The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-03-16
END OF THE WORLD.
PROGNOSTICATION OF DIR. SETH PAN
COAST, FAMOUS CABALIST.
Three Centuries More-The Present Year
to be One of General Prosperity.

the world as one of the highest authori-
ties on cabalistic lore. He has recently
given his forecast of future events to the
Philadelphia Times. DR.. Pancoast ac-
cepts the Trithcrnius cycle, in which the
periods are 554 years and four months
each. In cabalism great stress is placed
upon the number seven. Just as there
are seven harmonics i'll the universe con
nected with all energy, so there arc seven
cycles which in the e~ver-rccurring har-
mony of the universe have been o
stantly repeating themselves back
through countless ages. DR.. Pancoast
figures it out Scripturally and otherwise,
that we arc now in the seventh and cul-
mination of the series.
SEVEN CYCLES.
The first cycle in the series, accord
ing to the system, is that of Orfiel, the
spirit of Saturn, which was a period of
darkness, savagery and sanguinary in
%f1uences, out of which physical humanity
grew strong through conflict. The
second is that of Anicl, the spirit of
Venus, which was a period of voluptu-
BUSINESS, folly and dcbauchery, in which
poetry took it's rise and races grew popu-
aous. The third is that of Zacheriel,
the angel of Jupiter, an epoch of wars
and enlightenment, in which govern
ment took its rise. The fourth is that
of Raphael, the %arch-angel of Mercury,
which was Il time of industry and in
telligcncc, IN which science began and
commerce prospcred. The fifth is the
cycle of Samicl, the angel of Mars, max
ing an era of corruption, bloodshed and
destruction. The sixth IS that Of G.; =
briel, the so-called angel of the Moon,
an epoch of rccupcration, growth and
building up of lost or weakened encr-
gies. The seventh cycle is that of Mi
chael, the archangel of the Sun, making
an epoch OF ~sociability, refinement,
great intelligence and wealth. All ma
tons have not crtercd these cycles ST
simultaneously, though there has not
been much variation. Parts of Europe,
DR.. Pancoast thinks, are just passing
out of a past cycle.
IN II CYCLE OF MICHAEL.
In this country we are i'm the cycle of
Michael, the cycle of the golden light
giving sun, the epoch of wealth, en-
= Iigntcnment and power. and have been
In it since 1878. We will be in it one
hundred and seventy-scvcn years longer,
he thinks, when the period of decad-
ence will begin, and in the year 1882
the wheel will have gone round, the
circle be completed, and the cycle of
Ortiel, which reigned four centuries be-
fore Christ, will again be on and mark
the general condition of the world. If
the regular succession of events went
on as they have in the past there would
be three hundred years hence a transi-
tion from sublime intelligence and mar
velous material prosperity to a condi-
ton OF society bordering almost on bar
barlsm, when people would relapse into
savagery. But DR.. Pancoast does not
think this is going to happen. He be-
lleves that %canabalism and Scripture
show that the present is the last %revolu-
ton of the cycles, so far as this orb is
concerned, and that affairs here will, in
all probability, wind up about three
centuries hence.
II n OF II WORLD N 2232.
The completion of the current cycle
OF the sun in 2232 will he the culmina-
ton and will in all probability mark
the end of the world. From now until
the year 2055 at least the world, DR..
Pancoaet says, will progress in the most
wonderful inventions. so that man will
have the secrets of the universe in his
grasp and attain a degree of intclli-
gence that will comprehend much, if
not all, of the plan of the physical uni
verse and be able to avert or overcome
most, if not all, the influences that
threaten his WI comfort, welfare, or
existence. All mankind will advance
wonderfully and rapidly in intelligence
and power, and the faculty for acquir-
ing wealth far beyond anything the i'm
aSlnatlon can now conceive. Men will
not only be able to discover gold where
ever it exists, but it will no longer have
the same value, for chemists will be
able to produce it. 1t will be as COM
mon as iron. Ideas of value will alto
gether change and men will be able to
administer to their wants without the
same amount Of effort now required.
Such In a general way, is the indication
OF the bent of human affairs in the ex-
listing cycle for the approaching years
according to cabalism and Scripture, as
interpreted by DR.. Pancoast.
A cry PROSPEROUS YEAR.
GAS to the year 1885," said DR.. Pan
coast, looking up at a quaint time
piece to sec how the old year was slip
ping away, nothing is so clear as that
it will be q year of great prosperity,
particularly in this country and espc-
cially to people who labor with their
hands. A. great many people are not
aware of the fact that is nevertheless
true that there has never been a time in
the history of the world when the
laborcr, the mechanic and the man and
woman who " rks in my occupation
were so comfortable, so well provided
for, so independent and so raised in
social status as they are in this country