
guided tours in Egypt, in order to visit places related to Moses, respecting
the sources presented.
From the beginning, The
Danish Ministry for
Foreign Affairs included books of Ove von Spaeth's series on
Moses among their recommended literature about Egypt, for official use at
the Ministry's basic school for the experts from the Department for
Development Aid. - Soon, international attention grew and other
institutions, such as the National and University Library of
Israel in Jerusalem, requested the books.
On the Facebook, the
free-access and popular social networking website currently including
hundreds of millions active users worldwide, some very interested people
have established: "Interest Group for The Ove von Spaeth Papers" -
namely, the Interest Group for The Ove von Spaeth Papers on History and
Knowledge: - Rediscovery, Insight, Renewal. In particular dealing with: -
Communication and debate on Ove von Spaeth's exploration and discoveries
concerning his research on the historical Moses, the Egyptian legacy,
ancient sciences and astronomy - cf.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45399163234&ref=nf
(in English and Danish).
By purpose the texts in
his books and articles were especially carried out to be read by a various
public, both non-specialists as well as experts.
The pioneering research
and the special historical material in Ove von Spaeth's works have altogether with
the untraditional results waked a considerable attention among other authors
internationally. Their books and treatises showing serious professional
interest and inspiration, and frequently a direct use. This can be seen,
for example, in the years 2004-2008, in works by: Erling Haagensen, author
and filmmaker ("The
Murder of the Word"), and by Annie Dunch, lecturer and author ("Life
after Life"), Erik Juul Clausen, journalist and author ("Pharaoh's
Eye") in Denmark - and in South Africa author and journalist
Lènor Tancred ("The
Herder Prince"), and in Yugoslavia astronomer Boran Novakovic
("Senenmut:
An Ancient Egyptian Astronomer"), - and a couple of others.
Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map, -
central parts published by ed. D.I. Loizos, Professor in History,
Editor-in-Chief, - Anistoriton Journal of History, Archaeology, &
ArtHistory, Vol. 6/2002 (ISSN 1108-4081), (7 March 2002) - Anistoriton
History Library, Athens, Greece -
http://www.anistor.co.hol.gr/english/enback/v021.htm
.
The Enigma of the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter;
- Moses' Identity and Mystery Re-evaluated, "Assassinating Moses",
Vol. 2, (Danish title: Gåden om Faraos Datters Sön; Moses' Identitet og
Mysterium Revurderet, "Attentatet på Moses", II), Copenhagen 2000. -
Cf.:
http://www.moses-egypt.net/book2/moses2-inform_en.asp
.
The Vanished Successor; - Rediscovering the
Hidden War Leading to Exodus,
"Assassinating Moses", Vol. 3, (Danish title: Den Forsvundne Tronarving;
Moses' Skjulte Krig för og under Exodus Genopdaget, "Attentatet på
Moses", III), Copenhagen 2001. - Cf.:
http://www.moses-egypt.net/book3/moses3-inform_en.asp
.
The Secret Religion; - Moses and the Egyptian
Heritage in Past and Present, "Assassinating Moses", Vol. 3, (Danish
title: Den Hemmelige Religion; Moses og Arven fra Egypten i Fortid og
Nutid, "Attentatet på Moses", IV), Copenhagen 2004. - Cf.:
http://www.moses-egypt.net/book4/moses4-inform_en.asp
.
Prophet and Unknown Genius; - Illuminating
Moses the Advanced Pioneer, "Assassinating Moses", Vol. 4, (Danish
title: Profeten som Ukendt Geni; Nye Fakta om Moses' Avancerede
Pionergerning, "Attentatet på Moses", V), Copenhagen 2005. - Cf.:
http://www.moses-egypt.net/book5/moses5-inform_en.asp
.
Astronomical Dating Clue Inclosed In the Poem,
(Danish title: "Astronomisk Dateringsnøgle Skjult i Digtet"), an
Appendix for the book of Peter Zeeberg, cand.phil., Senior Researcher,
Professor:
"Tycho Brahe's Urania Titania. A Poem About Sophie Brahe", the edition
in Danish (and Latin): "Tycho Brahes Urania Titania. Et Digt om
Sophie Brahe", - publ. in the series Renaessance-studies, Vol. 7, Museum
Tusculanum, Copenhagen University 1994, pp.311-321, incl. illus. - cf.
http://www.mtp.hum.ku.dk/details.asp?eln=200404 .
Review of: Deborah J. Warner's "The Sky
Explored. Celestial Cartography 1500-1800", Astronomisk Tidsskrift,
14th year, 1981, pp.177-179.
Definitions, & parts ofIntroduction
to "Patañjali's Yoga Sutras. With the Classical Commentaries"
(in Danish: "Patañjali's Yoga Sutras. Med de klassiske kommentarer",
collected, edited, and transl. into Danish by G. Raman), Copenhagen
1968, pp. 9-13 and 91-95.
