David Wilcock
08-31-2005, 07:29 PM
hey group,
we happened to get some major pr in south florida just before the
conference... so this can only help the attendance. this is the first time
i'm aware of that my work has been mentioned in a mainstream media newspaper
article. check it out:
awaiting
by james d. davis
religion editor
we're headed for destruction --
earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes.
we're headed for transformation -- peace, love,
psychic powers, our very bodies turning to energy.
and it's all ahead. just depends on which seers
you think can see clearly.
people may not be anguishing over y2k anymore, but visions of the end are
far from ending.
not with the 13 books of the wildly successful left behind novels. not with
new age hopes beaming from conferences. not with politicians sending troops
into lands of the bible.
the fact is, an apocalypse -- or a millennium -- is a perennial answer for
tough times. whether a fiery showdown or a mass enlightenment, believers
still look to big changes just ahead.
"it's a response to anxiety and anguish, and intractable problems," said
phillip lucas, an expert on millennial beliefs at stetson university,
deland. "yes, things look bad. yes, there's great suffering. but it's all
about to end and divine authority will rule."
lucas noted that the war on terrorism fits right in, "being framed in
apocalyptic terms on both sides, whether they're mentioning an axis of evil
or a great reckoning. it's attracting a lot of right-wing christians who are
assuming an impending apocalypse."
the film indigo made the rounds this year in south florida. the film
expounds a belief by some new agers that a new breed of psychic youths --
often called indigo children, for their alleged dark blue auras -- is being
born to assist the rest of us onto the next level of evolution.
glorious appearing, a novel about the second coming of jesus christ, wrapped
up the left behind book series, which was based on biblical prophecies.
written by tim lahaye and jerry jenkins, the books have sold more than 55
million copies, according to the publisher, tyndale house. the authors
recently released a prequel, the rising, with three more books planned
through 2007.
billy graham, too, spoke of the second coming of jesus at his three-day
crusade in june in new york city.
"almost everyone today understands that we're approaching a climactic moment
in history," he told some 90,000 listeners. when evil deeds reach their
apex, he said, "you can look up and know that jesus is close to coming."
believers in multiple lives will be cheered by the reincarnation of edgar
cayce?, published last year in berkeley, calif. the book not only asserts
that the late psychic is back, but that humankind is on the verge of
"ascension" -- our bodies are about to turn into energy and cross
dimensional bounds.
mass culture also is responding. the u.s. and europe reeled from tornadoes,
tidal waves and flash-freezing in 2004's eco-apocalypse movie the day after
tomorrow. on nbc this year, bill pullman tried to stop the antichrist in the
miniseries revelations. and aliens zapped us in war of the worlds, steven
spielberg's cinematic remake of the 1953 film based on h. g. wells' sci-fi
novel.
inevitably, some are smirking through the apocalypse.
a new book, field guide to the apocalypse, is a tongue-in-cheek manual on
surviving the many ghastly futures in movieland. author meghann marco offers
tips on dealing with robots, neo-medieval worlds, anti-human technologies
and carnivorous aliens.
so rife are dire forecasts that a canadian web site,
www.religioustolerance.org, collects them under an acronym: teotwawki (the
end of the world as we know it). site researchers say the prophetic missteps
are not just christian, but also jewish, islamic and psychic.
millennium or apocalypse? some observers, like liz sterling of boca raton,
think it's both.
"haven't we been taught to think that way, with all our stories and movies?"
said sterling, director of the lifeworks enrichment center, who hosted a new
age radio talk show for a decade.
"but i do think we're in a showdown now," she continued. "we're battling it
in our own minds, our thoughts, our projections and fears and hatreds. and
we externalize it into our world. and i'm not sure we'll ascend peacefully."
endtime forecasts are nothing new, as richard kyle's 1998 book the last days
are here again shows. he cites 11 years -- from the 12th to the 14th
centuries -- set by medieval leaders for the coming of the antichrist.
at one time or another, said theologian leron shults, the antichrist has
been identified as napoleon, hitler, henry kissinger, presidents reagan and
clinton, even bill gates.
"and somewhere, there's always a protestant pastor who says the current pope
is the antichrist," added shults, who teaches theology and philosophy at
bethel seminary in st. paul, minn. "you can trace it in any century, usually
among christian groups that feel persecuted in some way."
date setting has waned since the turn of this century, despite some
predictions. a decade ago, communications expert stephen o'leary said the
media would intensify doomsday hysteria. to his surprise, the opposite
happened.
