The Lost Cycle of Time: An Ancient Look at the Future – Part 3

The Greek historian Hesiod spoke of the wonderful nature of the last golden age, when “peace and plenty” abounded. The ancient Maya and Hopi used names such as “worlds” and “suns” and numbered them to identify specific epochs with the Hopi myths telling us of cities at the bottom of the sea. It wasn’t just the Greeks and Mesoamericans that broke the great cycle into an ascending and descending phases, with four periods each. According to Vedic scriptures, when the autumnal equinox moves from Virgo to Aries, humanity moves through the ascending Kali, Dwapara, Treta, and Satya yugas, or eons, before slowly declining in reverse order as the equinox completes its journey (the Satya Yuga marks a golden era). These periods correspond neatly with the Greeks and early Mediterranean civilizations.