The Science And the Historical Moses,
Swedano Journal, 2nd year, no.9, Sep.2003, pp.34-36. Internet version:
http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove17/17a.html - &
- http//:www.moses-egypt.net/book4/moses4-debate_en.asp
.
Pattern, Universe and Ancient Knowledge,
as presented as an appendix in: Lynnclaire Dennis: "The Pattern", Vol. 2,
Lower Lake, Calif., 2001. Also publ. (updat. 2003 and later) by: Swedano
Journal, 3rd year, no.3, Mar.2004, pp.5-7; & - Aspiranten Journal,
(Norway), 2nd year, no.3, May 2004, pp.17-20; - Internet version:
http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove4/index.html
.
The Knights Templar's Ancient Wisdom From
Egypt - and Moses, Swedano Journal, 2nd year, no.6, Feb.2003,
pp.34-46; - & - updat. version in: Aspiranten Journal, (Norway), 2nd year,
no.5, Sep.2004, pp.11-17. - Internet version:
http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove30/index-uk.html
.
The Light's Open Dimension in a New Era. An
Introduction to Ulla Runchel's Research of the Future, preword in: Ulla
Runchel: "The Age of Light", Universal Growth Publishing, Phoenix,
Arizona, USA, 2004, pp.7-10. - Internet version, article:
http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove15/index-uk.html
.
New Life and Meaning into the Study of History of Religion,
by Jurij Moskvitin, M.A. mathematician & M.A in Philosophy. As presented
to Weekendavisen (Newspaper Magazine of Culture), November 2004, & and
Information daily, May 2005 -
Literature Article: - Internet edition:
http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove26/index-uk.html
.
On The Dating of the Senmut map, Robert H. van Gent, DrSn., -
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University, - History of
Astronomy Discussion Group, - Message No.165 & No.179 - (20-21
January 2002):
http://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/htbin/listarch?hastro-l&a:scmcc.archives
.
Remarks about the Appearance of Mars in the Tomb of Senenmut in
Western Thebes, by Christian Leitz, (Affiliations: 1: Seminar für
Ägyptologie, Universität zu Köln, 50923
Köln, Deutschland) - in: Centaurus, Volume 44, Numbers 1-2, July 2002,
pp. 140-142(3) - Blackwell Publishing, International Publishers Ltd.
- publ. on the Internet:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mksg/cnt/2002/00000044/F0020001/art00005
.
Looking Outside of Biblical Traditions, (about New Research - done
by a Danish scholar into the historical Moses), by Ray Kaliss, The
Genesis Letters, Public and Private online Library, -
distribution.moraff, (February 2002): -
http://www.thegenesisletters.com/Library.htm
.
Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers, Manuscript Collection, New Mexico
State University, Departement of Astronomy: (on p. 55 ff:) professional
correspondence, No. 90:14 Ove von Spaeth, Ch., 1975 & 1987. - Library
Archives and Special Collections Departement (Rio Grande Historical
Collections, MSC 3475, P.O. Box 30006, Las Cruces, New Mexico, NM 88003,
USA). (4.Apr.2004): -
http://archives.nmsu.edu/exhibits/tombaugh_website/clydeaid.pdf
.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jewish National & University
Library: "NNL data - BkLocation - SYSNO 1926709 - Author:
Spaeth, Ove von - Title, Attentatet paa Moses / Ove von Spaeth - 1999
- (MOSHE) Bible - Biography - Moshe,Moses. - Base 99." : -
http://ram1.huji.ac.il/ALEPH/eng/NNL/NNL/FIND-A
.
The
Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs: "Recommended literature for Department for Development Aid", an official recording published by
the Royal Danish Embassy of Egypt in Cairo, 1999: -
http://www.um.dk/en - (Aug.1999 &
Oct.2001) &
http://www.u-web.dk/paedservicecenter.htm .
The Welcome Library for the History and Understanding the Medicine,
London, (October 2000) - current work: -
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/resources/cw/archive/oct00-synopsis.rtf
.
A special treasure of knowledge and wisdom
of Greece, Rome, and the Renaissance had originated in Ancient Egypt -
and was here known to connect also with the historical Moses' dramatic
fate and mystery.
Ove von Spaeth has
written an intriguing, new-orientating work presenting this still
influential background of our civilization. • His interdisciplinary
research on history, archaeology, and anthropology goes deeply into
Egyptian tradition, history of religion, initiation cults, star-knowledge,
and mythology - relating to biblical studies, the Rabbinical Writings,
and the authors of Antiquity. • Each volume offers unique insights not
presented before.
Special information is
presented by clicking on the individual cover illustrations:
(ed.note: reading the orientation is highly
recommended. The books are being translated into English)
News about the book-series:
www.moses-egypt.net