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End of Days: Predictions and Prophecies About the End of the World
Religious wars, global terrorism, pandemics, and genocide have all helped to usher in the Anxiety Age. Who better to lead the way out than popular psychic Sylvia Browne? In End of Days, Browne tackles the most daunting of subjects with her trademark clarity, wisdom, and serenity, answering such difficult questions What's coming in the next fifty years? What do the great prophecies of Nostradamus and the Book of Revelation mean? If the world is really going to end, what will unfold in our final hours? For anyone who's ever wondered where we're headed, and what—if anything—we can do to prevent a catastrophe of biblical proportions, End of Days is a riveting and insightful must-read.
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First published August 7, 2008
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Sylvia Browne
237 books598 followersSylvia Browne was an American author and self-proclaimed psychic who built a lucrative career through books, television appearances, and psychic readings. Known for her frequent guest spots on The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live, she claimed to communicate with angels, spirit guides, and the deceased, and said she had psychic visions from the age of three. In 1986, she founded the Society of Novus Spiritus, a Gnostic Christian church, and ran a variety of businesses, reportedly earning millions annually.
Browne wrote over 40 books, many of which were bestsellers, and maintained a dedicated fanbase throughout her life. However, her career was marked by controversy. She made numerous high-profile predictions about missing persons and criminal cases that were later proven false—errors that drew widespread criticism and scrutiny from skeptics and media outlets. A 2010 study by the Skeptical Inquirer concluded she had not been accurate in any verifiable case. Her reputation suffered further after her 1992 conviction for securities fraud.
Despite criticism from figures like James Randi and John Oliver, Browne retained a devoted following. Her vague prediction about a “pneumonia-like illness” spreading around 2020 drew renewed attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. She remained a polarizing figure—revered by some, discredited by others—until her death in 2013 at the age of 77.
Browne wrote over 40 books, many of which were bestsellers, and maintained a dedicated fanbase throughout her life. However, her career was marked by controversy. She made numerous high-profile predictions about missing persons and criminal cases that were later proven false—errors that drew widespread criticism and scrutiny from skeptics and media outlets. A 2010 study by the Skeptical Inquirer concluded she had not been accurate in any verifiable case. Her reputation suffered further after her 1992 conviction for securities fraud.
Despite criticism from figures like James Randi and John Oliver, Browne retained a devoted following. Her vague prediction about a “pneumonia-like illness” spreading around 2020 drew renewed attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. She remained a polarizing figure—revered by some, discredited by others—until her death in 2013 at the age of 77.
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February 20, 2020
In around 2020 a severe pneumonia -like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments. . Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived , attack again ten years later, and the disappears completely .
December 14, 2011
Listening to this book on Cd was a bit like peering into Pandora's box--scary, but my curiosity got the best of me.
Sylvia goes over each religions' prediction about when humans will be wiped off the face of the earth. She also discusses several famous psychics and soothsayers such as Rasputin and other cultures including the Mayan calendar, Atlantis and Lumeria.
My favorite part was her predictions. She was very clear about what will happen in terms of us figuring out how to handle the awful diseases of diabetes, multiple sclerosis and cancer. Sylvia does not see humans surviving after this century. It will be a slow demise where our disrespect of the earth comes back to haunt us through global warming. The oceans rising will force people inland and there will be massive volcanoes, floods and earthquakes.
The good news is that we can prevent the "end of days" coming so soon by taking action now to take better care of the earth. She has many concrete suggestions in her book about how to do that.
The other good news is that the "other side" is a magical nirvana where we can hang out forever whether the earth is inhabitable or not.
Death is not a bad thing.
Sylvia goes over each religions' prediction about when humans will be wiped off the face of the earth. She also discusses several famous psychics and soothsayers such as Rasputin and other cultures including the Mayan calendar, Atlantis and Lumeria.
My favorite part was her predictions. She was very clear about what will happen in terms of us figuring out how to handle the awful diseases of diabetes, multiple sclerosis and cancer. Sylvia does not see humans surviving after this century. It will be a slow demise where our disrespect of the earth comes back to haunt us through global warming. The oceans rising will force people inland and there will be massive volcanoes, floods and earthquakes.
The good news is that we can prevent the "end of days" coming so soon by taking action now to take better care of the earth. She has many concrete suggestions in her book about how to do that.
The other good news is that the "other side" is a magical nirvana where we can hang out forever whether the earth is inhabitable or not.
Death is not a bad thing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 14, 2025
Absolutely a must read if you’re not scared to know the truths about the world and its outcomes in the future years.
October 30, 2015
This is a pretty wild book. It takes a lot of sharp curves, but after you get used to the dizzying format of the book, you get use to it :)
I didn't know anything about Sylvia Browne when I started reading this, but apparently she was very famous. It doesn't surprise me, her book is intriguing and full of wonderful afterlife outcomes for everyone. I'm not a believer, but her version of the after life sounds more like a Care Bears special than anything I've read in the Bible.
The book is actually a bunch of books in one.
