Cycles: The Mysterious Forces That Trigger Events

by Mike Hunter

Thousands of scientists in fields as unrelated as history, botany, anthropology, terrestrial magnetism, sociology and economics — to name only a few — are accumulating facts and figures that promise to make the age-old dream of foretelling the future at least a partial reality. This new science deals with the behavior of events recurring at reasonably regular intervals throughout the universe, and it may ultimately enable us to predict, scientifically and accurately, the events of tomorrow. Edward R. Dewey, president of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, formerly chief economics analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce, presents here the results of 30 years of research into these extraordinary phenomena. He examines the literally thousands of cycles uncovered by analysts, going beyond the study of earthquakes, sunspots and commercial crises to the study of interrelationships of biological, geological and astronomical cycles with those that are social, political and psychological.