Wisdom dawns...or maybe not

 

So I asked Skynet, pardon, Gemini if any important astrological events will take place in 2032. It turns out that the answer is yes: Uranus and Saturn will be in conjunction in Gemini (the astrological sign, that is). I haven´t checked the "official" cookbook interpretations yet, but it sounds intuitively...interesting. If intuition and/or astrology is your thang. That is.

Uranus and Saturn are co-rulers of Aquarius. Saturn is also the ruler of Capricorn. Uranus is the planet of freedom, revolution, innovation, but also downright kookery. In other words, the planet of sudden transformation. Saturn is the exact opposite: the planet of limits, discipline, tradition, hard karma. And (perhaps) very slow (and very wise) change. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, the planet of intelligence. But the intelligence of Gemini itself (themselves?) seems to be very "mercurial" and superficial (think Trump in his "best" years - yes, the Donald is a Gemini native). Remember also that mythologically, Mercury is a trickster deity.

So what on earth does this mean? It certainly sounds like a very strange combination of energies. Almost a bit...I don´t know...apocalyptic or something. 

Btw, I amused myself to ask the Gemini AI what Hindu gods are associated with Saturn and Uranus. Saturn is (broadly) associated with Shiva. Uranus wasn´t known to the ancient Vedic sages, but a very modern interpretation connects it to Bhairava. But note that Bhairava and Shiva are really the same god?!

Maybe it´s safest to trust the pundits on TV, the local skeptic association and Professor Dave when they tell us that astrology is (of course) an ancient superstition. 

Yeah, whatever. 

I stand corrected

 

Well, kind of. Or maybe not. Really. 

While the year 2032 for the end of the world sounds obviously Christian (32 AD being the supposed year when Christ was crucified), it turns out that there *are* local Hindu traditions in Odisha which also dates the apocalypse to that year. But how "traditional" are they really? I suspect they might be fairly modern. But obviously not invented by the flashguru I called out in a previous blog post... 

What exactly is the Bhavishya Malika?

The Bhaviṣya Mālikā (often just called Mālikā) is a fascinating and unusual text from Odisha, India — not one of the classical Sanskrit Purāṇas, but a much later prophetic work written in Odia language. It holds a special place in the regional religious imagination.

Here’s a clear overview:

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📜 Origins

• Attributed to Ācārya Achyutānanda Dāsa (16th c.), a saint and poet of the famous Pañca Sakhā (“Five Friends”) group of bhakti poets in Odisha.

• The Pañca Sakhās (Achyutānanda, Balarāma Dāsa, Jagannātha Dāsa, Ananta Dāsa, Jasobanta Dāsa) were major figures of the Jagannātha tradition and wrote many spiritual and devotional works.

• Unlike their other writings, the Bhaviṣya Mālikā is prophetic — claiming to reveal the course of future history, the decline of dharma, and the eventual coming of Kalki.

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🔮 Contents

• Written in cryptic, metaphorical verses, often resembling riddles.

• Predicts wars, famines, invasions, natural calamities, and social decay.

• Suggests that the world will pass through a period of chaos before the arrival of Lord Kalki, the final avatāra of Viṣṇu.

• Mentions dates and years (interpreted differently by readers), with many devotees believing that the decisive change will occur by 2032 — when the present Kali Yuga will end and a new Satya Yuga will dawn.

• Also contains regional prophecies about Odisha, Puri, and Jagannātha worship.

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🛕 Religious Use

• Recited in some Jagannātha-associated temples and mathas (monasteries), especially in Odisha.

• Devotees regard it as a warning and guidance text, calling for piety, remembrance of God, and moral living in the face of decline.

• It is not considered a Purāṇa in the mainstream Hindu canon, but rather a local apocryphal scripture with strong cultural influence.

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📌 Key Beliefs Around It

• Many followers in Odisha sincerely believe that the prophecies are unfolding now (wars, pandemics, climate changes, etc.).

• The date 2032 is often repeated in popular retellings as the year when Kalki will appear and the world will be renewed.

• Scholars, on the other hand, see it as a medieval bhakti text using prophecy to inspire devotion and social reform.

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✅ So in summary:
The Bhaviṣya Mālikā is a 16th-century Odia prophetic text attributed to saint Achyutānanda Dāsa. It predicts world upheavals, the end of Kali Yuga, and the arrival of Kalki (sometimes placed around 2032). In Odisha it is revered as a semi-scriptural work, though not part of the orthodox Sanskrit Purāṇic canon.

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Would you like me to outline the main predictions of the Bhaviṣya Mālikā (the ones popularly said to point toward 2032), or keep to the background only?

