Eve of Destruction: Prophecies, Theories, and Preparations for the End of the World

by Eva Shaw

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565652096
• ISBN13: 9781565652095
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Lowell House
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The end of worldly history

This book is filled with a remarkable variety of material on the topic of the End of the World. While the author does thoroughly cover the various biblical interpretations of the End Times, she goes far beyond the various Christian perspectives. Here you also find Mayan, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim, teachings equally considered. Moreover, prophets and prophecy from all ages are included, from the dawn of recorded history to contemporary times. It is truly fascinating how profoundly metaphysically advanced Traditional cultures such as the Greek, Indian and Mayan could come to quite simular concepts and timing on the great cosmic cycles...As this book points out, Madam Blavatsky was also of the opinion that an end would come around the year 2000-but could be changed by more and more people becoming attuned to spiritual wisdom and guidance. The author's use and comparison of quotes from relevent source material is especially good.

An entertaining look at end-of-the-world theories

"Eve of Destruction" is a great place to start your interest in eschatology, the study of myths of the end of the world. It's written in a fairly lighthearted but entertaining manner, and it is enlightening in its broad brush of end-of-the-world theories and myths throughout history. It is the rare book that contains both scholarly research and a layman's language, and "Eve of Destruction" fits the bill. Worth a read.