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Transitioning to a Planetary Culture: Trend Convergence and the Case for Socio-Cultural Transformation

 

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1. The Forgotten Language
2. Astro-Mythology: The Basis for Theme Recurrence
3. The Thematic Meaning of the 4 Seasons
4. Template for the 4 Phase Cyclical Process
5. The Pain of Convergence Dynamics
6. Convergence Dynamics and the Recurrent Theme of Transition
7. Bound to Repeat
8. A Case in Theme Convergence: The Aquarian Age, the Christian Apocalypse and Mayan Calendar System.
9. The Judeo-Christian-Islamic Apocalyptic Theme: A culture who trends towards war and self destruction
10. The Real Villains
11. The Closing Chapter of a World at War: The Book of Revelations
12. The Silver Lining
13. The Fork in the Road
14. The Judeo-Christian-Islamic Complex: Escape from Saharasia
15. Militarism: The Greatest Menace the World has ever Seen
16. "What would Jesus do" and what the "Second Coming" really means
17. The "End of the Mayan Calendar" and the "End of the World" Theme
18. The Question of the Aquarian New Age Mis-Alignment
19. The Case for Socio-Cultural Transformation
20. "The Battle to End All Battles is Non-violent

A Forgotten Language

In part one of Prophecy Demystified I sought to explain how the popularized and corrupted notion of prophecy has come to mean specific events-predicted long ago to occur at some singular point in the future. A case of mythic illiteracy.

Mythic illiteracy is what Eric Fromm's book The Forgotten Language is all about.

Mythic illiteracy means we no longer understand the language that modern humans have used for 99.5% of their 200,000 year history. The mythic language refers to symbols, imagery, allegory and metaphor as used to convey meaning, understanding and the deeper truths of reality..........

 

The Real Meaning of Prophecy

What popularizers call prophecy is a recurrent theme which is either specific to a given culture or universal in

nature and therefore common to all cultures. Popularized prophecy claims are usually referring to the ending, resolution, transitional or transformative stage of a story.

The mythic illiterate misinterpret the events detailed in the closing chapters of ancient stories as yet to occur, when if fact they occur "all the time".

The primary difference between each occurrence is one of scale and magnitude, yet the theme remains the same.

Either the sun has reached high noon and is now setting or the sun has reached the highest point in the sky on the summer solstice and has begun to set towards the winter solstice.

Same theme, but different scale. Understanding the fractal nature of things and reality helps to understand what is meant by theme recurrence.

Whether it is a cell dividing, or a business opening another branch or a human mother giving birth, the theme of each instance is basically the same-- renewal, transition and new beginnings.

Astro-Mythology: The Basis for Theme Recurrence

Astro-mythology or the sun centric story of seasonal or theme variation is the base story telling template for the universal four stage process of cyclical development and is a fundamental and universal form constant.

For example: The 4 elements of nature; earth, wind, fire and water.  The 4 states of matter; solid, liquid, gas and plasma. The 4 directions; north, south, east and west.  The four chambers and the four beat process of the heart.[3] The 4 forces of nature.

The 4 base chemicals which make up the rungs of DNA molecule-- the blueprint for all living creatures.  The 4 dimensions of Space-time, there are 3 dimensions of space and 1 of time. There are countless others instances of the presence of 4 as a universal form constant and as a 4 phase cyclical process.......

 

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The Thematic Meaning of the 4 Seasons.

Template for the Universal 4 Phase Cyclical Process.

 

1.Transition towards Birth and Emergence: The Winter solstice brings an end to the maximum declination ofthe sun. A season of decline transitions into a season of increase.

2. Birth and Emergence: The Spring equinox brings us new beginnings and the growth, vitality and exuberance of youth.

3. Maturation: The Summer solstice brings us to the peak of physical maturity, purpose and the work of our lives.