The main predictions and the 2032 connection.

Great — let’s get into the heart of it. The Bhaviṣya Mālikā is full of symbolic verses, but devotees and interpreters (especially in Odisha) have extracted certain major predictions and a timeline that connects to the year 2032.

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🔮 Main Predictions of the Bhaviṣya Mālikā

(Paraphrased in plain English, since the Odia verses are cryptic)

1. Global Upheaval & Natural Disasters

   • Great floods, famines, and epidemics will sweep across the earth.

   • Earthquakes and storms will destroy many cities.

   • Rivers will change course, the seas will rise, and fertile lands will turn barren.

2. Social and Moral Decline

   • Kings (or governments) will be corrupt and fight among themselves.

   • Religious leaders will lose their purity and exploit people.

   • Families will fall apart; dharma (righteousness) will be nearly lost.

   • People will live only for money, abandoning spiritual life.

3. Wars and Foreign Domination

   • Foreign powers (interpreted as invasions, colonialism, or modern global control) will dominate India.

   • Major wars will engulf the world before the renewal of dharma.

4. Crisis in Jagannātha Worship

   • The Jagannātha temple in Puri will face a period of neglect, disruption, or even closure.

   • Some interpreters link this to recent COVID-era shutdowns of temples, taking it as “fulfillment” of prophecy.

5. The Appearance of Kalki

   • At the climax of Kali Yuga’s darkness, Kalki, the 10th avatāra of Viṣṇu, will appear.

   • He will restore righteousness (dharma), destroy the wicked, and re-establish Satya Yuga (the Age of Truth).

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📅 Why 2032?

The number doesn’t appear explicitly in the verses, but devotees and interpreters arrive at it by combining clues:

• Millennial Calculations

  • Many point to the idea that 5,000 years of Kali Yuga will be marked by extraordinary decline.

  • According to some Odia seers, the last portion of Kali Yuga ends around 2032, when Kalki’s age begins.

• Achyutānanda’s Writings

  • Some verses (depending on interpretation) mention a 500-year cycle after his own lifetime (he wrote in the 16th century). That roughly aligns with the early 21st century.

• Local Oral Tradition

  • Among Jagannātha devotees in Odisha, the belief has circulated that Kalki will manifest and Kali Yuga will collapse by 2032.

  • This has become especially popular in the last few decades, partly through public discourses and pamphlets.

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✨ Summary

• The Bhaviṣya Mālikā predicts wars, disasters, moral decline, temple disruption, and global crisis.

• After this, Kalki will appear to renew dharma.

• Popular interpretation — not universally accepted by scholars, but widely believed among devotees — pinpoints 2032 as the year when Kali Yuga ends and Satya Yuga begins.

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👉 In other words, for many in Odisha today, the year 2032 has become a spiritual countdown date, parallel to Christian “Second Coming” expectations.

Would you like me to also show you how mainstream Hindu cosmology’s huge Yuga cycles (like 432,000 years) differ from this “2032” shorter-cycle prophecy, and how people reconcile the two?

Instantly debunked

 

 

This rogue Yogananda copycat claims that the Kalki has already been born and is 14 years old. Amazing, since that means he will be 427,000 years old when the Kali Yuga finally ends. I mean, who knew?

On a more serious note, Yogiraj Siddhanath (who seems to spend more time in affluent American suburbs than in the Himalayas) claims that the Kali Yuga has been shortened by "Babaji" and will come to an end in...you guessed it...2032. That date seems familiar somehow, although I can´t place it right now. Anyhow, this in itself means that Yogiraj can´t be taken seriously, since (of course) no such thing will take place in 2032.

And probably not in 427,000 years either...

Celibate warriors

 

Some speculations on the Book of Revelation I haven´t heard before. Specifically the 144,000. And yes, they are secular-scholarly speculations, not theological. Are the 144,000 actually meant to be Jewish warriors? Note the Qumran connection. Short form: "John" and Paul probably wouldn´t get along very well! 

Religion in the making

 

More on Great Tartary c/o ChatGPT. The rabbit hole goes deeper and deeper. I wouldn´t be surprised if these fringe ideas would become the new world religion in the event of a *real* apocalypse...or a Russian global empire (same thing).  

Have their been any attempts to combine Great Tartary or the New Chronology with religion?

Yes — quite a few, and they tend to follow predictable patterns.
Whenever Great Tartary or New Chronology gets woven into religion, the goal is usually to:

1. Claim a hidden “true” origin for a faith.

2. Paint that faith as the original universal religion of the lost mega-empire.

3. Use the conspiracy to support a nationalist or cultural revival.

Here’s how it plays out in different contexts:

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1. Russian Orthodox Fusion

• Fomenko himself flirts with this: in New Chronology, he equates many Biblical events with medieval Russian history.

