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Ove von Spaeth

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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 him 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 and 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 previously 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.

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Scientific achievements

Some details elaborated.  From Ove von Spaeth devoting more than 25 years' tracking and studies - with the material in ten languages - of the historic Moses evidence existing, the results are pointing to a new, more concrete direction for the related history (and the possible biblical line) by hitherto research. The latter trend, often influenced by the  Documentary hypothesis,  has generally placed Moses approx. 250 years too late, consequently claiming to have found no clues.
          However, for instance  Sigmund Freud,  with his analytic concept of Moses ("Moses and Monotheism", 1937) being an high-ranking Egyptian, would have accepted, as a matter of course, Ove von Spaeth's hypothetical basis with Moses having a high ranking status among the Egyptian royal family - as being meticulous presented in his book-series based directly on the ancient Rabbinical Writings and Egyptology's epigraphic studies. A weak point by Ove von Spaeth's hypothesis may be the analysing and extensive material of so many lines of research and sources, all together very difficult to evaluate when classic, separated studies use individual methods of testing. Another weakness might be that the author often has made the investigation being dealing with many points in the general known research studies, instead of e.g. concentrating on being more opposing to single schools or certain hypothesis. Such cases might otherwise have produced a clearer picture of either meeting or opposing features to relate to.
          By some critics it has been considered - and presumably right in some relations - as 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 satisfactorily in focus. Like many ancient texts being without forming judgments the author's choice here seems to have been observing a direction by objectivity ideals in a scientific sense - for better making a factual base to operate from - more than conducting the matters to be presented by politically correctness of the time.
          Among certain researchers Ove von Spaeth's book-series about Moses caused mixed reactions - and controversy, too, initiated by especially some theological schools. However, due to the fact that his books mainly are build up of the vast amount of concrete sources in preference to hypothetical features, he was able to demonstrate this important fact: that much of the particulars in the information about Moses, presented in the ancient Rabbinical Writings, fit in minute detail with information of Egyptian inscriptions of  early 18th dynasty. Furthermore, his books are proving the fact that survived ancient astronomical information now can be used even better when enhancing the exactness of the chronology. All these groups of sources have never before been brought together into such a large scale for systematic comparison. And by being all collected in one spot, it is now being of considerable advantage 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 of 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 nature of the star map dating project and the 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 time of Moses in history.

          Ove von Spaeth has also worked out a determinative astronomical dating for some of the Danish astronomer  Tycho Brahe's enigmatic writings .  Part of the research being added to a treatise by Peter Zeeberg, Ph.d. Latin Language and Literature, Professor, Copenhagen University - (published in the book-series Renaissance Studies from the Museum Tusculanum).
          Even from before the 1980ties Ove von Spaeth also did research in cyclic phenomena, synchronicity, and "pattern recognition" when this was at its start as a new line of expanded study. This was supported eventually by his established  connections with Clyde Tombaugh,  the Astronomer and  Discoverer of e.g. the planet Pluto - and with  Glenn T. Seaborg  and  Edwin M. McMillan,  the two nuclear physicists and Nobel Prize Winners, 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,  Director of the  Vatican Observatory  Rome and Arizona, including Astronomer  Gustav Teres SJ.  Although information of such special kinds have been obtained through these and other of Ove von Spaeth's lines of new-orientating research, the broader publishing range was due to the presentation he developed by keeping its genuineness and in the same time make it fit the many varied audiences. (cf. propagation, next paragraph).
          This includes the information about his so far exclusive discovering of a formerly widely used coding system for astronomical information, i.e. methods widely known from Antiquity till Renaissance.

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Propagation of history research

Being an important factor in his works Ove von Spaeth frequently advocates for a more unprejudiced method of 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 the essential, cultural and spiritual backgrounds of their own present day history.

          Earlier, Ove von Spaeth occasionally was reviewer at the Astronomical Journal (a Scandinavian magazine) and 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.

          To expand the convey of the research information for external, general use - Ove von Spaeth's paper on the Egyptian star map was adapted for non-scientific readers, by an independent edition enclosed as an appendix in Volume II of his book-series on the historical Moses - of relevance for a closer time fixation of this era. In addition, concerning the ancient history research and religion-and-culture studies, the book-series was taken up and eventually established in use (in all Scandinavia) as a declared basis for specially guided tours in Egypt, for visiting places related to Moses, respecting the sources presented. Already The  Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs  included the first book of Ove von Spaeth's series among their recommended literature about Egypt, for official use by the Ministry's basic school for the experts from the Department for Development Aid.

