Tunguska 2.0 + Armageddon 2013?

For days, you've been hearing about the asteroid half the size of a football field, known as 2012 DA14, flies by about 17,000 miles above Earth, on February 15, 2013.

Tunguska 2.0

Early on February 15th, in an intriguing "coincidence," a meteor (or will it be found to be a meteorite?) weighing 10 tons and the size of a kitchen table, exploded over communities in the Russian Urals.  

Because of the fact that one million people in Russia have dashcams (dashboard cameras), good videos were taken of this breaking news.

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There are reports that due to the concussion burst from this exploding meteor breaking out windows and collapsing buildings, over 1000 people have been injured in Russia.

Why are some people calling this Tunguska 2.0? It is a reference to the mysterious larger incident that also occurred in Russia, back in 1908.

The Tunguska event was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near (and later struck) the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at about 7:14 a.m. KRAT (00:14UT) on June 30 [O.S. June 17], 1908. The explosion, having the epicenter (60.886°N, 101.894°E), is believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5–10 kilometres (3–6 mi) above the Earth's surface. Read more, here.

In late breaking news shared by The Gralien Report, eyewitnesses in "Cuba now claim a similar explosion has occurred over the province of Cienfuegos, described as a 'very bright light, and of a size 'comparable to that of a bus.'"

Cinematic timing?

Bruce Willis to the rescue? Willis to Russia?
 

Bruce Willis's latest, A Good Day To Die Hard, has opened, but on Friday, February 15, 2013, most people may be thinking about his role in Armageddon (1998). (What, another Ben Affleck-Argo timing sync too? Argo just went on sale on Blu-Ray and digital.)

As to other movie tie-ins, look at the following early report in which a bottom caption of Skyfall is used, and the reporter mentions War of the Worlds and Armageddon. She later makes mistakes, such as saying these are asteroids, instead of meteorites. But it is apparent that many people are subconsciously and naturally linking the two events. (Her report, btw, is one of the first, in which only 100 injured people were known. She does mention five fragments, a factoid not heard often in USA-UK reports.)

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How does this coincidence/synchronicity strike you?

An insightful friend, Philip Levine, a writer, former therapist and astrologer, publicly shared this on Facebook today:

Today we have something even rarer than being impacted by the big (mostly empty) Universe we live in. We are being impacted twice! A meteor explodes above the Earth and injures people and destroys property. And an asteroid is passing 17,000 miles away from us.
In other times and places, these would be a sign, a very big sign, saying something (what depends on which prophet or psychic you listen to). If you think the Universe is intelligent and an embodiment of some kind of Being, then you would want to know what It is saying.
If, like most, you believe the Universe is just a random collection of debris with no meaning other than chaos, then Statistics is your God. And the statistical chance of ONE of these things happening is immensely small, but TWO on the SAME DAY, within hours, in this infinitely vast Universe, is something to give one pause.
If you aren't sticking your head in the sand, how does this coincidence/synchronicity strike you?

First of all, let us hope that others are not or will not be struck, physically, by any of events.

I must say, it all does seem to be incredibly intriguing timing, that is very Fortean, synchromystic, and cosmic. It is as if, sometimes, a cosmic window has opened. Is this one of those times?

I also think these current events are synchrocinematic. These astrothreads are happening at the same time two Bruce Willis movies come to mind, one about the character in Russia and the other about his role being to fly to destroy an asteroid heading to Earth.  We all get to think about what the words coincidence and synchronicity deeply imply. 

Chart by Carl Gustav Jung.

One of Jung's favorite quotes on synchronicity was from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, in which the White Queen says to Alice: "It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards".

Happy Valentine's Day: A Good Day to Die?

This just in: South Africa's so-called Blade Runner Oscar Pistorious, 26, (paralympian) has reportedly been arrested on the charge of murder after he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend at his home. The victim was model Reeva Steenkamp (pictured), said to be 29 or 30 years old. This occurred in South Africa, where it was Valentine's Day already.

