John White - Pole Shift — Predictions and Prophecies of the Ultimate Disaster

The research and writing that make up this book were supported by many people who generously gave their time and information. Without their help the project would never have been completed, and it is with deep gratitude that I acknowledge their contributions.

Piero and Francesca Lattanzi, visiting geologists at Yale, provided technical assistance in dealing with data from the earth sciences.

Renee Kra, editor of the journal Radiocarbon, aided my research on mammoths in , as did Dr. Ellen M. Prager at the University of California, Berkeley. Sabina Sanderson kindly allowed me to use quotations from her husband, Ivan T. Sandersons, article in The Saturday Evening Post. Dr. William R. Farrand and Science magazine did the same for Farrands article.

Hugh Auchincloss Brown, Jr., with whom I met and corresponded, was most helpful on the chapter about his father. And without the unstinting support of Mrs. Dorothy Starr, publisher-editor of the Pole Watchers Newsletter, the chapter could not have been written. Her service extended into many other areas of the book. I am greatly indebted to her for constant and generous assistance.

At the direction of Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky, Leroy Ellenberger and Jan Sammer reviewed , making useful comments and correcting some errors.

In , Peter Warlow reviewed my use of his work, offering helpful corrections and suggestions.

Charles Hapgood graciously provided research background, constructive criticism and permission to quote from his works and use his illustrations (in the photograph section) in . William Markowitz, of Nova University, also gave me useful data.

would not have been possible without the thoughtfulness of Riley T. Crabb, director of the Borderland Science Research Foundation, in Vista, California, who provided a copy of Adam Barbers book.

Kenneth M. Skidmore, editor of A.R.E. Publications, verified the quotations from Edgar Cayce in and gave me permission to use them. Paul and Walene James offered guidance and critical comments on the chapter.

Aron and Doris Abrahamsen were most helpful to me in . They provided biographical data and background information, along with permission to quote from the Abrahamsen readings. Dr. William Kautz and Dr. Jeffrey Goodman were also helpful in reviewing the chapter.

Without the biographical information given by Paul Solomon, along with access to the Solomon readings, could not have been completed. I am grateful for his aid and permission to quote from the readings.

In Other Visions, Other Voices, the Heritage Store kindly gave me permission to quote from Season of Changes, Ways of Response. So did Lenora Huett for her book The Path to Illumination. Baird Wallace, author of The Space Story and the Inner Light, and Bella Karish, channel for the reading from Eternal Cosmos quoted here, likewise graciously consented to allow use of their work.

The chapter on Native American prophecies was assisted by many people, to all of whom I offer heartfelt thanks: Sun Bear and Wabun, Alex Hladky, Thomas Banyacya, Frank Waters, Ted Krueger, Nathan Koenig, Twylah Nitsch and Friends of the Hopi.

is indebted primarily to Dr. Joey Jochmans, who gave unstintingly of his research material and unpublished writings. I am most grateful for allowing prepublication use of his material.

Tom Valentine gave me strong support in researching and writing this book, especially . His permission to quote from his publications and to use illustrations from The Life & Death of Planet Earth is most generous. I am also grateful to Malcolm Carnahan, president of The Stelle Group, for permission to quote from The Ultimate Frontier. Astrologers Robert Hand and Capel McCutcheon graciously provided me with data to verify The Stelle Groups prediction. I was also assisted in the matter by astrologers Brenda Weiner and Dane Rudhyar. Two graduate students of astronomy at Yale, Paul Clark and Horace Smith, likewise assisted by performing astronomical calculations.

would not have been possible without the help of Rosemarie Stewart, editor of the Theosophical Publishing House, who guided me through the massive volumes of The Secret Doctrine.

Many others contributed to this book in various ways. I received research help from Ralph Amelan, Larry E. Arnold, Tom Bearden, Dr. Doris Cecarelli, Trevor J. Constable, William R. Corliss, Susanne Crayson, Sophie and Charles Dutton, C. Leroy Ellenberger, William J. H. Foster, Al Fry, Harry Gaetano, Lewis M. Greenberg, Johann Kloosterman, Rita Livingston, William Markowitz, Dr. Irving Michelson, Wally and Jenny Richardson, W. G. Roll, Ed Rosenfeld, Wes Thomas, Frank Tribbe, Dr. Thomas C. Van Flandern, Alan Vaughan, Roger Wescott, Edward M. Weyer, and my father, Robert P. White. After the manuscript was in rough draft, valuable criticism was offered by Larry E. Arnold, Jerome Ellison, Dr. Jeffrey Goodman, Dr. Gerrit L. Verschuur, Dr. Roger W. Wescott, and Dr. David D. Zink.

To my illustrator, Sue Tilberry, I offer a grateful Well done.

To my typist, Bobbi West, I offer thanks for patiently turning my rough copy into smooth form.

The gratitude I have for these people, and to anyone I may have neglected to mention, should not be construed as meaning they share any of the responsibility for the data, interpretations and opinions that follow. That responsibility is mine alone.

To the higher humanity, Homo noeticus

And to those sages and seers, ancient and modern,
whose selfless service has prepared the birthplace.