2 posts tagged “prophecy”
Angela V. Michaels is a writer and eso-researcher who focuses on spirituality and becoming more spiritually aware in a world that poses the challenges that our’s does. By centering her philosophies on Lao Tzu’s ancient Tao Te Ching, the work is part of an eastern mystical tradition that is very enjoyable and useful. Her book, Surfing the Tao, A Revolution of Free Will is a fantastic combination of practical spirituality and historical research.
I was prompted to contact Angela after reading her excellent article entitled, “2012 Hype?” She addresses a number of subjects surrounding the 2012 phenomenon including the explosion of activity encompassing it and touches on the history of eschatalogical predictions. In order to get a bit more in depth from someone who has spent a lot of time focusing on just these types of issues, I asked Angela to join in a brief Q & A about 2012.
Although his books certainly fall into the New Age bucket, one of the things I like about writer Gregg Braden is his previous experience as a computer systems designer in aerospace defense. He went from computer technology to spiritual technology - and does it very well.
In his book, The Isaiah Effect, Braden proposes a fairly radical way to interpret all ancient prophecies. In the book, he uses the example of the prophet Isaiah, but the method could just as easily work for the predictions of Nostradamus. Most of these prophecies and predictions seem dualistic in that there is a great conflict or catastrophe, resulting in a time of apocalyptic disaster. After this there will be a long, golden age of peace. Braden indicates that these two events are not sequential and should not be interpreted as such. He proposes the two are different destinations of paths taken based upon the actions of humanity (or those controlling it). One or the other.
Which will it be?
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