- First, she gives a list of what random world religions think about the end of the world.
- Then she talks about random "prophets'" prophecies about the end of the world (she seems to believe anyone who claims to be a prophet). She also tells us to be careful of "cult leaders." Her description of what a proper cult leader is is pretty good, but then she goes on another tangent giving her own description of cult leaders, and surprisingly enough, they are people who don't reach the same conclusions on the Bible that she did!
- Next, she tells us about the future and how it's going to be (some prophecies were way off. She said that after Benedict there wouldn't be popes anymore--ouch--, that many diseases that are still around would be cured, that people would have chips in their brain for a lot of different reasons--all good--, and so on). I like how she said that by 2019 or something, there would be retractable roofs in every house, so people could park their hover cars. Lol.
Mrs. Browne believes in aliens, in Atlantians, and in all sorts of ridiculous things. And she knew that because she's seen them through her psychic powers. She was also on her 52th reincarnation, so she'd been around. She also says that aliens have been with us forever, and they are the smartest people in the world, Nobel Prize winners, there are two in Nasa, and crap like that. Of course, because humans couldn't possibly be smart enough to develop the technology we have now without them, right? Also, if aliens helped us have space technology and all of that, what was the point of putting rocks on top of rocks, as they supposedly did at Stonehenge? Doesn't it seems pointless even if it was real?
In conclusion, this is a fascinating look at an almost 10 year-old book by an obvious (and convicted) fraud on whose teachings people base their lives on. Talk about cult leaders!
I didn't know anything about Sylvia Browne when I started reading this, but apparently she was very famous. It doesn't surprise me, her book is intriguing and full of wonderful afterlife outcomes for everyone. I'm not a believer, but her version of the after life sounds more like a Care Bears special than anything I've read in the Bible.
The book is actually a bunch of books in one.
- First, she gives a list of what random world religions think about the end of the world.
- Then she talks about random "prophets'" prophecies about the end of the world (she seems to believe anyone who claims to be a prophet). She also tells us to be careful of "cult leaders." Her description of what a proper cult leader is is pretty good, but then she goes on another tangent giving her own description of cult leaders, and surprisingly enough, they are people who don't reach the same conclusions on the Bible that she did!
- Next, she tells us about the future and how it's going to be (some prophecies were way off. She said that after Benedict there wouldn't be popes anymore--ouch--, that many diseases that are still around would be cured, that people would have chips in their brain for a lot of different reasons--all good--, and so on). I like how she said that by 2019 or something, there would be retractable roofs in every house, so people could park their hover cars. Lol.
Mrs. Browne believes in aliens, in Atlantians, and in all sorts of ridiculous things. And she knew that because she's seen them through her psychic powers. She was also on her 52th reincarnation, so she'd been around. She also says that aliens have been with us forever, and they are the smartest people in the world, Nobel Prize winners, there are two in Nasa, and crap like that. Of course, because humans couldn't possibly be smart enough to develop the technology we have now without them, right? Also, if aliens helped us have space technology and all of that, what was the point of putting rocks on top of rocks, as they supposedly did at Stonehenge? Doesn't it seems pointless even if it was real?
In conclusion, this is a fascinating look at an almost 10 year-old book by an obvious (and convicted) fraud on whose teachings people base their lives on. Talk about cult leaders!
March 14, 2020
With the Coronavirus everywhere, I found Browne’s predictions (which she wrote around 2008 for first printing) to be astonishing and convincing. She said, “In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes … "(Chapter 7). Her predictions about this global illness are compelling. She also predicted in “2020 for a sitting president to die of a heart attack.” Hmmmm. If you’ve read any of Browne’s other books, you’ll know about her spirit guide Francine. In this book, Browne focuses on the spiritual growth and not the doomsday, apocalyptic stories that have dominated. You’ll find a lot of historical and religious information across all cultures. But the best are the final chapters 7 and 8 where she reveals her gifts and insights. I read this book nearly straight through, it's that good. Take this journey with her if you are curious about learning some new perspectives and growing your spirit. Browne sees the end of days as our true “beginning.” Paula Cappa is an avid book reviewer and an award-winning supernatural mystery author.
March 13, 2020
“In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments. Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived, attack again ten years later, and then disappear completely.”
She actually predicted it 😲
She actually predicted it 😲
March 5, 2016
Don't get me wrong, this book was VERY interesting, and I think that's what kept me going/continuing to read it. I began to loose interest when the author began talking about her own predictions, and then I started skimming the pages, not necessarily because I didn't believe, but mainly because I literally just lost interest. It felt like reading a research paper which also didn't appeal to me. If someone asks me about this book, I'll say it's very interesting. The whole time reading it I noticed that I kept saying to myself that this book is interesting, how interesting, very interesting. Basically the word interesting is how I would describe this book. Sorry if this isn't much of a review.
March 14, 2020
Have read avout 20 pages out of curiosity. Hogwash for the gullible and the intellectualy impaired.