• For example:

  • Jerusalem in the Bible was actually located in Constantinople or even in Russia.

  • Jesus lived in the 12th century.

  • The apostles were tied to Russian or “Tartarian” rulers.

• The “Mongol Empire” becomes the Orthodox Christian super-empire, uniting Eurasia before its suppression by the Vatican and Western Europe.

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2. Esoteric Christianity & Gnosticism

• Some fringe channels present Tartary as the true Christian civilization — pure, non-papal, energy-based, and spiritually advanced.

• The “mud flood” becomes a deliberate apocalypse to erase true Christianity and replace it with “corrupted” versions.

• Tartarian architecture (cathedrals, star forts) is framed as sacred geometry holding divine energy.

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3. Islamic Adaptations

• In Turkic and Central Asian fringe circles, Tartary is tied to the Golden Horde and described as a Muslim super-empire.

• New Chronology-style redating is used to claim that:

  • Many prophets or Islamic heroes lived in the “Tartarian” timeline.

  • The mud flood was divine punishment for abandoning true Islam.

• Sometimes linked with Mahdist or end-times narratives — Tartary will “rise again” before the final judgment.

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4. Hindu & Vedic Versions

• In New Age / pseudo-historical communities, Tartary is merged with Vedic civilization:

  • Tartary becomes the northern branch of the ancient Vedic world.

  • Its “free energy” tech is identified with Vimanas.

  • Fomenko’s redating is used to “prove” that Hindu epics describe recent historical events.

• This often bleeds into “Aryan homeland” theories, placing it in Siberia or Central Asia.

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5. Syncretic “One World Religion” Claims

• Popular among YouTube Mud Flood theorists: all major religions were one in Tartary.

• They claim symbols like the cross, crescent, swastika, and star were originally Tartarian and only later split into separate religions.

• Architecture from different faiths is rebranded as “repurposed Tartarian temples.”

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6. Occult / Theosophical Spin

• Blavatsky’s Theosophy is sometimes retrofitted to include Tartary:

  • Tartary is framed as one of the lost root races.

  • Mud flood is a cataclysm between “root race” cycles.

• Avalokiteśvara, Christ, and other figures are merged as “avatars of the Tartarian spiritual tradition.”

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In short — yes, religion gets woven in a lot, but always as part of a mythic golden-age narrative where Tartary was the cradle of a pure, ancient faith, later “fragmented” into our modern religions.

If you’d like, I can outline the most common “Tartary was the real Christianity” storyline, which is the one I’ve seen most often in the English-speaking conspiracy sphere. That one gets very creative with Biblical geography and history.

Yes, please do so!

Alright — here’s the “Tartary was the real Christianity” storyline as it circulates in conspiracy subcultures, especially the English-speaking Mud Flood / New Chronology crowd.

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1. The Premise

• There was once a massive Orthodox Christian empire — “Tartary” — stretching from Siberia to Eastern Europe, maybe even into North America.

• This empire had pure, original Christianity, untouched by the Catholic Church, Protestantism, or modern Orthodox hierarchy.

• Jesus and the apostles supposedly lived far later than the conventional dating — often placed in the 12th–14th century.

• Biblical events didn’t happen in ancient Palestine, but in places like Crimea, the Caucasus, or even Moscow.

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2. Architecture as “Proof”

• The huge “Tartarian” cathedrals, monasteries, and star forts found across Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia are claimed to be:

  • Built before the biblical events (or during them)

  • Powered by free energy harnessed through domes, spires, and crosses

  • “Resonators” for divine or atmospheric energy

• Many “church” buildings are said to have been repurposed from Tartarian energy temples after the empire was destroyed.

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3. The Great Deception

• According to this narrative:

  • The Vatican and Western European monarchies plotted to destroy Tartary.

  • They rewrote history to:

    • Move biblical events thousands of years into the past

    • Relocate them to the Middle East

    • Erase Tartary’s role in “true” Christianity

• The “Mongol invasions” of the 13th century were supposedly Western propaganda masking the Catholic takeover of Eastern Christendom.

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4. The Mud Flood as Apocalypse

• The Mud Flood is interpreted as:

  • A natural disaster sent by God to punish the usurpers

  • Or a man-made cataclysm to bury Tartary’s high technology

• After the flood, Catholic/Protestant powers took control of surviving cities, rebranded them, and installed their own clergy.