"the media killed it," said o'leary, of the annenberg school of
communication in los angeles. "it got a temporary lift from the y2k scare,
but then it fizzled around 2000. people were sick of hearing about it."
well, maybe not everyone. jack van impe appears twice weekly on the trinity
broadcasting network -- at 1 a.m. monday and 9:30 p.m. wednesday -- with his
interweave of bible prophecy and current events. he also airs on direct
broadcast satellites and on superstations like wgn.
hal lindsey has been scoping out the apocalypse ever since his seminal 1970
book the late great planet earth -- which has sold some 40 million copies.
his international intelligence briefing appears on tbn at 8:30 p.m.
wednesdays.
lindsey's january newsletter is a pretty thorough summation: wars, floods,
earthquakes, gay activism, attacks on the bible, solar radiation, melting
icecaps, fears of shifting magnetic poles.
"when i sit back and take a good, hard look at current events, i marvel that
anyone could miss the signs of jesus christ's soon coming," lindsey writes.
believers dip into science, too. in 1997, when the cassini spacecraft
carried 70 pounds of plutonium fuel into space, critics voiced fears that it
could fall to earth. that prompted an organization called prophecy and
current events to invoke revelation's image of a omni-pollutant called
wormwood. however, cassini settled into orbit around saturn last year.
the growth of natural disasters often is mentioned as a "sign of the times."
droughts, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis and other hazards threaten
a growing number of people.
catastrophes have, in fact, mushroomed from about 100 a year in the 1960s to
between 500 and 800 yearly so far in the 21st century, according to david
sarewitz, director of the consortium for science, policy and outcomes. but
it's more a matter of definition than cataclysm counting, he said.
"a hurricane in the middle of an ocean is not a natural disaster; if it hits
a city of 5 million, it's a disaster," said sarewitz, whose office is at
arizona state university, tempe. "if you look at the last 50 to 100 years,
more things aren't happening. but more humans are being affected."
the reasons are more social than apocalyptic, sarewitz said.
more people are moving in harm's way -- to coastal areas and flood plains
and mountainsides. poor people, who often live in shantytowns and lack
insurance, fall victim more often. and because of population growth, there
are simply more vulnerable people.
traditional christians are not alone in epochal edicts. new agers celebrated
a "harmonic convergence" in 1987, chanting to usher in an era of peace and
enlightenment. edgar cayce foresaw the breakup of japan, polar upheavals and
new land in the atlantic all between 1958 and 1998.
the unarians of southern california predicted the arrival of 1,000
scientists from the planet myton in 2001. and many in the "spiritual"
movement expect an end of time in 2012 -- because the ancient mayan calendar
says so.
typical of the metaphysical viewpoint is wynn free's 2004 book the
reincarnation of edgar cayce? he and co-author david wilcock say that
humanity is about to undergo an "ascension," a mass transformation from
matter to energy -- suddenly moving to another dimension of existence.
"it's the law of one, being able to experience everything as part of
yourself," free, a writer and composer who lives in flagstaff, ariz., said
in an interview. "as you move up the law of one, you end up as pure energy,
pure soul, connected with other souls.
"you'll feel an uplifting, a pulling of your energy. you should be ready to
leave this level at a moment's notice."
citing numerous studies, the book says several celestial bodies -- the sun,
venus, neptune, jupiter and one of its moons, io -- are growing in
brightness and magnetic strength; the atmospheres of pluto and earth's moon
have become denser; and galactic dust has been entering the solar system in
record amounts since 2000.
scientists are less starry-eyed. they say many of the changes cited by free
and wilcock are cyclic and periodical. neptune, for instance, is going
through its summer, which lasts almost 165 earth years.
for many of the other data, it's likely a matter of space probes flying
farther, with more precise instruments that are better at sensing
atmospheres and magnetic fields.
"[free and wilcock] reinterpret what the scientists are saying to support
what they already believe," said physicist massimiliano galeazzi of the
university of miami, who examined some of the claims in the book. "you can
develop a theory to explain whatever you want. but in the scientific method,
you have to make it disprovable."
whichever vision holds the spotlight at any time, the belief in a climax to
history will likely last, well, as long as time. it's part of our nature,
o'leary said.
"all the human emotions of hope and fear are magnified in it," he explained.
"we hope for a new lover, a new job, a new house. and we broaden that to
wanting a new earth.
