The Great Year
“How much did the ancients really know?”
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The Great Year is a compelling documentary that explores the possibility that the fall of ancient civilizations around the globe, and the rise of modern civilization, might be related to our Sun’s motion around a companion star. The film examines evidence that ancient civilizations may have known of this celestial cycle and that our Sun may indeed display the characteristics of binary motion. Just as the Earth’s spin on its axis causes day and night and our planet’s annual orbit around the Sun is responsible for the ongoing cycle of the seasons, what if there is some greater celestial cycle, lasting thousands of years, slowly influencing the rise and fall of civilization across the globe? Where is the evidence? What could be the cause?
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Edited by Edward BishopShot by Jon AasengScored by John Boegehold
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17 unique people credited
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James Earl Jones
as Self - Narrator
Brother Achalananda
as Self - Senior Monk, Self-Realization Fellowship Order
Werner Dappen
as Self - Prof. of Physics & Astronomy, U.S.C.
Uwe Homann
as Self - Author & Theorist, Sirius Research Group
Charles Howerton
as H.G. Wells
Harvey Jason
as Sri Yukteswar
Alice Beck Kehoe
as Self - Prof. of Anthropology Ret., Marquette University
Ronald Mellor
as Self - Prof. of Ancient History, U.C.L.A.
Victor Raider Wexler
as Archimedes
John Anthony West
as Self - Author and Egyptologist
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