Reeva Steenkamp = Reeva ("to bind," or, if taken from French, "shore"), Steen (German, "stone") Kamp (German, "field").

She was born in South Africa, and was from a family of horse trainers; her father, Barry, is related to famous South African trainers the Amos brothers.

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For more on the film Blade Runner, see also,

First Blade Runner Dies

Blade Runner: 30 Years of Synchromysticism - Part 1 (Tyrell 2019 + Weyland 2023)

Blade Runner: 30 Years of Synchromysticism - Part 2 (Aztec-Mayan Symbolism)

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The following was written and posted on February 13, 2013, 11:11 PM, EST. 

Interesting the imagery that was utilized for this...

Good or bad?

Bruce Willis takes on the role of John McClane for the fifth time in the Die Hard series. In A Good Day to Die Hard, the movie moves the story, involving his CIA operative son, to Moscow, Russia (although it was filmed in Budapest, Hungary). It also introduces his daughter. 

Is A Good Day to Die Hard the official kickoff of this coming summer's big tent violent motion pictures?

Bruce Willis brings us a bloody Valentine's Day gift on February 14, 2013.

Is that feature the opening of another summer of red dawns and dark movies?

What are some of the selections and their opening USA dates?

Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013)

Star Trek into Darkness (May 17, 2013)

Man of Steel, producer Christopher Nolan's dark film (June 14, 2013)

The Lone Ranger (July 3, 2013)

Thor: The Dark World (November 8, 2013)

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Thursday, February 14, 2013, is Saint Valentine’s Day.

This date is celebrated worldwide to mark the deeds of bishop Valentine in Terni City in Italy during the second half of the third century, who officiated the marriage of young couples in secret to help them avoid joining the Roman legions.

When the Roman Emperor Claudius II, known as Claudius Gothicus, was made aware of these hidden marriage celebrations, he commanded the decapitation of Bishop Valentine, allegedly, on 14 February 270 BC.

Specifically, helping Christians at the time was considered a crime. Nevertheless, when first imprisoned, Claudius took a liking to his prisoner -- until Valentinus tried to convert the Emperor -- whereupon the priest was condemned to death. Valentinus was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that did not kill him, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate.

In 498 BC, Pope Gelasius canonized him due to his dedication to the faith and love.

Many of the current legends that characterize Saint Valentine were invented in the fourteenth century in England, notably by Geoffrey Chaucer and his circle, when the feast day of February 14 first became associated with romantic love. Some historians feel the holiday may have been created as an attempt to supersede the pagan holiday of Lupercalia.

But there is little that is romantic about some histories linked to this day, depending upon your own personal experiences, of course. For example, my maternal grandmother, Nellie Gray (pictured), was the victim of a murder-suicide on Valentine's Day, 1940. Suicide clusters, the Valentine's Day Massacre, the Valentine Killer, and other forms of violence tied to this date are part of our history, of course. It will also be recalled that on this date in 2008, the Northern Illinois University campus mass shooting occurred.

Enjoy your Valentine's Day. And be safe.

Then we have to get through that very dangerous week in April.

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I have a section of The Copycat Effect about Valentine's Day, parts of which are quoted here, in Valentine's Dangers. 

Battle at Big Bear: Ends In Fire

My thought: The wall-to-wall coverage of the Donner news is the newest 

example of the media's addiction to the heroin of violence.

Update: The reported body said to have been found in the Bear Lake burned out cabin, "disappeared" from media reports by the afternoon of February 13, 2013.

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The active focus on Tuesday, February 12, for the Dorner manhunt is on Mentone, California, south of Big Bear. Mentone is a former railroad town and health spa.

The town was named for Menton, France.

Early reports are that Christopher Dorner is involved in an active firefight with law enforcement officers in the Big Bear area of California, at this time, and the mainstream media is showing it wall-to-wall on television. Live helicopter coverage has been curtailed (a TFR from the FAA), upon request from local and federal agencies.

