The Mythic Structure of Time: Cycles, ages, prophecies, and eschatology

The Mythic Structure of Time – Cycles, ages, prophecies, and eschatology.

Not realizing that we live in an epic story, we live in a mythological magical miraculous enchanted world. That we have a place in sacred time

“The Kingdom of Ordinary Time”

Cycles, Ages

Each age has its own theme and character Each age can be a totally new “world”

Prophesies

Prophesies occur to be fulfilled

They are whispers and echos of what must happen and will happen….

Prophets are those who tap into something and express it…

Eschatology

The study of the end times, the end of time. The end of the Age.

Chronos & Kairos: Linear Time & Mythic Time

Chronos vs. Kairos

Chronos (χρόνος): Chronos is measured time, the ticking of the clock, the sequence of seconds, hours, days. It is quantitative, linear, and external. It is the time of the body, of calendars and schedules—the domain of mortality and decay. This is the realm of “before and after,” of history and mechanism. In Greek, Chronos is also mythologized as an old, devouring god—the one who eats his children.

Kairos (καιρός): Kairos is qualitative time, the appointed moment, the sacred opportunity. It is not measured by a clock but by ripeness, presence, and divine alignment. It is the time of ritual, initiation, and revelation—the moment when the veil parts and something eternal touches the now. It is the time of the prophet, the poet, the magician, and the lover. Kairos is the fullness of time, when heaven meets earth.

In the modern world we are trapped in Chronos, in decay, desacralization, and spiritual decline—the loss of mythic consciousness. To act in Kairos is to transcend the historical flux, and align with the eternal order, the solar tradition, the imperishable realm of being.