Merlin’s Doomsday Prophecies
by There are far more "apocalyptic visions" than the ones that now seem extremely fashionable, featuring Nostradamus or the Mayan Calendar. And they don’t speak about 2012. These Doomsday Prophecies mostly regenerate very ancient symbols of religion, myth and magic. And the stories concerning the End of the World are often linked with a Creation Myth… and the birth of a New World Order.
The Creation Myth at the beginning of every mythic circle often includes a tale of destruction: the Old World has to be destroyed and rebuilt into a New World. Hindu mythology, for instance, shows us vast cycles of birth and death for the universe, calculates many world-ages and defines the powers of destruction and creation extensively. In Greek mythology we encounter the destruction theme in the never ending war between the Titans and the Olympians, in Norse mythology between the primal Ice and Fire giants.
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The apocalyptic content of Christianity derives from older Jewish texts such as the Book of Enoch, and so you can see in the Book of Revelation a truly ancient lore breaking through into the new religion. The destructive imagery starts with water (the Flood) and promises fire for the end of the current world order. Each world age indeed has to end through the agency of one particular Element. Prophetic visions see these Elements as transcendent powers or aspects of the ultimate Being.
Enoch, one of the greatest Hebrew prophets, is said to have vanished corporeally: he walked with God “and was not”. This mystical tradition, asserted in Kabbalistic teachings, has even found his way in medieval Grail lore, stating that the once human prophet Enoch had become the great Archangel next to the Throne of God.
Cover of The Book of Enoch
The imagery in prophecy is chaotic; it is derived from mythic symbols and the heightened consciousness of the seer. The meaning of the prophecy is often hidden deliberately in obscure terminology, requiring a specific initiation. Descriptions of transcendent states, worlds, dimensions and entities are passed on to aid the student.
Thus the thirteenth-century vision of Thomas Rhymer, preserving an ancient Celtic mythology, guides the listener or trained seer through the realms of the Underworld and the Fairy People. It is both the vision and the journey that Thomas experienced, and a map by which his followers will be guided.
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ken bultman
On December 3, 2009 at 1:30 pm
If all you use is the old testament to conclude the end of the world your are missing some key elements.
cutedrishti8
On December 3, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Some thing new to read before going to bed..
MMV Abad
On December 3, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Interesting read and I thought Merlin was just a legend. Great dig on this.
Lauren Axelrod
On December 3, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Might have to use this on the Digger PB.
Authoress Terry E. Lyle
On December 4, 2009 at 12:10 am
Interesting article, but no one can predict the end of times. The Bible (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) has already told us that NO ONE knows when Jesus is coming, he will come like a thief in the night. So while the door of opportunity is open you need to get ready. Salvation is a indiviual thing so get saved before it’s too late. What ever your spiritual up bringing is….just know our time is short so get your soul right.ONE thing is true….we are fast approaching the END OF DAYS.
Patrick Bernauw
On December 4, 2009 at 4:15 am
@MMV Abad: Historical accounts disagree whether Merlin is a fictional or historical character.
Quoting Wikipedia: “Merlin is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures. Geoffrey combined existing stories of Myrddin Wyllt (Merlinus Caledonensis), a North British madman with no connection to King Arthur, with tales of the Romano-British war leader Ambrosius Aurelianus to form the composite figure he called Merlin Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin Emrys).”
But according to an article on About.com (http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/people/a/merlin_2.htm) King Arthurs Merlin was a mix of historical figures….even place names in Scotland and Wales are hinting about him; the real Celtic Merlin was known as Myrddyn and there is a Welsh town of Carmarthan or Caer-Myrddyn.
R J Evans
On December 5, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Cool article – blogged at webphemera.com
MartineP
On December 12, 2009 at 9:07 am
Great article. All things concerning Merlin and other doom scenarios draw my attention. Personally I do feel that politics and religion seem to go well together in a certain cyclic way.
historigal
On December 13, 2009 at 8:29 pm
This is very timely as many are so into the end times and doomsday stuff right now. This could give another perspective.
RS Wing
On February 5, 2010 at 7:43 pm
The ancient “Apocolypse” painting is beautiful and tells a story upon the canvas. I would much rather see the 3797 prediction by Nostrodamus, although Merlins prophecies are also quite thought provoking even if his was a legend of many different historical figures. Very interesting read Patrick. So well wriiten with many links of intrigue.
preparing for 2012
On June 21, 2010 at 3:06 am
yeah, we really don’t know when our Almighty God will appear, but before everything is too late, repent my friend and accept Him as your personal Lord and Savior.
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