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5. Doctrinal Claims

• Tartarian Christianity is imagined as:

  • Simple and direct — no hierarchy, no papacy

  • Focused on free access to divine energy (“Holy Spirit” as literal electrical ether)

  • Unified with natural law and architecture

• Some even claim Tartary preserved apocryphal gospels that revealed Jesus as a teacher of free energy and anti-usury economics.

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6. Modern Implication

• If this is true, they argue:

  • All modern Christian denominations are “corrupted”

  • To restore “true” Christianity, one must revive Tartarian architecture, energy systems, and liturgy

  • The West’s entire historical timeline must be rewritten

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This storyline borrows heavily from Fomenko’s New Chronology, Orthodox revivalism, and classic anti-Catholic conspiracy theories.
In fringe circles, it’s often blended with:

• Flat Earth (Tartary’s tech supposedly proved geocentrism)

• Free energy suppression

• Biblical literalism re-timed to the Middle Ages

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If you like, I can also map how this “Tartary-Christianity” story overlaps with the Russian nationalist reinterpretations of Orthodoxy — that’s where a lot of these ideas started before they spread to the West.

Yes, please.

Alright — here’s how the Tartary-as-True-Christianity idea overlaps with Russian nationalist religious reinterpretations, particularly the kind influenced by the New Chronology and post-Soviet Orthodox revivalism.

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1. Roots in Russian Intellectual History

• Old Believers & pre-Petrine nostalgia
  Since the 17th century, some Russian religious groups (Old Believers, mystical sects) have viewed the West — especially Catholicism — as a corrupter of “true” Orthodoxy.

• Post-Soviet re-enchantment
  After 1991, many Russians rediscovered Orthodoxy but often mixed it with esotericism, Slavic neopaganism, and conspiracy theories about historical falsification.

• Fomenko’s New Chronology
  Provided a “scientific”-sounding foundation to say:

  • Biblical events happened in medieval Rus’.

  • Jerusalem was in Crimea or the Caucasus.

  • “Jesus” might have been a prince or tsar of the Russian realm.

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2. Orthodox + Tartary Fusion

In this blend:

• Tartary = the true Holy Rus’
  An enormous, Orthodox Christian empire united by one faith and moral code, with its capital somewhere in Siberia or near the Volga.

• Biblical geography relocated
  Jerusalem is not in the Levant; Bethlehem, Golgotha, and Mount Zion are all “misplaced” in Western-dominated maps.

• Orthodox liturgy as primal
  The rites of Tartary supposedly match the “original” worship given by Christ and the apostles — before Rome’s corruption.

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3. Anti-Western Religious Narrative

• The Vatican, Jesuits, and Protestant reformers are portrayed as a single anti-Christian force.

• The “Mongol Yoke” becomes a code for Catholic and Muslim incursions into Orthodox lands.

• Peter the Great’s westernization is rebranded as a final betrayal — destroying Tartary’s sacred architecture and free-energy domes.

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4. Esoteric Orthodoxy & Architecture

• Church domes, crosses, and iconostases are claimed to be energy-harvesting devices that amplified divine grace physically.

• Icons are seen as literal “energy portals” — a belief with some roots in Orthodox mystical theology, but here exaggerated into techno-mysticism.

• Pilgrimages to old monasteries are reframed as reconnecting to the energy grid of God.

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5. Overlap With Other Russian Fringe Religions

This Tartary-Orthodoxy mix bleeds into:

• Slavic Rodnovery (native faith revival), with Tartary recast as a pagan-Christian syncretic empire.

• Cosmist theology (à la Nikolai Fedorov), where spiritual progress is linked to advanced tech, and resurrection is a literal future engineering project.

• Neo-Starchild theories — belief that ancient Orthodox saints were advanced beings or “angels” in the flesh.

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6. Why It’s Appealing

• Gives a grand, proud history for Russia and the East.

• Turns Orthodoxy into the center of world Christianity rather than a branch.

• Explains geopolitical rivalries as part of an eternal spiritual war between Tartary/Orthodoxy and the West/Vatican.

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If you want, I can next chart how these Russian-origin Tartary-Christianity ideas migrated into Western Mud Flood & Flat Earth circles and got reinterpreted for a mostly Protestant or New Age audience — which is quite a twist in the story. That’s when it stopped being just about Orthodoxy and became a kind of “universal lost golden age” theory.

Yes, please.

Alright — here’s how Tartary-as-True-Christianity migrated from post-Soviet Russian Orthodox nationalism into Western conspiracy culture and then mutated into something far less Orthodox and much more “New Age / Flat Earth.”