"when things are looking good, it means transformation, ascension, peace,
harmony. when they're not going so good, it's about wars, armageddon,
catastrophe, the reign of the antichrist."
copyright c 2005, south florida sun-sentinel
peace be with you -
- david
[non-text portions of this message have been removed]
we happened to get some major pr in south florida just before the
conference... so this can only help the attendance. this is the first time
i'm aware of that my work has been mentioned in a mainstream media newspaper
article. check it out:
awaiting
by james d. davis
religion editor
we're headed for destruction --
earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes.
we're headed for transformation -- peace, love,
psychic powers, our very bodies turning to energy.
and it's all ahead. just depends on which seers
you think can see clearly.
people may not be anguishing over y2k anymore, but visions of the end are
far from ending.
not with the 13 books of the wildly successful left behind novels. not with
new age hopes beaming from conferences. not with politicians sending troops
into lands of the bible.
the fact is, an apocalypse -- or a millennium -- is a perennial answer for
tough times. whether a fiery showdown or a mass enlightenment, believers
still look to big changes just ahead.
"it's a response to anxiety and anguish, and intractable problems," said
phillip lucas, an expert on millennial beliefs at stetson university,
deland. "yes, things look bad. yes, there's great suffering. but it's all
about to end and divine authority will rule."
lucas noted that the war on terrorism fits right in, "being framed in
apocalyptic terms on both sides, whether they're mentioning an axis of evil
or a great reckoning. it's attracting a lot of right-wing christians who are
assuming an impending apocalypse."
the film indigo made the rounds this year in south florida. the film
expounds a belief by some new agers that a new breed of psychic youths --
often called indigo children, for their alleged dark blue auras -- is being
born to assist the rest of us onto the next level of evolution.
glorious appearing, a novel about the second coming of jesus christ, wrapped
up the left behind book series, which was based on biblical prophecies.
written by tim lahaye and jerry jenkins, the books have sold more than 55
million copies, according to the publisher, tyndale house. the authors
recently released a prequel, the rising, with three more books planned
through 2007.
billy graham, too, spoke of the second coming of jesus at his three-day
crusade in june in new york city.
"almost everyone today understands that we're approaching a climactic moment
in history," he told some 90,000 listeners. when evil deeds reach their
apex, he said, "you can look up and know that jesus is close to coming."
believers in multiple lives will be cheered by the reincarnation of edgar
cayce?, published last year in berkeley, calif. the book not only asserts
that the late psychic is back, but that humankind is on the verge of
"ascension" -- our bodies are about to turn into energy and cross
dimensional bounds.
mass culture also is responding. the u.s. and europe reeled from tornadoes,
tidal waves and flash-freezing in 2004's eco-apocalypse movie the day after
tomorrow. on nbc this year, bill pullman tried to stop the antichrist in the
miniseries revelations. and aliens zapped us in war of the worlds, steven
spielberg's cinematic remake of the 1953 film based on h. g. wells' sci-fi
novel.
inevitably, some are smirking through the apocalypse.
a new book, field guide to the apocalypse, is a tongue-in-cheek manual on
surviving the many ghastly futures in movieland. author meghann marco offers
tips on dealing with robots, neo-medieval worlds, anti-human technologies
and carnivorous aliens.
so rife are dire forecasts that a canadian web site,
www.religioustolerance.org, collects them under an acronym: teotwawki (the
end of the world as we know it). site researchers say the prophetic missteps
are not just christian, but also jewish, islamic and psychic.
millennium or apocalypse? some observers, like liz sterling of boca raton,
think it's both.
"haven't we been taught to think that way, with all our stories and movies?"
said sterling, director of the lifeworks enrichment center, who hosted a new
age radio talk show for a decade.
"but i do think we're in a showdown now," she continued. "we're battling it
in our own minds, our thoughts, our projections and fears and hatreds. and
we externalize it into our world. and i'm not sure we'll ascend peacefully."
endtime forecasts are nothing new, as richard kyle's 1998 book the last days
are here again shows. he cites 11 years -- from the 12th to the 14th
centuries -- set by medieval leaders for the coming of the antichrist.
at one time or another, said theologian leron shults, the antichrist has
been identified as napoleon, hitler, henry kissinger, presidents reagan and
clinton, even bill gates.
"and somewhere, there's always a protestant pastor who says the current pope
is the antichrist," added shults, who teaches theology and philosophy at
bethel seminary in st. paul, minn. "you can trace it in any century, usually
among christian groups that feel persecuted in some way."
date setting has waned since the turn of this century, despite some
predictions. a decade ago, communications expert stephen o'leary said the
media would intensify doomsday hysteria. to his surprise, the opposite
happened.
