Theodor Landscheidt
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Theodor Landscheidt (born in 1927 in Bremen, Germany, died on May 20, 2004) was a German judge, astrologer and amateur climatologist. His work on solar cycles has been cited by global warming skeptics [1] to argue that observed warming is not anthroprogenic and will soon be reversed. In 1983 he founded the Schroeter Institute for Research in Cycles of Solar Activity in Lilienthal, near Bremen. The Institute (for which Landscheidt appears to have been the only active researcher) later moved with him to Nova Scotia, Canada.
The flavor of Landscheidt's work is illustrated by this passage from "Sun-Earth-Man, A Mesh of Cosmic Oscillations," [written in 1988 and first published in 1989, pp27-28]:
- The years that followed 1789, 1823, 1867, 1933, and 1968 were periods of radical change and revolution, a break-down of old structures and the emergence of new forms and ideas ... The next major instability event will start about 2002 and last till 2011.
- This is an exceptionally long period. It is impossible to predict the details of its historic effects. But the basic quality of all boundary functions will be evident: the years past 2002 will prove to be another turning point, a period of instability, upheaval, agitation, and revolution, that ruins traditional structures, but favours the emergence of new patterns in society, economy, art, and science.
[edit] Awards
In 1992 he received an award from the Edward R. Dewey Institute of Cycle Research, California, in recognition of "outstanding accomplishments in the field of Solar Cycle Research", and for "many contributions to the study of solar-terrestrial cycles. [2]
Landscheidt also received the Marc Edmund Jones Award which is considered one of the most prestigious awards in astrology. [3]