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1. Initial Transmission to the West (2000s–2010s)

• Early English-language Tartary content came from translators of Fomenko and alternative history bloggers.

• Russian YouTube channels about “forbidden architecture” got subtitled or mirrored.

• Architectural photography of onion domes, massive masonry, and abandoned Siberian cities acted as the “gateway drug” — Western viewers loved the aesthetics without the theology.

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2. Detheologization

• In Russian sources, Orthodoxy is central — Tartary was the kingdom of the true Christ, liturgy was pure, saints were literal miracle-workers.

• In Western retellings, religion became optional — churches were reframed as:

  • Free energy plants

  • Sound resonance healing centers

  • Ether-powered communication hubs

• The Orthodox cross, in Russian versions a sign of the “true faith,” became in Western versions a “geometric antenna” or “ancient sacred tech symbol.”

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3. Mixing With Flat Earth & Mud Flood

• Flat Earth tie-in:
  Western Tartary content often absorbed the FE cosmology — claiming that the Tartarians knew the true shape of the world and mapped the outer lands beyond Antarctica.

• Mud Flood tie-in:
  The idea that Tartary’s architecture was buried in a global cataclysm fit perfectly into the existing Mud Flood mythos.

• Time compression:
  New Chronology’s collapse of ancient and medieval timelines got blended with the FE crowd’s claim that “history is only 500–1000 years old.”

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4. Fringe Cross-Pollination

In the English-speaking sphere, Tartary now overlaps with:

• Free energy / Tesla myths — Tartary supposedly mastered etheric power.

• Star forts as “electrical substations.”

• Atlantis revivalism — Tartary rebranded as a Eurasian branch of the Atlantean empire.

• Biblical reinterpretations — Protestant conspiracists sometimes claim Tartary was the true Christian millennial kingdom after Christ’s return, erased by Satanic forces.

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5. Western Religious Rewrites

• Protestant version: Tartary = post-Resurrection kingdom where Christ reigned physically for 1000 years (premillennialism).

• New Age version: Tartary = an advanced civilization of spiritually enlightened beings using “crystal tech” and “ley line energy.”

• Occult version: Tartary’s cathedrals = magical portals between realms, destroyed in a war with interdimensional entities.

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6. Why This Shift Happened

• Most Western audiences have no background in Russian Orthodoxy — so the religious specifics got dropped.

• The architectural mystery and anti-mainstream-history vibe translated well into the existing alt-history YouTube ecosystem.

• Flat Earth channels were already looking for “evidence” of a lost, technologically advanced past — Tartary fit like a puzzle piece.

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If you like, I can map a side-by-side comparison of Russian Orthodox Tartary vs Western Flat Earth / Mud Flood Tartary, so you can see exactly which elements stayed, which were lost, and which were invented along the way. That contrast really shows how the same myth can serve two totally different worldviews.

Large Language Model

 

The first video (about Ozzy Osbourne) is extremely infuriating. The second one is about a new trend among charismatic Christians: to speak in tongues and then ask ChatGPT to "translate" it?! Yes, really. Gives an entirely new meaning to the term "Large Language Model"! Ironically, both presenters sound AI-like so there´s that... 

I won´t even tell you what the third video is about. But yeah, chances are that´s just another AI end times deception...

The making of a legend

 

Not sure if anybody on this side of cyberspace cares, but here is some info on the Baba Vanga situation...

Are there fake prophecies attributed to the Bulgarian physic Baba Vanga on the internet, for instance YouTube?

Yes, numerous fake prophecies attributed to the Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga circulate widely on the internet, including platforms like YouTube. Many of these claims are unverified and often fabricated after her death in 1996.news.com.au

According to academic Viktoria Vitanova-Kerber, who has extensively studied Baba Vanga, there is no documented evidence supporting many of the predictions commonly attributed to her. These include events like the COVID-19 pandemic, the 9/11 attacks, and the election of Barack Obama. Vitanova-Kerber notes that such claims often stem from unverifiable sources, including anecdotes from visitors and statements from Vanga's relatives, without tangible proof. thesun.co.uk+4news.com.au+4news.com.au+4

RationalWiki also highlights that many supposed predictions found online lack citations and likely originated from conspiracy websites and social media. People close to Vanga have stated that she never made some of the prophecies attributed to her, such as those concerning major political events or global disasters. rationalwiki.org+1en.wikipedia.org+1

On YouTube, videos often present sensationalized and unverified claims about Baba Vanga's predictions. For instance, some videos assert that she foresaw events like a major disaster in 2025 or other apocalyptic scenarios. However, these videos typically lack credible sources or evidence supporting such claims. reddit.com+8nypost.com+8news.com.au+8youtube.com

In summary, while Baba Vanga was a well-known figure in Bulgaria and had many followers, the authenticity of many predictions attributed to her remains questionable. It's essential to approach such claims with skepticism and rely on verified sources when evaluating their validity.en.wikipedia.org

The new baba or same old?