CNN is reporting,

Two sheriff's deputies have been wounded in a shootout with a suspect believed to be renegade ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner, a high ranking law official with knowledge of the investigation said Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.
Dorner may have been involved in a home invasion and carjacking in the Big Bear area of southern California, the law enforcement source said. Source.

This is all taking place in at a cabin on the side of Big Bear Mountain.
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Update:

One sheriff's deputy died from the earlier firefight.

Law enforcement officers surrounded Dorner, and one shoot was hear.

Then the cabin is up in flames.
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Update: February 13, 2013

The San Bernardino Sheriff's Office said early Wednesday morning that investigators have located charred human remains in the debris of the burned-out cabin where law-enforcement officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect believed to be Christopher Dorner.
The sheriff's office said the body has not been identified, and that identification will be attempted through forensic means.
The fire began after a SWAT team stormed a cabin near Big Bear Lake where a suspect -- who authorities said matched Dorner's description -- had holed up after a fatal shootout with San Bernadino County sheriff's deputies. Source: CNN

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For more background, see my earlier piece, The Strange Saga of Christopher Jordan Dorner.

Horror Clown: The Face of Tomorrow?

WARNING: 

NOT FOR CHILDREN or

SUFFERERS OF COULROPHOBIA

You just knew it was going to happen. An ad would reflect the ghastly and shocking future we see right in front of us. Indeed, something wicked this way comes.

This is not your grandparents' kind of commercial. 

 

(Thanks to Doug Stone for bringing this disgusting video to my attention. 

I shall be boycotting Herbaria Tea.)

Will Next Pope Be The Last Pope?

Pope Benedict XVI has announced, in a surprising and shocking resignation, that he will step down on February 28, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. Has the next Pope already been predestined and foreordained?

Source.

Now: Pope Benedict XVI

The former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a Hitler Youth as a boy, who later deserted the Nazis, was one of the oldest Roman Catholic Popes. He was 78 when first picked; Benedict XVI will be 85 when he ends his term. Ratzinger assumed the Papacy following John Paul II's death in 2005.

Part of Benedict XVI's statement reads,

After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry...In today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me.

Update: Cartoon Predicted Resignation
An editor of The Anomalist [Twitter @anomalistnews] has shared that Imgur is pointing out that a German calendar predicted the resignation down to the exact day. See below.

"Heiliger Strohsocki! Morgen kündige ich!" translates as "Holy smokes! Tomorrow I'll quit!" on the calendar dated Februar 10 Sonntag ("Sunday"). Note that the number "23" denotes "breaking apart" and "28" is the date in February when Benedict XVI's retirement becomes official.

Visit Imgur to view full-sized.

Update: Sign from the Heavens?
After the resignation, what happened?

Lightning struck the Vatican. Source.

Past: Reason?

Some have noted that the conservative Pope Benedict XVI has not handled the priest sex abuse crisis extremely well.

For those who are unaware of the significant political role of Pope Benedict XVI in this scandal, you may wish to view Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, a powerful 2012 documentary film, directed by Alex Gibney. It is airing on HBO in 2013, including, by "coincidence," on February 11, 2013, the day Benedict XVI's resignation was announced. As the documentary notes, on November 25, 1981, Pope John Paul II named Ratzinger as the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly known as the "Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office," the historical Roman Inquisition. As the Holy Inquistor, the future Benedict XVI had all priest sexual abuse cases come through his office. As the Pope, he backed away from making fundamental changes to the structure of how the Papacy handled the scandal. As the Gibney documents, Benedict XVI may have been stopped for doing more for the victims, instead of protecting the establishment, by those surrounding him.

Next: Petrus Romanus

So what now? Did St. Malachy indicate the future of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church?

 

Now the speculation will be on who shall be chosen as the next Pope. But do the prophecies of Saint Malachy (pictured at top) give us an insight? Saint Malachy was a 12th century visionary Irish monk, who during a trek to Rome, foresaw all the popes who would reign into the future, to the final one. 

