Harry Sivertsen

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I am a retired carpenter who, having a fascination with both the source of the flood tales i.e. the Biblical Flood and Atlantis, and the source of the British Imperial system of measures, began research into the subjects way back in the early 1980s. Given the time involved for research it is clear that these works are not the quickly garnered assembly of frequently dissociated bits and pieces that occasionally have been termed history in recent decades. These are serious works that at long last reveal just what these mythical tales have in common and the commonality is far from that which most would expect. The final results of the research are found in the two works Deluge and Measurements of the Gods under the generic title of Megalith, Masonry, Myth and Measure.
These works have been examined by a number of editors of major British publishing houses but unfortunately the timing was wrong and while a number of these people actually praised the works, it seems that this element of history, in fact history in general, is currently not very fashionable with publishers. As my literary agent stated, it’s a pity but we can’t buck the market. So here we are on the web.

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    Susi Ibelati posted a message to Harry Sivertsen and bagged+3 Thank you Harry for your response to my article. Between you and me, we're in agreement. I 'threw...Thank you Harry for your response to my article. Between you and me, we're in agreement. I 'threw the pebble in the pond' to see what the reaction would be! Best regards Susi (more)
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    Harry Sivertsen posted I would not care if it were Constable or Michaelangelo...no-one should be allowed to impose their... in GRAFFITI MAGIC OR MESS and gained+5
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    Oliver Brooks posted a message to Harry Sivertsen and gained+3 Give me just a few hours tonight and your friend should be able to order the book himself from Co...Give me just a few hours tonight and your friend should be able to order the book himself from CompletelyNovel. I just need to look up some postage prices for CPI to send to the USA. We are also pretty much ready to go with Lightning Source printing in the USA. We've printed books with them but they want to run a few more tests still. This should provide a cheaper and more efficient option for selling to the USA but won't be ready for a couple of weeks. Regarding eBooks you could always sell him a PDF copy of the book, get him to pay you via paypal perhaps? We had a big chat about our eBooks strategy today. We're cooking something up, I'll put a series of articles up about it next week which I would welcome your thoughts on. Hope all's well, Oli (more)
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    Oliver Brooks
    Harry Sivertsen posted a message to Oliver Brooks and earned+3 Hi Oli, An URGENT QUERY I have a chap in America after one of my books...he has just posted...Hi Oli, An URGENT QUERY I have a chap in America after one of my books...he has just posted to me on a site I use a lot...how is the printing/ delivery set up ? Conversely, if unavailable, when will the e books side of things be up and running...I really need to get this guy on our side here...may lead to other things... Cheers Harry (more)
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    Harry Sivertsen posted a message and received+3 Hi Rasmus, I don't know if you are familiar with this site or not but probably the best site o...Hi Rasmus, I don't know if you are familiar with this site or not but probably the best site on the web for religious and related literature including folklore is http://www.sacred-texts.com/ I cannot praise this highly enough. To keep operating the owner sells CDs of content...you have to see the contents to believe it! There is an associated Facebook slot at http://www.facebook.com/pages/sacredtexts/95454689876 I thought I would pass the info on, in fact I should have mentioned it previously. Cheers Harry (more)
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    Harry Sivertsen posted a message to Rasmus Hansen and bagged+3 Hi Rasmus, Thanks for the interesting reply. The whole area of religion is a fascinating stu...Hi Rasmus, Thanks for the interesting reply. The whole area of religion is a fascinating study and there are so many variations of ideas based upon a singular concept. The folks I have been having discussions with are generally well into Greek gematria which I view as meaningless outside its own paradigm. Similarly with the I Ching. Such entities are of historical interest regarding their purpose and design but outside that they are basically a mathematical plaything. Musical values are also part of the same arguments as the numbers of hertz to a note can sometimes be seen in counts of feet or inches in various in cubits etc...once more mere numerical coincidence, what has the vibration rate of a string in common with the count of feet in a unit that is related to an approximate measure of Earth diameter or circ? Of course, it is not related but folks see connections everywhere... It is coincidence that you mentioned Greek as I have just finished writing a lengthy post explaining my position, including comments such as those above, for these characters...I hope I do not offend them as they seem tidy folks but I have to be honest and not accept what I perceive as erroneous. I think we shall have some interesting discussions in the future. Being realistic I had not thought of selling many books but my aim has been to put a different perspective on matters, an interpretation that is practical and fits with the description in the original texts...which does not apply to any other such work that I have read to date. To obtain this info folks have to read the books and it is pure coincidence that I appeared here at CN. If a publisher had taken the books on board then obviously that would not have happened. As you imply, to be commercial one usually requires something more than fact no matter how interesting the facts may be...people appear to require fantasy, I admit to enjoying a selection of detective writers...for their style, characterisation and plotting. The crime is immaterial as it is the detection that I enjoy...as with historical investigations... Best wishes Harry (more)
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