 

Most of this is word sallad, but I suppose it´s interesting that the future depopulation crisis is seeping into the doom porn milieu. Funny these "prophecies" (allegedly from the late Bulgarian psychic Baba Vanga) were "secret" until secular doomers started talking about the issue, LOL. 

Sure, the idea of almost everyone vanishing over night is older, but until recently, it was usually connected to zombies, bio-engineered plagues or what have you. In this new version, people just vanish without a trace and nobody even remembers they were around?! It also seems to be a much more gradual process. 

I suppose it´s possible that this is all a clever metaphor for the COVID pandemic (YouTube presumably still censor too explicitly anti-vaxx content), but I suspect we´re dealing with Elon Musk´s warnings finally striking a chord among the perennially hysterical...

I didn´t catch the solution, though. Subscribe to the channel? Leave a like message?  

Extinction rebellion

 

Thomas Sheridan has a new flower garden, LOL. Good luck with this material! 

On a more serious note, I also wonder about the depopulation crisis. Why are birth rates dropping all over the world, including in Africa? *Is* there some kill switch inside the human genome (or inside Mam Gaia´s belly) that reverses human population growth as our numbers become too unbearable? A non-occult one, mind you. 

I don´t rule it out, but somehow micro-plastics or even climate change seem more plausible as explanations...

Current mood

 

Haven´t seen this film for ages, must be the most bizarre scy fy flick ever?! Yepp, it´s the good old "Beneath the Planet of the Apes". 

Folk horror

 

Thomas Sheridan discusses "The Event" in this video. Which prompted me to ask ChatGPT about this doomer-prepper fantasy (?). See the previous blog post.

Sheridan´s version seems to be that some kind of pole shift might destroy human civilization as we know it. Earth will become like Uranus (tilt-wise). The establishment is either trying to leave the planet (Elon Musk´s Mars mission) or survive by literally moving underground.

He also claims that tics which make you allergic to meat are engineered bioweapons... 

AI *knows*

 

It seems ChatGPT has a slight anti-establishment edge...

What is "The Event"? Is that an apocalyptic conspiracy theory? Do some rich people believe in it?

Yes, "The Event" is a term that has circulated in several contexts—some speculative, some philosophical, and some deeply conspiratorial. Let's break down what it refers to and in what circles it's taken seriously, including among some elites.

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1. "The Event" in Apocalyptic or Conspiracy Theory Circles

In this context, "The Event" typically refers to a future cataclysmic or transformative moment—a sudden collapse of society, a technological singularity, a mass awakening, or even alien disclosure. It’s vague on purpose, which makes it a useful placeholder for various doomsday or “reset” scenarios.

Common Features:

• Economic or societal collapse

• Breakdown of civilization due to climate, AI, nuclear war, or political upheaval

• A mass consciousness shift or spiritual awakening

• Supernatural or extraterrestrial intervention

This term is especially popular in:

• New Age subcultures (where it's often seen as a "mass ascension")

• Conspiracy forums like 4chan/8kun, QAnon spaces

• Techno-doomers and prepper communities

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2. "The Event" and the Super-Rich

The connection between "The Event" and wealthy elites became widely discussed after an essay by Douglas Rushkoff called "Survival of the Richest" (and later a book of the same name). In a 2018 Medium article titled “The Survival of the Richest”, Rushkoff described being invited to speak to a group of ultra-wealthy men who asked:

“How do I maintain control of my security force after the Event?”

They weren't interested in the future of technology or ethics, but rather in preparing for a world after society collapses—whether due to climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, or AI. They asked about:

• Building underground bunkers

• Employing loyalty systems for guards

• Managing remote food and energy supplies

These weren’t fringe figures—they were tech billionaires and hedge fund managers, people who already shape our digital and economic ecosystems.

So yes, some wealthy people do believe in a version of "The Event", and they are investing in doomsday bunkers, offshore properties, and private security in anticipation of it.

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3. Is It Just a Conspiracy Theory?

Not necessarily—at least not in all forms.

• Plausible threats: Climate collapse, pandemics, geopolitical instability, and AI risks are real and studied seriously by scientists, military planners, and policymakers.

