The Birth of Earth 2

A New "Celestial God"

He was formed in the deep…. far out in Space…. in a zone... where orbital
motion (a planet’s destiny), had been imparted to him. He was attracted
to the Solar System... by the outermost planet….. "He who begot him... was Neptune / NUDIMMUD".

Appearing from Outer Space, "MARDUK" was still a newborn planet….
belching fire and emitting radiation…. As "MARDUK" neared the other planets…. "clothed with the halo... of ten Gods".

His approach... has stirred up... electrical and other emissions….. from
the other members of the Solar System. Ten Celestial bodies awaited
him….. the Sun and only nine other planets.

"MARDUK" passed "Neptune / NUDIMMUD", the gravitational pull... caused
the side... of MARDUK... to bulge, as though ... he had a "second head".
No part of MARDUK however, was torn off at this passage…..

But as MARDUK reached the vicinity... of "ANU / Uranus", chunks of
matter ... began to tear away from him…..resulting in the formation... of four satellites... of MARDUK.

ANU / Uranus.... brought forth and fashioned... the four sides, consigned
their power... to the leader of the host....... Called "winds", the four... were
thrust ... into a fast orbit... around MARDUK, "swirling as a whirlwind".

Tiamat

The order of passage…. first by Neptune / NUDIMMUD, then by ANU /
Uranus… indicates... that MARDUK... was coming... into the Solar System…..
not in the System’s orbital direction... (counter-clockwise), but from the
opposite direction.… moving clockwise.

Moving on, the oncoming planet... was soon seized... by the immense
gravitational and magnetic forces... of the giant "ANSHAR/Saturn", then "KISHAR / Jupiter".

His path was bent... even more inward… into the center of the Solar System….. toward TIAMAT! The approach of MARDUK ... soon began to disturb TIAMAT and the inner planets…. Mars, Venus, Mercury...... He produced streams…. disturbed TIAMAT…. the Gods were not at rest…..
carried... as in a storm….

Kingu

The gravitational pull... of the large approaching planet... soon began to
tear away... part of TIAMAT. From her midst…. there emerged... eleven "monsters" a growling raging throng... of satellites, who "separated
themselves" from her body…. and marched at the side... of TIAMAT.

Preparing herself... to face... the on rushing MARDUK, TIAMAT "crowned
them... with halos", giving them the appearance... of Gods (planets).

Of particular importance... to the Epic... and to Mesopotamian Cosmogony...
was TIAMAT’s chief satellite, who was named "KINGU", the first-born...
among the Gods, who formed her assembly…..

She exalted KINGU,

In their midst, she made him great….

The High command of the battle,

She entrusted into his hand….

Subjected to... conflicting gravitational pulls, this large satellite...
of TIAMAT ... began to shift... toward MARDUK. It was this
granting... to KINGU of a "tablet of destinies" (a planetary path
of his own), that especially upset the outer planets…..

Marduk's Journey

Who had granted TIAMAT the right to bring forth new planets?
Neptune / NUDIMMUD asked. He took the problem to ANSHAR/Saturn.

Turning to Neptune / NIDUMMUD, ANSHAR / Saturn... asked him... whether
he could go... to slay KINGU. The reply is lost ... due to a break... in the tablet, but apparently... Neptune / NUDIMMUD... did not satisfy ANSHAR /
Saturn, for the continuing narrative... has ANSHAR / Saturn….. turning to
ANU / Uranus, to find out whether he would "go and stand up to TIAMAT"!

But ANU / Uranus "was unable to face her... and turned back".

MARDUK, having passed Neptune and Uranus, is now nearing ANSHAR /Saturn….. and his extended rings…. This gives ANSHAR / Saturn... an
idea! He who is potent ... shall be our Avenger, he who is keen... in battle: MARDUK, the hero! Coming within reach of Saturn’s rings…. he kissed
the lips of ANSHAR….

The condition... was audacious but simple: MARDUK... and his destiny
(his orbit around the Sun)…. were to be Supreme…. among all the Celestial Gods…. It was then... that "GAGA", ANSHAR / Saturn’s satellite….and
the future Pluto… was loosed... from his course.

Passing by... the other God planets, "GAGA" urged them... to fix your
decrees... for MARDUK. The decision was anticipated. The Gods...
were only too eager... to have someone else... go to settle the score...
for them.

