C. The Divine Weapon
One of the most
intriguing comparisons of Peratt’s plasma instability geometries
and ancient depictions comes not from Peratt, but from Talbott and
Thornhill themselves. Using the following depiction of the “divine
thunderbolt” of the Babylonian god Ninurta, as commonly depicted in
ancient art, they compare it to an astonishingly similar model of a
plasma discharge in the laboratory.
Ninurta with Thunderbolts
Ninurta’s Divine Weapon and Plasma Discharge Compared
(From p. 52 of Talbott and Thornhill’s Thunderbolts of the
Gods)
Moreover, the
comparison is not confined to Babylonia. The various Greek
depictions of the “thunderbolts of Zeus” bear similar artistic
depictions of the same plasma geometry:
Various Greek Depictions of the Thunderbolts of Zeus (From
p. 53 of Talbott and Thornhill’s The Thunderbolts of the
Gods)
An even more thought
provoking comparison may be made of multi-tailed “pitchfork” Greek
depictions of this thunderbolt, and similar laboratory generated
plasma discharges:
Multi-Tailed Greek Thunderbolt “Pitchforks” (From p. 53 of
Talbott and Thornhill’s Thunderbolts of the
Gods)
“Pitchfork ” Plasma Discharge in the Laboratory (From p.
55 of Talbott and Thornhill’s Thunderbolts of the
Gods)
While the above is
but a small sample of the many fascinating comparisons drawn by
Peratt, and by David Talbott and Wallace Thornhill in their
excellent study The Thunderbolts of the
Gods, it should suffice to demonstrate that plasma
physicists have taken the paleophysical examination of ancient art
to new and detailed - and in Peratt’s case, scientifically
peer-reviewed - levels.