Tag Archives: Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper

across the great divide: leave it behind

Early in the twentieth century Oswald Spengler, in The Decline of the West, wrote of the irreversible historical pattern of growth, flowering, withering, and decay that has marked the destiny of every known civilization and is, he said, now undoing … Continue reading

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great Yugas: we’re back

Moreover, since the one life, which they believed lives in all, is everlasting, the wise put themselves in accord with all its intermeshing rhythms and participate, here and now, in its eternity. Even during the inevitable terminal ages, virtue and … Continue reading

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mythic shapes: things to come and go…

…History culminating in a terminal season of universal war, and then, with the “Second Coming” of the Savior in the form of Saoshyant, unfold into restitution: the powers of Darkness, Angra Mainyu and his infernal hosts will be annihilated, all … Continue reading

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cosmic rhythm: to the beat of the divine drum

Mythic shapes of things to come…and go…432,000 ways to leave your universe The sum of all four is 4,320,000 years, the length of the “Great Yuga.” At the end of that time the sun’s heat will supposedly ignite everything and … Continue reading

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shapes of things: comes a time

Mythic shapes of things to come: circular and linear… Two equally grandiose, though radically contrary , visions of destiny and the future of humankind have in the past inspired, shaped, and controlled human life and thought. The older of the … Continue reading

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