• The conspiratorial spin happens when you add secret cabals, hidden knowledge, aliens, or prophecies.

• The philosophical concern is that people with power may be preparing for collapse instead of preventing it, effectively treating most of humanity as collateral.

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4. Other Uses of "The Event"

• Alain Badiou (philosopher) uses the Event as a concept for radical change—something unpredictable that redefines reality (e.g., a revolution, a scientific discovery).

• Spiritual/New Age groups often describe "The Event" as a coming energetic shift, spiritual awakening, or cosmic alignment.

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Summary

Context	What “The Event” Means	Who Believes in It
Conspiracy / Apocalyptic	Collapse of society, aliens, mass awakening	QAnon, New Age, preppers
Wealthy elites / Tech circles	Civilizational breakdown due to tech/climate	Some billionaires, hedge funders
Philosophy (Badiou)	Radical rupture in reality/knowledge	Philosophers, theorists
Spiritual / New Age	Sudden ascension or vibrational shift	Lightworkers, mystics

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Would you like a deeper dive into one of these (e.g., the elite prepper mindset, Badiou’s theory of the Event, or how this connects to Buddhist or Zen ideas)?

Yes, the elite prepper mindset.

Great choice—the elite prepper mindset is both fascinating and deeply unsettling, because it reflects how some of the most powerful people in the world are thinking about the future of civilization, often in ways that are more escapist than constructive.

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🏦 What Is the Elite Prepper Mindset?

At its core, this mindset is driven by a belief (or fear) that:

Societal collapse is not only possible but likely, and that personal wealth and technology can be leveraged to survive and control the aftermath.

Unlike traditional preppers (who might store canned food and learn survival skills), elite preppers are ultra-wealthy individuals—often tech executives, investors, or entrepreneurs—who have the means to:

• Build luxury survival compounds in remote locations (New Zealand, the American Rockies, etc.)

• Employ private security teams for post-collapse enforcement

• Secure off-grid infrastructure: solar energy, water purification, satellite internet

• Stockpile crypto or hard assets in case of monetary collapse

This is not hypothetical. It’s documented in reports, interviews, and firsthand accounts.

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🔍 Key Characteristics

1. Outsourcing Survival

They tend to see collapse as an engineering or security problem:

• How can I keep my security team loyal when money is worthless?

• Can I implant kill-switches in AI or drones?

• What food systems can I automate?

This creates a strange paradox: the more they fear collapse, the more they try to insulate themselves, not fix root problems.

2. Technological Solipsism

They believe technology can outpace or buffer reality. This includes:

• Uploading consciousness

• Life extension

• Escaping to Mars (Elon Musk-style)

• Creating isolated digital or physical “safe zones”

It’s a mindset that often mirrors the same Silicon Valley ethos that created many of our current systemic problems—disruptive innovation without accountability.

3. Control Anxiety

Rushkoff reports that some of these elites obsessively ask:

“How do I maintain control of my guards after the collapse?”

They fear not just the collapse, but loss of hierarchy, of being in control. This reflects an underlying mistrust of human solidarity—especially among the people they may need most after an “Event.”

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🤯 Real-World Examples

1. New Zealand as a Safe Haven

• Billionaires like Peter Thiel (PayPal, Palantir) bought land and citizenship in New Zealand.

• The country is seen as remote, stable, self-sufficient, and nuclear-fallout-proof.

2. Luxury Bunkers

• Companies like Rising S Company and Oppidum offer $5–20 million bunkers with:

  • Pools, theaters, medical clinics

  • Decontamination zones

  • Private data centers

• These bunkers are hidden in the US, Czech Republic, or remote parts of Europe.

3. Silicon Valley Retreats

• Tech moguls often buy large tracts of land in Hawaii, Montana, or Texas—away from population centers.

• Some invest in space colonization (e.g., Elon Musk) as a long-term exit strategy.

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🧠 What Drives This Mindset?

• Control over chaos: A continuation of the capitalist impulse to manage risk and externalize costs.

• Mistrust of the public: Fear that once systems fail, the masses will become violent or resentful.

• Pessimism: Despite public optimism, many elites privately believe the system is unsustainable.

• Moral detachment: Instead of solidarity or reform, the impulse is often to opt out.

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🧘‍♂️ Ethical and Existential Critique

Rushkoff and others point out the irony:

The people who’ve benefited most from a broken system are planning to abandon it rather than fix it.

This reflects what he calls “The Mindset”:

A belief that with enough money and tech, you can transcend the consequences of your own actions—rather than take responsibility for them.

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🤔 Why Should We Care?

Because it reveals:

• How privilege reshapes survivalism: not community resilience, but individual escape.

