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.
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All prophetic visions draw upon a core tradition of imagery and guided journeys through the Otherworld: we find them with Nostradamus (predicting the End of the World – or a world cycle – not in 2012, but in 3797) as well as in the Mayan Calendar; we find them in medieval literature such as the Merlin and Grail texts as well as in classical and Semitic mythology. There are parallels to be observed, worldwide, in every culture, religion or country. Just as Creation begins beyond and before the stars in the chaotic void, so is the Apocalypse of a stellar nature, and not limited to the purging or redemption of the planet Earth or the human world.
In the medieval Prophecies of Merlin, written by Geoffrey of Monmouth who was in the higher orders of the Catholic Church, we find an apocalyptic vision which doesn’t draw substantially upon the Book of Revelation, but on an ancient Celtic tradition. Probably Geoffrey has rewritten the traditional verses declaimed by a Welsh or Breton bard, ascribed to Merlin, and mixed with Greek astrology. But this type of astrology is quite different of the modern calculations and rigid patterns that are used today. In this vision, the seer has seen the breakdown of the solar system, with special emphasis upon the role of Orion and the Pleiades.
Merlin reads his Prophecies to King Vortigern: Image via Wikipedia
Root & Branch shall change place
and the Newness of the Thing shall pas as a Miracle
and the Brightness of the Sun shall fade at the Amber of Mercury
and Horror shall seize the Beholders
and Stilbon of Arcadia shall change his Shield
and the Helmet of Mars shall call Venus & make Shadow
and the Rage of Mercury shall exceed his Orbit
and Iron Orion shall unsheathe his Sword
and the Marine Phoebus shall torment the Clouds
and Jupiter shall go out of his Lawful Paths
and Venus forsake her Appointed Circuits
and the Malignity of the Star Saturn shall slay Mankind with a Crooked Sickle
and the Twelve Houses of the Stars shall lament the Irregular Excursions of Their Inmates
and the Gemini shall omit Their Usual Embrace
and the Gemini shall call Aquarius to the Fountains
and the Scales of Libra shall hang awry till Aries puts his Crooked Horns under them
and the Tail of Scorpio shall produce Lightning
and Cancer quarrel with the Sun
and Virgo shall mount upon the Back of Sagittarius and darken her Virgin Flowers
and the Chariot of the Moon shall disorder the Zodiac
and the Pleiades shall break forth into Weeping.
No offices of Janus shall return hereafter,
but His Gate shall be shut and lie hidden in the Depths of Ariadne
and the Seas shall rise up in the Twinkling of an Eye,
and the Dusts of the Ancients be restored
and the Four Winds shall fight together with a Dreadful Blast
and their Sound shall reach the Stars.
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See Also:
Merlin’s Doomsday Chronicles (Predictions for the Present Era)
About Nostradamus, Obama and the Antichrist
Nostradamus, the Mayan Calendar and the End of the World in 2012
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Post Commentken 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.