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The astro sciences of calendar-making, astronomy, astrology, and mathematics touch many aspects of Tibetan life.
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As supporting evidence they cite the belief of the Aymara Indians of Bolivia and the Zulus of South Africa that several millennia ago extraterrestrial beings brought the science of calendar-making and other technological skills to this planet.
Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 3 External Kalachakra 1997
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The main purpose of Kalachakra astronomy and calendar-making is not to make interstellar navigational guidance systems, but to gain astrological information Thus King Manjushri-yashas explained that if we are forced to fight a war, we need astrological means to determine the best times to start campaigns and attacks.
Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 3 External Kalachakra 1997
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Several cultures among the indigenous people of South America and South Africa also have myths like this, that visitors came long ago from outer space and taught them calendar-making and astronomy.
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Several days passed with Robinson's hat-making and his calendar-making and his watching the sea.
An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls Samuel. B. Allison
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Several days passed with Robinson's hat-making and his calendar-making and his watching the sea.
An American Robinson Crusoe Samuel Buell Allison
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Though we do not make use of it in our system of time-measuring, it played an important part in the calendar-making of the ancients.
The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889
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"If a heart were a cipher, and if passion were calendar-making! ..." retorted Philippus.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 08 Georg Ebers 1867
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"If a heart were a cipher, and if passion were calendar-making! ..." retorted Philippus.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 08 Georg Ebers 1867
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"If a heart were a cipher, and if passion were calendar-making! ..." retorted Philippus.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 08 Georg Ebers 1867
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