MARDUK is King! They shouted and urged him... to lose no more time:
Go and cut off the life of TIAMAT!

The Gods have decreed MARDUK’s destiny, their combined gravitational
pull... has now.... determined... MARDUK’s orbital path, so that he can
go…. but one way…. toward a "battle", a collision with TIAMAT!

The discharge of electrical bolts... as the two planets converged, the
gravitational pull (a net), of one upon the other….

Marduk's Satellites

But MARDUK’s chief weapons... were his satellites, the four "winds"
with which... Uranus / ANU, had provided him. When MARDUK passed...
by the planet: South wind, North wind, East wind, West wind. Passing
now by the giants, Saturn and Jupiter, and subjected to... their tremendous
gravitational pull, MARDUK "brought forth" three more satellites….
Evil wind, Whirlwind, and Matchless wind.

Using his satellites... as a storm chariot, he sent forth... the winds... that
he had brought forth, the seven of them…. But as the planets drew
nearer... each other, MARDUK’s course... became erratic….

An unstable Solar System, made up... of the Sun and nine planets….
was invaded... by a large Comet-like planet…. from Outer Space….
It first encountered Neptune, as it passed by Uranus, the giant,
Saturn and Jupiter, its course... was profoundly bent inward, toward the
Solar System’s center, and it brought forth seven satellites. It was
unalterably set on a collision course with TIAMAT, the next planet
in line…..

But the two planets... did not collide, a fact of cardinal astronomical
importance. It was the satellites... of MARDUK... that smashed into
TIAMAT…. and not MARDUK himself!

The first encounter... between MARDUK and TIAMAT... left her fissured
and lifeless, but her final fate... was still to be determined... by future
encounters... between the two, KINGU, "leader of TIAMAT’s satellites",
was also to be dealt with separately…. but the fate... of the other ten
smaller satellites... of TIAMAT... was determined at once!

The orbits of the planets... around the Sun.... are (with the exception of
Pluto), almost circular, the orbits of the Comets are elongated….
and in most cases… very much so… to the extent ... that some of them...
disappear from our view…. for hundreds or thousands of years…..

Comets

The planets.... with the exception of Pluto, orbit the Sun... in the same
general plane…. the Comet’s orbits... lie in many diverse planes….
Most significant, while all the planets... known to us... circle the Sun, in the
same counter clockwise direction, many comets move in the reverse
direction….

Astronomers... are unable to say... what force…. what event…. created the
Comets, and threw them... into their unusual orbits. Our answer: MARDUK….

Sweeping in the reverse direction, in an orbital plane of his own ….
he shattered and broke... the host of TIAMAT, into smaller Comets,
and affected them... by his gravitational pull, his so-called "net".

After the battle was over, MARDUK... took away from KINGU, "the
tablet of destinies", KINGU’s independent orbit…. and attached it ...
to his own (MARDUK’s) breast, his course... was bent... into
permanent Solar orbit.

From that point on…. MARDUK was bound... always to return... to
the scene... of the Celestial battle…..

Genesis....

Having "vanquished" TIAMAT, MARDUK sailed... on in the heavens….
out into Space, "around the Sun", and back to retrace his passage...
by the outer planets: Neptune / NUDIMMUD…. whose desire MARDUK achieved…. ANSHAR / Saturn…. whose triumph MARDUK established…..

Then his new orbital path... returned MARDUK... to the scene of his
triumph, "to strengthen his hold on the vanquished Gods", TIAMAT
and KINGU….

It will be here, and only here….. though this has not been realized….
that the biblical tale of Genesis... joins the Mesopotamian "Epic of
Creation". For it is only at this point... that the tale of the Creation
of Earth and Heaven... really began…..

Completing his first ever... orbit around the Sun, MARDUK then returned
to TIAMAT…. whom he had subdued…. MARDUK... hit the defeated
planet, splitting TIAMAT in two, severing her skull, or upper part. Then
another of MARDUK’s satellites…. the one called North wind… crashed
into her separated half.

The heavy blows... carried this part…. "destined to become the Earth"….
to an orbit... where no planet... had been orbiting before….

Earth was born…..
with it’s own tablet of destinies….

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