In my previous Blogpost, I drew attention to the fact that the appearance of the comet Tsuchinstan/ATLAS in the skies above earth in October of this year, was actually the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy of the Hopi Indians in Arizona, U.S.A. According to the Hopi tradition, “Kachinas” are the messengers of Maasaw, their creator […]

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The Sign of the End If you were to approach the leading philosophers, scientists and historians alive today, and ask them to name the most significant event in the history of Western civilization, you would undoubtedly get a motley array of answers ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. But if you were to respond […]

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Shortly before he was crucified, Jesus was asked by his disciples what the signs of the end of the world would be, and when they would occur. The answer that he gave them is recorded in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. However, when it came to the question as to when these things […]

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As has been pointed out in earlier instalments, modern astronomers have tended to dismiss the sensational claims that have appeared on the Internet in recent years associated with comets as yet further examples of public ignorance, or even hysteria. But one person who did consider comets to be a potential threat to the earth, and […]

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About ten years ago at this time, the world was abuzz with rumours of impending doom. The worst of these was the prediction (elevated by some to absolute conviction), that the entire world would be destroyed on the date of the mid-winter solstice on December 21, 2012. Of course we all know that the world […]

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On the morning of 27 December 1831, the naturalist Charles Darwin set sail from Plymouth harbour in England at the tender age of 22, on a journey that was to last five years and take him all around the world. It was the result of his botanical and biological research conducted in the course of […]

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