>>9326264"These changes are attendant upon what astronomers term the "Precession of
the Equinoxes"; there is a gradual displacement of the poles of the earth,
occurring in cycles or periods of 25,000 years, and the last of which reached its
extreme point about 12,500 years ago, when it is held that a great cataclysm
occurred which changed the face of the entire globe. It follows of necessity that
men's habits must change with climatic changes. The Hindu priests have a
complicated series of cycles within cycles, which are not altogether imaginary
but are grounded upon recondite astronomical calculations. When we
remember that there is a great central sun round which the entire galaxy of
planets and suns revolve, we may draw the analogy that in immense cycles
what we may term seasonal {2} changes or states are produced, even on these
planets and suns, similar to those which occur on our earth.« Vide "Notes and
Queries" (S. C. and L. M. Gould, Manchester, N.H.), xi, p. 203. » "