          When international attention soon appeared, also other institutions like the  National and University Library of Israel  in Jerusalem had been requesting the work. The author's research has been increased, naturally, by a huge exchange of knowledge and data through helpful contacts with interested experts and researchers, international circles of sciences covering a vast number of lines, enterprises, and studies - all important for propagation of the special kind of history knowledge.
          Also, among almost a hundred of Ove von Spaeth's articles many of these are exploring in depths his other special lines of pioneering research often in areas never before set foot on. His intension was that the untraditional information - revealed from the antiquity and presented in these texts - deserved to be widely known also among non-specialists. Thus, by purpose the articles and booklets were especially worked out to be read both by the public and the experts.
          The books presenting von Spaeth's results have waked a considerable attention also among other authors - their books and treatises showing serious professional interest, in some cases even directly inspiration.

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Publications, by the author
  • Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map, "Centaurus International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology", Vol. 42;3, 2000, pp. 159-179. Editorial Staff by History of Science Department, Aarhus University.(ISSN 0008-8994)(Faustnr.8 507 722 1). Blackwell Publishing, International Publishers Ltd., London, Edinburgh; request treatise: 
    http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1034/j.1600-0498.2000.420301.x  - & -
    http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mksg/cnt/2000/00000042/00000003/art00001 ,
    - By permission, the treatise was published also in connection with Ove von Spaeth's history research - and is an appendix in vol. 2 of his book-series "Assassinating Moses" (of vols.1-5, C.A. Reitzel Publisher, Copenhagen). - Internet version:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/star-map/dating_the_senmut_star_map.pdf .
  • Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map, - central parts published by ed. D.I. Loizos, Professor of 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 Suppressed Record; - Moses' Unknown Egyptian Background, "Assassinating Moses", Vol. 1, (Danish title: De Fortraengte Optegnelser; Moses' Ukendte Egyptiske Baggrund, "Attentatet på Moses", I), Copenhagen 1999. - Cf.:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book2/moses2-inform_en.asp . - Three chapters (of Vol. 1) in English on the Internet, e.g.:  http://moses-egypt.net/book1/moses1-cap1_en.asp .
  • 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 of Introduction 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.
  • Psychedelical '67, (Psychedeliske '67, in Danish only), Copenhagen (1967), 2nd printing, enlarged edition, Copenhagen 1969.
  • The Science And the Historical Moses, Swedano Journal, 2nd year, no.9, Sep.2003, pp.34-36. Internet version: http://www.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove17/17a.htm  - & -  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.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove4/index.htm .
  • 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.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove30/index-uk.htm .
  • The Knights Templar and Moses' Hidden Treasure, Aspiranten Journal, (Norway), no.10, 3rd year, 2005, pp.13-19. - Internet version:  http://www.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove30/index-uk.htm .
  • 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.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove15/index-uk.htm .
  • A Genius of the Highest Order, (by Dianna Padgett & Ove von Spaeth) - Internet version:  http://www.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove10/index.htm .
  • Nostradamus And the New Millennium, Sideways of Astronomy History, Aspiranten Journal, (Norway), 2rd year, no.6, 2004, pp.7-14. -  Internet version:   http://www.thirax.org/Artikel-X/Ove18/index-uk.htm .
  • Star Knowledge in Ancient Egypt, Swedano Journal, no.6, 2nd year, Feb.2003, pp.47-59. 
     - Internet version:  http://www.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove21/index.htm .
  • Archaeological Finds and Biblical Statements, feature article, Kristeligt Dagblad (Danish daily), 31 May 2005, p.8. - Internet version in English:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book3/moses3-debate_en.asp .
  • Tracking the Moses Heritage From Egypt, Swedano Journal, 1st year, no.1, Sep.2002, pp.53-66 - featuring article. - Internet version: http://www.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove5/index-UK.htm  - & -  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book5/moses5-debate_en.asp .
  • Science-Myths and Historical Facts, Swedano Journal, 3rd year, no.2, Feb.2004, pp.12-14. - Internet version:  http://www.ovs.thirax.dk/Artikel-X/Ove17/17a.htm  - & -  http//:www.moses-egypt.net/book1/moses1-debate_en.asp .
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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.
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