When they were published, 500 years after allegedly being found in the Vatican archives, they were debunked as being false. But intriguingly, the prophecies published in Benedictine historian Arnold Wion's book Lignum Vitae in 1559, has been demonstrated to be very accurate. Indeed, Malachy's list, today, from 1139, has been found to be remarkably correct.

Malachy, in verse, wrote down the future names of the Popes in epigrammatic code, which have been clearly linked to the names of the Popes chosen. Malachy's series of visions are about 112 Popes from Celestine III, who was elected Pontiff in 1130, until the last Pope who is described in his list as Peter Romanus.

The last Pope? Yes, Malachy is said to have seen the end of the Papacy with the election of what would be the next Pope after his predicted Benedict XVI (The Glory of the Olive).

Peter the Apostle probably never visited Rome. Source.

According to the Malachy prophecies, the next Pope could be seen as being named Petrus Romanus, Peter Romanus, Peter the Roman, or Peter of Roman. "Peter" or a variation on that name is derived from the meaning, "the Rock of the Church," linking the last Pope to the first (non-Jesus Christ) leader of the Church. (Padre, of course, is another name for "father," and is related to the name Peter.)

Peter Romanus, in the prophecies, is viewed as the last Pope. Pope Peter (II?) of Rome? Or a Cardinal named Peter?

The Future: The Church Shall Change 

The Saint Malachy verses end thusly:

In the persecution of the Holy Roman Church,
There will reign Peter the Roman,
Who will feed his flock among many tribulations
After which the seven hilled city will be destroyed
And the dreadful Judge will judge the people.

The phrase "the seven hilled city" is a direct reference to Rome. "The Seven Hills of Rome (Italian: Sette colli di Roma) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the ancient city. The original city was held by tradition to have been founded by Romulus on the Palatine Hill." Source.

The verse is seen as predicting everything from the end of the Papal structure to the end of the world. Will the celibacy of priests end under the next Pope?

 Prepare to see many views of the Vatican's obelisk during February 2013.

Here is how Wikipedia summarizes the most recent Papal Prophecies of Saint Malachy in their longer selection on Bishop Malachy's visions:

Religio depopulata.
260	104 Religion destroyed	Benedict XV (1914–1922)	Giacomo Della Chiesa	Reigned during, but had no influence to stop, World War I. This unprecedented period of violence was mainly fought between the Christian powers of Europe, destroying empires which had lasted centuries and began the worldwide spread of atheistic Communism.
Fides intrepida.
261	105 Intrepid faith	Pius XI(1922–1939)	Achille Ratti	Established Vatican City as a sovereign country with the papal office as head of state.
Paſtor angelicus.
262	106 Angelic shepherd	Ven. Pius XII (1939–1958)	Eugenio Pacelli	Reigned during World War II, he is reported to have covertly helped Italian Jews escape extermination. Said to have received visions, some of which have yet to be revealed.
Paſtor & nauta.
263	107 Shepherd and sailor	Bl. John XXIII(1958–1963)	Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli	From Venice, a maritime city.
Flos florum.
264	108 Flower of flowers	Paul VI(1963–1978)	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini	His coat of arms featured three fleur-de-lys.
De medietate lunæ.
265	109 From the midst of the moon	John Paul I (1978)	Albino Luciani	His month-long reign began with the moon half-full.
De labore ſolis.
266	110 From the labour of the sun	Bl. John Paul II(1978–2005)	Karol Wojtyła	Born on the day of a solar eclipse and entombed on the day of a solar eclipse.
Gloria oliuæ.
267	111 Glory of the olive.	Benedict XVI (2005–2013)	Joseph Ratzinger	Chose the regnal name Benedict after St Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order. The order's crest contains an olive branch.
In ꝑsecutione extrema S.R.E. ſedebit.
	In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.
Petrus Romanus, qui paſcet oues in multis tribulationibus: quibus tranſactis ciuitas ſepticollis diruetur, & Iudex tremẽdus iudicabit populum ſuum. Finis.
268	112 Peter the Roman, who will Nourish the sheep in many tribulations; when they are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The end.	Unknown	Unknown