June 2012
36 posts
1 tag
Jun 30th
2 tags
Jun 30th
18 notes
2 tags
Jun 29th
12 notes
1 tag
Jun 29th
27 notes
3 tags
Jun 28th
33 notes
2 tags
Beautiful Frauds: Atlantic Essay/Review: Seeking a... →
ianbuckwalter: Last year, moviegoers watched as two planet-sized objects hurtled towards the Earth. One meant the end of the world as we know it; the other, just the end of the world. In Mike Cahill’s Another Earth, a carbon copy of our planet approached from points unknown and ended up taking up orbit…
Jun 28th
21 notes
3 tags
Jun 27th
19 notes
2 tags
Jun 27th
7 notes
2 tags
The Hermetic Library Tumblr: The Book of Enoch the... →
This is one of the Jewish apocalypses written during the “inter-testamental” period; some scholars believe that a big chunk of the Christian book of Revelation was cribbed from an apocalyptic book from this period. hermeticlibrary: The Book of Enoch the Prophet is a new edition recently released you might find interesting. “This new edition of The Book of Enoch, banned by...
Jun 26th
24 notes
2 tags
Somehow, this is all related...
…and that’s why they call it a conspiracy theory. stfubelievers: “While doing a search about how many US Dollars were in circulation, I came upon this webpage with this comment.  Hmmmm… I’m not so sure I can use this as a reliable source.”    It’s an adventure! (Thanks http://livingbyday.tumblr.com/)
Jun 26th
6 notes
3 tags
Jun 25th
3 notes
2 tags
Jun 25th
2 notes
2 tags
Jun 24th
19 notes
2 tags
“We know that apocalyptic writings have increased the moment State censorship was...”
– Jacques Derrida, “Of an Apocalyptic Tone in Recent Philosophy.” Semeia 22 (Studies in Ancient Letter Writing). Society of Biblical Literature, 1982, pp. 63-97.
Jun 24th
The Hermetic Library Tumblr: The Book of Enoch the... →
hermeticlibrary: The Book of Enoch the Prophet is a new edition recently released you might find interesting. “This new edition of The Book of Enoch, banned by Christian authorities and thought lost for millennia, features a new introduction by bestselling author and expert on mysticism and the occult, Lon…
Jun 23rd
24 notes
2 tags
Jun 23rd
555 notes
2 tags
Jun 22nd
21 notes
3 tags
Armageddon Arrangements: Failed Prediction of the... →
armageddon-arrangements: The failed prediction of this week is the Bible Students’ ninth incorrect prediction: “…we may expect 1925 to witness the return of these faithful men of Israel from the condition of death, being resurrected and fully restored to perfect humanity and made the visible, legal representatives of… *Bible Students split in the early 20th Century into a small, still...
Jun 22nd
3 notes
2 tags
Jun 21st
26 notes
2 tags
“Secrets hidden long ago by the sages now were seen to uncover the course of...”
– Bernard McGinn, “Revelation.” In The Literary Guide to the Bible, Robert Alter and Frank Kermode, eds., Harvard University Press, 1987; pp. 526-527.
Jun 21st
2 tags
Jun 20th
15 notes
2 tags
“… an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is...”
– Walter Bejamin, Illuminations: Reflections and Essays. Hannah Arendt, ed. Schocken, 1968, 1995. pp. 257-258.
Jun 20th
2 tags
Jun 19th
39 notes
2 tags
Jun 19th
183 notes
2 tags
Jun 18th
10 notes
2 tags
“Whoever takes on the apocalyptic tone comes to signify to, if not tell, you...”
– Jacques Derrida, “Of an Apocalyptic Tone in Recent Philosophy.” Semeia 22 (Studies in Ancient Letter Writing). Society of Biblical Literature, 1982, pp. 63-97.
Jun 18th
3 tags
Klansmen, zombie apocalypses, and End Times... →
Jun 17th
2 tags
“I expected the feeling to pass when I finished the book, but if anything,...”
– From Anna North’s essay, How Writing About the Apocalypse Made Me Freak Out About the Future. Her apocalyptic novel, America Pacifica, is out in paperback this month.
Jun 17th
1 note
2 tags
Jun 16th
2 tags
Robert Kirkman and Hyundai design a zombie-proof... →
…and we’ll all be safe in the zombie apocalypse. Oh, wait. I have a non-zombie proof Honda. Ooops.
Jun 16th
2 tags
“We’re used to thinking of apocalyptic as producing a passive attitude about the...”
– An email from a religious studies professor to me in 1999.
Jun 15th
1 tag
Your apocalypse daily: Or as Hubert said, "The end... →
Just remember: Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Jun 15th
Anonymous asked: Do you really believe in "End of the world prophecies"? They have been around since the dawn of mankind. Early man thought eclipses were the sign of doom. Of course we know early man was wrong. The Mayan calendar is just the end of a calendar. What comes at the end of the calender a new year, a new decade, a new age or perhaps the transit from house of astrology to another. So, do...
Jun 15th
1 note
Post Apocalyptic Dental Care →
kscottbradbury: Save that last bullet for the day you have an abcessed tooth and all the dentists are dead.
Jun 14th
11 notes
2 tags
Ultimate Summer Guide to Apocalypse Novels
As a companion to the piece on apocalyptic summer reads in this week’s SN&R, I offer up my Top 50 (Annotated) List of Apocalyptic Fiction. Want to start a book club? 1. Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. In my not-so-humble opinion, this is the best example of an apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic novel, in that the first half of the book is concerned with the lead-up (and it’s...
Jun 13th
3 notes
Jun 8th
5 notes