"the media killed it," said o'leary, of the annenberg school of
communication in los angeles. "it got a temporary lift from the y2k scare,
but then it fizzled around 2000. people were sick of hearing about it."
well, maybe not everyone. jack van impe appears twice weekly on the trinity
broadcasting network -- at 1 a.m. monday and 9:30 p.m. wednesday -- with his
interweave of bible prophecy and current events. he also airs on direct
broadcast satellites and on superstations like wgn.
hal lindsey has been scoping out the apocalypse ever since his seminal 1970
book the late great planet earth -- which has sold some 40 million copies.
his international intelligence briefing appears on tbn at 8:30 p.m.
wednesdays.
lindsey's january newsletter is a pretty thorough summation: wars, floods,
earthquakes, gay activism, attacks on the bible, solar radiation, melting
icecaps, fears of shifting magnetic poles.
"when i sit back and take a good, hard look at current events, i marvel that
anyone could miss the signs of jesus christ's soon coming," lindsey writes.
believers dip into science, too. in 1997, when the cassini spacecraft
carried 70 pounds of plutonium fuel into space, critics voiced fears that it
could fall to earth. that prompted an organization called prophecy and
current events to invoke revelation's image of a omni-pollutant called
wormwood. however, cassini settled into orbit around saturn last year.
the growth of natural disasters often is mentioned as a "sign of the times."
droughts, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis and other hazards threaten
a growing number of people.
catastrophes have, in fact, mushroomed from about 100 a year in the 1960s to
between 500 and 800 yearly so far in the 21st century, according to david
sarewitz, director of the consortium for science, policy and outcomes. but
it's more a matter of definition than cataclysm counting, he said.
"a hurricane in the middle of an ocean is not a natural disaster; if it hits
a city of 5 million, it's a disaster," said sarewitz, whose office is at
arizona state university, tempe. "if you look at the last 50 to 100 years,
more things aren't happening. but more humans are being affected."
the reasons are more social than apocalyptic, sarewitz said.
more people are moving in harm's way -- to coastal areas and flood plains
and mountainsides. poor people, who often live in shantytowns and lack
insurance, fall victim more often. and because of population growth, there
are simply more vulnerable people.
traditional christians are not alone in epochal edicts. new agers celebrated
a "harmonic convergence" in 1987, chanting to usher in an era of peace and
enlightenment. edgar cayce foresaw the breakup of japan, polar upheavals and
new land in the atlantic all between 1958 and 1998.
the unarians of southern california predicted the arrival of 1,000
scientists from the planet myton in 2001. and many in the "spiritual"
movement expect an end of time in 2012 -- because the ancient mayan calendar
says so.
typical of the metaphysical viewpoint is wynn free's 2004 book the
reincarnation of edgar cayce? he and co-author david wilcock say that
humanity is about to undergo an "ascension," a mass transformation from
matter to energy -- suddenly moving to another dimension of existence.
"it's the law of one, being able to experience everything as part of
yourself," free, a writer and composer who lives in flagstaff, ariz., said
in an interview. "as you move up the law of one, you end up as pure energy,
pure soul, connected with other souls.
"you'll feel an uplifting, a pulling of your energy. you should be ready to
leave this level at a moment's notice."
citing numerous studies, the book says several celestial bodies -- the sun,
venus, neptune, jupiter and one of its moons, io -- are growing in
brightness and magnetic strength; the atmospheres of pluto and earth's moon
have become denser; and galactic dust has been entering the solar system in
record amounts since 2000.
scientists are less starry-eyed. they say many of the changes cited by free
and wilcock are cyclic and periodical. neptune, for instance, is going
through its summer, which lasts almost 165 earth years.
for many of the other data, it's likely a matter of space probes flying
farther, with more precise instruments that are better at sensing
atmospheres and magnetic fields.
"[free and wilcock] reinterpret what the scientists are saying to support
what they already believe," said physicist massimiliano galeazzi of the
university of miami, who examined some of the claims in the book. "you can
develop a theory to explain whatever you want. but in the scientific method,
you have to make it disprovable."
whichever vision holds the spotlight at any time, the belief in a climax to
history will likely last, well, as long as time. it's part of our nature,
o'leary said.
"all the human emotions of hope and fear are magnified in it," he explained.
"we hope for a new lover, a new job, a new house. and we broaden that to
wanting a new earth.
"when things are looking good, it means transformation, ascension, peace,
harmony. when they're not going so good, it's about wars, armageddon,
catastrophe, the reign of the antichrist."
copyright c 2005, south florida sun-sentinel
peace be with you -
- david
[non-text portions of this message have been removed]