From: saunders@ug.cs.dal.ca (The One Who Walks)
Subject: Re: The end of the world...
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 12:48:20 GMT


   "The End of the World", eh? Well, of all the versions I heard, I must
admit, Thyagi's sounded the best; sound and healthy advice for an aching
world. Come December, I believe that I'll pay a surprise visit home.

   However, I should post what I was planning on posting. Here are some
dates that both myself and some friends dug up within the past eighteen
months. This is not Nostra the All-Seeing, or Unkle Al, or some other
famous noteable - these were "discovered" up here in the Canadian backwoods
(that's pretty much due north, for all you readers from the States :)  )
by the nameless, from the nameless, for anyone who wants to listen.

   As a side note, neither the prophets, the scribes, nor the poster will
be held responsible for the failure, or success, of the Universe to
comply with either the timetable or the events listed hereafter. Sorry,
Jason, but that's how Armageddon effects people.

   I know the person who provided this to me, and, if nothing else, it's
worth a chuckle at a late-night reading session.

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   In 1997, there will begin a series of disasters across the world. They
will progress through 98 and up until near the end of 1999. It is unclear
what percentage of the disasters are mad-made, but they include tidal
waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. War is also a possibility
in that time. They will begin slowly, in low intensity and duration, but
as time progresses, they become more devestating. Many believe this to
be Armageddon.
   It isn't.
   While many perish in this global crisis, the human race (as a whole)
easily survives. However, much is lost, in terms of technology, art,
and other records. Humankind attempts to re-construct the 'wonders' of
the Twentieth Century, but is doomed to fail. The advances must begin
again.
   However, this time in our progress, in the year 2026, something
different happens. At this point, our race finds a fundamental truth
that may have eluded us in our previous evolution - science, art, magick,
and religion are all intrinsically connected (much like gravity and
magnetism). When we discover this overlapping, the four modes of thinking
are no longer seperate, but overlap and start affecting one another
directly.
   The end of this prediction becomes unclear; when the barriers are
broken down, we stumble across "a greater source of knowledge; something
that has been present for generations upon generations, yet we were
oblivious to". I have heard several people make guesses about other
planets and sentient beings (humans AREN'T the most advanced? What?),
some guesses about the relelation of the origins of the four beliefs
and why they were seperated, but nothing 'concrete' (if you call the
rest of this concrete).

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   That's that. I enjoyed hearing it, and I hope you will too. And
don't forget, nothing tastes as good without a grain of salt (misquote).

   See you in 2026.

Until the wind changes,
Esteban (Stephen)
-- 
"Now this is the Law of the Jungle            -  "Imaginary people are
 As old and as true as the sky                -   people too!"
 And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, ------------------------
 But the wolf that shall break it must die."  Rudyard Kipling        -