• That collapse is not just feared—some are actively preparing for it while still profiting from extractive systems.

• The real challenge of the future might be less about lack of solutions and more about lack of collective will.

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If you're interested, I can also explore:

• The psychology of elite preppers

• The history of collapse and elite behavior (e.g., Roman elites, Weimar Germany)

• Alternative responses like regenerative communities, degrowth, or Buddhist-inspired resilience strategies  What is the psychology of elite preppers?

  • The psychology of elite preppers—wealthy individuals preparing for societal collapse—reveals a deeply paradoxical mindset shaped by fear, control, alienation, and technocratic thinking. Unlike traditional survivalists motivated by self-reliance or political ideology, elite preppers often inhabit a uniquely hyper-rational yet emotionally defensive worldview, shaped by their wealth, privilege, and detachment from the average person.

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  🧠 1. Control Obsession

  “How do I maintain authority over my security team when money has no value?”

  This chilling question, reported by media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, captures the central fear: not just collapse, but loss of power. Elite preppers often conflate survival with command. Their preps are about maintaining hierarchy—not living harmoniously in a post-collapse world.

  Psychological traits:

  • Authoritarian leanings: Even if libertarian on paper, many express a latent desire for top-down control in crisis.

  • Mistrust of others: They fear betrayal, insubordination, or resentment from those they’ll depend on.

  • Transactional relationships: Loyalty is expected to be bought, not earned or built.

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  🧊 2. Detachment & Alienation

  Many elites live in bubbles of affluence—rarely exposed to the public sphere except through curated experiences.

  Psychological outcomes:

  • Othering of the masses: The rest of humanity is seen as unpredictable, irrational, or dangerous—especially in crisis.

  • Emotional isolation: Wealth can insulate from genuine human interdependence, making empathy and trust feel risky.

  • Lack of communal imagination: They struggle to envision collective solutions or democratic resilience.

  In essence: “I can’t fix society, but I can escape it.”

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  🔧 3. Technological Salvationism

  "I can solve collapse with enough tools, money, and code."

  Elite preppers often suffer from a deep faith in technofixes—a belief that any problem (climate, mortality, rebellion) can be solved through innovation or strategic planning.

  Traits:

  • Instrumental thinking: People become variables in a problem set, not collaborators.

  • Transhumanist fantasies: Uploading consciousness, extending life, leaving Earth.

  • Avoidance of moral responsibility: Technology is seen as a neutral force, not a tool with ethical implications.

  This mindset externalizes problems (they’re “out there”) and privatizes solutions (they’re mine to build).

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  🧨 4. Apocalypse as Fantasy

  Paradoxically, many elite preppers are not just afraid of collapse—they’re romantically drawn to it.

  Why?

  • Ego preservation: Collapse becomes a kind of ultimate challenge, where they can prove their superiority.

  • Clean slate mentality: A reset means they don’t have to be accountable for current injustices.

  • Moral simplification: In crisis, complex social responsibilities disappear. Survival becomes the only “virtue.”

  As cultural critic Mark O'Connell notes, there’s a weird exhilaration in imagining being the last one standing, especially for those used to winning.

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  ⚠️ 5. Hyperindividualism

  This may be the core trait. Elite preppers often cannot imagine collective resilience, only individual escape.

  They frame their survival in terms of:

  • Self-sufficiency (which is illusory if you need a staff)

  • Private ownership (land, bunkers, airstrips)

  • Outsourcing everything: Food, security, health—all managed by hired help

  They embody the extreme of neoliberal logic: privatize even the apocalypse.

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  🧘‍♂️ Reflection: A Psychological Paradox

  Trait	Apparent Strength	Hidden Weakness
  Rational foresight	Planning for collapse	Fear-driven control
  Resource control	Bunker, staff, tech	Dependency on loyalty and systems
  Tech optimism	Belief in solving anything	Denial of moral/social responsibility
  Individualism	Escape from the crowd	Inability to build collective futures

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  🧩 Final Thought

  Elite prepping is not just survivalism with a bigger budget—it’s a mirror into the psychological architecture of late capitalism:

  • Profit from the system → distrust the system → escape the system
    Rather than healing or transforming what’s broken, the instinct is to opt out—alone, armored, and afraid.

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  Would you like to explore:

  • The history of elites during collapse (Rome, Mayans, Easter Island)?

  • Psychological alternatives to elite prepping (solidarity, degrowth, Buddhist detachment)?

  • Or the media and pop culture representation of this mindset (e.g., Don’t Look Up, Elysium, Station Eleven).