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Horizons, v. 2, issue 1, whole no. 5, October 1940

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HORIZONS     7
THE HOLLOW GLOBE

     "But I have discovered, and can eventually prove that the earth is a hollow globe with the sun in the middle; the moon is also inside the earth, also a belt of rocks which sometimes fall as meteors on earth, where they do a great deal of damage. But most of them fall into the sun, and thus sustain its heat.
     The crowd appeared stunned. Then Cipher Smith arose and said:
     "If you will pardon me, Bonehead, I must say your theory is absolutely absurd. Day and night, change of seasons, the phases of the moon, all would be impossible. And I believe that if we got far enough form earth, we shall see the stars!"
     "Thank you, Cipher," answered Bonehead. "I invite criticism. Day and night, change of seasons are all caused by shifting of layers of different kinds of gas in the higher atmosphere.
     "The eye is easily deceived. A fly walking on the ceiling does not see himself upside down. He sees the floor as up, and the ceiling down. When we look through a camera we see ourselves as we are--with our feet up and our heads down--toward the sun, in the middle of the earth.
     "The stars were fourth dimensional. As I said, the eye is easily deceived. Unless we can hear and touch an object we cannot prove its existence in the physical realm.
     "The principle of the fourth dimension is reflection. We see reflections in a mirror. If the mirror retains the reflection, we have a true fourth dimensional object. When the mirror is destroyed the object vanishes. When the etheric mirror which reflected the stars was broken up, they vanished! they never were anything but a reflection of some three dimensional machine--the work of some super ssientist of unbelievably ancient days!
     "The people, hypnotized by their appearance, worshipped them! When they began to see them--in their mind's eye--as whirling around in mazes of revolutions--they became more than ever under their spell. Everything revolved and whirled around, in those days!
     "I will leave these thoughts for your contemplation. I venture out on my trip to the moon. I want a man with me to verify what I see there. Who wants to go?"
     Hesitatingly Sam Smith arose. It was his destiny to return to his own time and tell them what he had seen--although he knew they would never believe it possible that their descendants would propound such absurd theories of the universe!

The Journey

     Sam stepped into the rocketless vehicle. It ascended, seemingly without effort.
     "It is only four thousand miles to the sun," said Bonehead. "Our ancestors looked at their stars through the wrong end of the telescope! The moon is much closer. We will be there in an hour or so."
     Sam confidently expected to see the stars--when they go to the moon. But he was disappointed. Perhaps the cosmic dust had enveloped the whole solar system. No doubt, some time, they would be seen again, by a scoffing, wondering people who had denied their existence! He would have have to go back and tell the scientists of the new era, that he had not seen them on this journey. But he would also tell them that he had seen them--a hundred years ago--
     He was becoming a little confused. He was sitting in the soarer--Prof. Bonehead was out walking around, looking the moon over. It was growing dark--he saw whirling lights. Then he awoke, back in his cushioned chair, among the Scientists of Utopia.
     The buzz of conversation ceased when they saw he was awake. They sat silent awaiting his revelation of the future. But--he must have time to think! No doubt the whole thing had been a vivid dream--perhaps he had seen exactly what
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HORIZONS 7 THE HOLLOW GLOBE "But I have discovered, and can eventually prove that the earth is a hollow globe with the sun in the middle; the moon is also inside the earth, also a belt of rocks which sometimes fall as meteors on earth, where they do a great deal of damage. But most of them fall into the sun, and thus sustain its heat. The crowd appeared stunned. Then Cipher Smith arose and said: "If you will pardon me, Bonehead, I must say your theory is absolutely absurd. Day and night, change of seasons, the phases of the moon, all would be impossible. And I believe that if we got far enough form earth, we shall see the stars!" "Thank you, Cipher," answered Bonehead. "I invite criticism. Day and night, change of seasons are all caused by shifting of layers of different kinds of gas in the higher atmosphere. "The eye is easily deceived. A fly walking on the ceiling does not see himself upside down. He sees the floor as up, and the ceiling down. When we look through a camera we see ourselves as we are--with our feet up and our heads down--toward the sun, in the middle of the earth. "The stars were fourth dimensional. As I said, the eye is easily deceived. Unless we can hear and touch an object we cannot prove its existence in the physical realm. "The principle of the fourth dimension is reflection. We see reflections in a mirror. If the mirror retains the reflection, we have a true fourth dimensional object. When the mirror is destroyed the object vanishes. When the etheric mirror which reflected the stars was broken up, they vanished! they never were anything but a reflection of some three dimensional machine--the work of some super ssientist of unbelievably ancient days! "The people, hypnotized by their appearance, worshipped them! When they began to see them--in their mind's eye--as whirling around in mazes of revolutions--they became more than ever under their spell. Everything revolved and whirled around, in those days! "I will leave these thoughts for your contemplation. I venture out on my trip to the moon. I want a man with me to verify what I see there. Who wants to go?" Hesitatingly Sam Smith arose. It was his destiny to return to his own time and tell them what he had seen--although he knew they would never believe it possible that their descendants would propound such absurd theories of the universe! The Journey Sam stepped into the rocketless vehicle. It ascended, seemingly without effort. "It is only four thousand miles to the sun," said Bonehead. "Our ancestors looked at their stars through the wrong end of the telescope! The moon is much closer. We will be there in an hour or so." Sam confidently expected to see the stars--when they go to the moon. But he was disappointed. Perhaps the cosmic dust had enveloped the whole solar system. No doubt, some time, they would be seen again, by a scoffing, wondering people who had denied their existence! He would have have to go back and tell the scientists of the new era, that he had not seen them on this journey. But he would also tell them that he had seen them--a hundred years ago-- He was becoming a little confused. He was sitting in the soarer--Prof. Bonehead was out walking around, looking the moon over. It was growing dark--he saw whirling lights. Then he awoke, back in his cushioned chair, among the Scientists of Utopia. The buzz of conversation ceased when they saw he was awake. They sat silent awaiting his revelation of the future. But--he must have time to think! No doubt the whole thing had been a vivid dream--perhaps he had seen exactly what ( concluded on page 2)