We are in transitional times leaving the Age of Pisces and entering the Age of Aquarius. There are those that look at this transition as the “The End Times.” These three simple words cause fear and terror in the minds of many people, as they open a portal to dogmatic manipulation based on interpretations of the last book of the Bible, Revelations. Ironically enough, we are in the end times, but not in the way that the religious manipulators want you to believe.
The End Times means, simply, the end of an age—the Age of Pisces. Over the past thirty years, I have been privy to various indigenous prophecies concerning earth changes. They are all similar and don’t paint a pretty picture of humanity’s future. The elders all said that “man” must stop destroying the earth through their greed and need for power. One of these elders was Vince Stogan, a Salish Indian doctor. He didn’t call himself a shaman, but if you needed a label, he preferred to be called an Indian doctor. However, he did refer to his uncle, alive during the early part of the twentieth century, as a shaman. In fact, a “strong shaman” was his term as in “strong heart, strong mind, and strong hands for healing.” Vince told my wife and me about the prophecies of his uncle:
“My uncle predicted all the events that would happen, and they all have been or come true (bombs, World War II, TV, cars, styles, etc.). If things don’t calm down over in the Middle East, it will be another war that will be big, World War III—a part of the earth will change. Uncle said it would be like a little boy picking on another little boy; then, one of their big brothers will join in, and then another member, until the whole family is fighting, and it will spread to everybody joining in and choosing sides.”
Ragnarök
The change of Ages in the Norse-Germanic tradition is known as Ragnarök. It is the most critical time in history and a fateful moment for those who reign. For the majority who read the myth the reigning ones are the gods. But in reality the hidden meaning points to the reigning humans (and institutions) who by their actions cause destruction leading to destructive earth changes.
Ragnarök cannot be stopped. The best advice – flow with it and use common sense not fear. The destruction is cyclical. Ragnarök as the time between Ages is directly connected with the Norse-Germanic myth/concept of the Well and Tree. I’ll explain in very simplistic terms the knowledge of the Well and Tree as it is extensive and – deep as the Well (further explained in the Return of a Green Philosophy). Yggdrasill, the Norse World Tree, is feed by three primary roots that have their source in three wells. However, the three wells are really one well with three layers—Hvergelmir (origin; ON “bubbling cauldron”) lowest level of well, then Urðr (fate – nornir), last layer Mímir (wisdom).
The well is the unseen realm (Otherworld) and the tree is the seen realm (Universe). The well holds the logs or layers (strata) of the past and non-past (present). Symbolically when the well is full and overflows—Ragnarök occurs—the tree “shakes.” However, though the world tree shakes (ponder this) it does not fall.
There are certain logs (events of the past) that are larger and displace more well-water. One major log of the past was Constantine’s creation of the Nicene Creed which led to many other logs placed in the well through the destruction of indigenous people and their cultures by the Church. Another major log was the birth of Capitalism and the resultant destruction of the earth and the environment. There are many, many others such as the neoliberal reign of the Clinton’s (one example, his repeal of the Glass–Steagall Act).
Now to the present day and we have Brexit as a major log within the well. How close is the well to overflowing? No human knows. But there is a way to determine the cycles of Ragnarök. As I said, Yggdrasil, the axis mundi, does not fall as it is the measurer of time and fates. There are two time cycles—the procession of equinoxes and the cycles of the Pole Star. With the equinoxes and Pole Star there is a Great Year cycle of 26,000 years. Approximately every 2100 years there is a different constellation on the vernal equinox (different Age)—approximately as some Ages are shorter and/or longer. Each shift between Ages would be a Ragnarök. The other cycle, cycles of the Pole Star, is connected to the tilt of the earth on its axis.
During the 26,000 years, the orbit of the earth around the sun expands and contracts. In other words at various times the earth is closer or further from the sun. Additionally, the earth tilts on its axis over time until it reaches an extreme tilt and then begins tilting back the other way. Extreme tilts of the earth’s axis and orbiting at the most extreme distance from the earth occurs approximately every 26,000 years and results in drastic changes to the face of the earth.
The Pole Star shifts once about every 3700 years. During the Great Year the Pole Star moves through seven different constellations. Presently, the Pole Star is Polaris known as the North Star.
Mythically the Pole Star is attached or “nailed” to the top of Yggdrasil. Twice during the Great Year the twelve stations of the procession and the seven stations of the Pole Star intersect: middle and end/beginning. These two are the most intense and destructive of the change of Ages or Ragnarök. The end/beginning is the most destructive.
We are at that point. This most destructive Ragnarök will usher in the Age of Aquarius and begin a new 26,000 year cycle.