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General Information

We are always on the lookout for material which will be of interest to our members: articles, letters, news items, book reviews and press cuttings. We cover a wide range of topics – astronomy, geology, cosmology, evolution, mythology, ancient history, global catastrophism, electromagnetism, physics, evolution, palaeontology, biblical studies, geography, biology – to name but a few. We are particularly interested in material which is radical or unorthodox, but at the same time reasoned and rational in its approach.

The SIS was inspired by the works of Dr Immanuel Velikovsky – particularly by Worlds in Collision, Earth in Upheaval and Ages in Chaos - and these stimulated the particular range of interests which are covered in our publications. In cosmology, the interest is in catastrophism; the possibility of cosmic near-collisions in historical times, and also the role of electricity and magnetism in the workings of the universe. In geology and evolution, the interest is in evidence for catastrophes affecting the Earth and the evolution of species - as well as the possibility that some of these events may have been recent. Analysis of ancient myths for possible evidence of such events is a fruitful area of work. More recently, from the world of academia, others have begun to realise the importance of the mythological record (attempts by man to relay information, in the best way they knew how, about the horrific events witnessed).

In ancient history, Velikovsky presented evidence that the standard chronology, based on Egypt, contains serious errors, including fictitious 'Dark Ages' and alter egos of famous figures and dynasties (in some cases inserted by the ancients to fill out time). Based on this, a number of people have put considerable effort into trying to resolve the problems by working on revised chronologies. The merits of the various schemes which have been proposed are still hotly debated, but there is general agreement that major reductions of hundreds of years are called for in comparison with orthodox chronological dating.

Chronology & Catastrophism Review – C&C Review is the Society's journal and contains the more fully-researched and referenced articles and papers. It is published once a year. The length of articles is typically 1,000-6,000 words, but each edition may include one or two longer ones (or may have to be published in two parts). If an article is intended for C&C Review only, this should be clearly stated when first submitting material.

Chronology & Catastrophism Workshop – C&C Workshop is published three times a year and contains the more informal items (including shorter articles); some of which, for a variety of reasons (such as 'work-in-progress'), do not qualify for immediate inclusion in the Society's journal but may be of great interest to members and deserving of early circulation.

Notes for Authors

Sending us your material, and format

  1. Initially, this should be sent as hard copy only - to our Editorial Address (below) - with a short summary (max. of 100 words). Please use a reasonable type size (font 12 is fine) making sure the print is sharp and clear. Double line spacing would be helpful. Illustrations and charts are welcome – but preferably on paper and in clear black and white. Where possible, please obtain permission to publish if they are not your own.

  2. Your material will then be circulated to our Editorial Team and consultant for assessment and comment. If the decision is to accept the material for publication any suggested amendments or comments from the Editorial Team/consultant will be fed back to the author and amended material can then be sent in on disc. Generally, articles and other items which have been published elsewhere are not republished by the Society unless there is a good reason. The Team's decision whether or not to publish must be considered final.

  3. Basic requirements for computer contributors - (Please remember not to send material on disc until it has been accepted for publication). IBM compatible computer and IBM double-density formatted 3½" discs. Please do not save your files into folders or directories. Be sure to package discs carefully to protect them in the post.

Amendments (and making it easier for us to use your material)

If you have not already attended to the matters below, please read the following notes as carefully as possible.

Interpolation by author into a quotation– it is obligatory to indicate an interpolation. (If this is not done, something the person being quoted has not said will appear to be attributed to them). [Interpolations should be indicated by enclosing them in square brackets].

Quotations - Quotations should be indicated clearly and open and close with 'single quotation marks' (if possible). Quotations within a quotation should open and close with "double quotation marks". Please check quotations carefully. A quote should be exact in every detail (even where something has been spelled incorrectly and/or is not to ' SIS House Style' or spelling – see later).

Lists– Where several items are listed in a sentence,please separate each item by putting a semi-colon at the end of each one, otherwise it can be very unclear where one item ends and another begins.

Indentation and Bullets - It would be appreciated if you do not use any form of paragraph indentation and give numbers instead of bullets - adding numbers manually rather than automatically.

Velikovsky's books – The American and English editions of Velikovsky's books differ significantly as to page numbering, so to quote a page number from the UK edition is of no use to those in the USA or Canada employing the US edition, and vice versa. Please cite chapter number and/or title of the chapter or section containing the quotation.

Books and journals – Whenever possible, these should be indicated in italics. If you do not have italics, please indicate a book or journal by underlining.

Emphasis within text – Use bold lettering. Otherwise use BLOCK lettering and we will change to bold at this end.

The following are not strictly necessary and we can alter things here at the editing stage. However, it would be helpful and save us a lot of time if authors are willing to assist in these instances.

References – To be listed at the end of an article, (not as footnotes). Reference details to be presented as follows:

  1. Books/journals – Author's name (surname last), book title (in italics where possible) publisher, location, year, page numbers.

  2. Article – Author's name (surname last), title of article (within single quote marks), Journal title (in italics where possible), year/volume, page numbers.

  3. References numbers (in the 'References and Notes' section). Number and full stop only (no brackets ).

Spelling – Spellings that do not conform to SIS 'House Style' are changed here at the editing stage and this can be quite time-consuming. Two examples of our 'House Style' spellings are 'Ramesses' and 'Thutmose' (rather than 'Ramses' and 'Tuthmosis'). If you would find an SIS 'House Style' spelling list useful please write to the Postal Editorial address for one.

EDITORIAL ADDRESS
'Innisfree,
Highsted Valley,
Sittingbourne,
Kent ME9 0AD
UK

22.10.2006.

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