October 7, 2019
It really saddens me to give this book a 3 star because I enjoy Silvia Browne. However, this book is pretty much a collection of information about how many people have predicted the end of the world and were wrong. Then FINALLY she gets to the point about her predictions... and they're pretty much all wrong so far. It kind of sounds like she is trying to say "all these people were wrong, so if I am wrong too its not my fault." The only part I really enjoyed were the Native American Indian stories. Maybe I should find some books on Native American prophecies! That is really the only reason I gave the book a 3 star instead of 2 star. It was an okay toilet read. LoL disappointing...
April 6, 2020
After the alleged prophecy about Covid-19, that people are claiming came from this book, I decided to check it out and see what it had to say. For starters, the prophecy is only just barely accurate about the virus and the masks. The type of virus doesn't fit Covid-19.
I liked the beginning of the book, which is the only reason this book is getting two stars. Browne starts with a history of end of the world predictions. Having been raised in a religion that is focused on the end of the world, this pandemic, and people's posts about locusts and earth quakes etc, momentarily triggered a fear response. The first part of this book was comforting in that it shows that people have been predicting the end of the world for almost as long as people have been around, and it hasn't happened according to anyone's predictions.
Browne then goes on to talk about the different believes of different religions about the end of the world. Having taken many religious classes in college, I was familiar with most of these. She then talks about different Doomsday Cults, which I admit to previously having had a fascination with reading about. Now I don't really enjoy reading about such things any longer. Life is stressful enough without reading about ugly things.
Lastly, Browne goes into her predictions and this is where she lost me. She comes across as very preachy in a lot of areas. She also contradicts herself often. This book was published in 2008 and she gives a lot of predictions for 2008 through even 2020 where we are now, that there is just no way possible these predictions could have come true. And I don't just say that with the knowledge of hindsight. Some of her predictions are so futuristic in nature that for her to say they would happen two years later is like people alive during 1780 prophesying that there would be cars and airplanes by 1782. Much of her prophecies and predictions sound like she copied them from futuristic books and films like minority report. There's now way we could have developed that kind of technology within two years. If she dated her predictions has happening from 2108 to 2120 I might believe some of them.
And then her weird combination of Christian beliefs with aliens and new age does not compute. She says the end of the world will happen around 2100 because of us not taking care of the world and by sickness. But then she also says that almost all illnesses will be eradicated by 2050 and that most of the people choosing to be born will be more spiritual (so why would they continue to destroy the earth?).
I took all of this with a grain of salt anyway, because of her inaccuracies with kidnapping cases but her arrogance and her complete cluelessness are just a huge turn off.
I liked the beginning of the book, which is the only reason this book is getting two stars. Browne starts with a history of end of the world predictions. Having been raised in a religion that is focused on the end of the world, this pandemic, and people's posts about locusts and earth quakes etc, momentarily triggered a fear response. The first part of this book was comforting in that it shows that people have been predicting the end of the world for almost as long as people have been around, and it hasn't happened according to anyone's predictions.
Browne then goes on to talk about the different believes of different religions about the end of the world. Having taken many religious classes in college, I was familiar with most of these. She then talks about different Doomsday Cults, which I admit to previously having had a fascination with reading about. Now I don't really enjoy reading about such things any longer. Life is stressful enough without reading about ugly things.
Lastly, Browne goes into her predictions and this is where she lost me. She comes across as very preachy in a lot of areas. She also contradicts herself often. This book was published in 2008 and she gives a lot of predictions for 2008 through even 2020 where we are now, that there is just no way possible these predictions could have come true. And I don't just say that with the knowledge of hindsight. Some of her predictions are so futuristic in nature that for her to say they would happen two years later is like people alive during 1780 prophesying that there would be cars and airplanes by 1782. Much of her prophecies and predictions sound like she copied them from futuristic books and films like minority report. There's now way we could have developed that kind of technology within two years. If she dated her predictions has happening from 2108 to 2120 I might believe some of them.
And then her weird combination of Christian beliefs with aliens and new age does not compute. She says the end of the world will happen around 2100 because of us not taking care of the world and by sickness. But then she also says that almost all illnesses will be eradicated by 2050 and that most of the people choosing to be born will be more spiritual (so why would they continue to destroy the earth?).
I took all of this with a grain of salt anyway, because of her inaccuracies with kidnapping cases but her arrogance and her complete cluelessness are just a huge turn off.
November 19, 2010
Browne pens an engaging novel that takes a look at the end of days and what we can expect through her psychic's perspective.
The end of days has been a hot topic recently since the end of the Mayan calendar is fastly approaching - 21 Dec 2012. Browne takes a realistic look at the end of days and what we can expect.
The novel starts with Browne examining some ancient beliefs of the end of the world. She talks about what Christianity says, looking at the rapture, as well as other cultures including the Mayans and Aztecs. Her studies of the various religions and cultures are interesting and informative. Her look at Catholicism and its approach to the end of days is worth reading just for that. Her background and insights on Father Pio gives the reader pause to think.
Bowne then dives into what various prophets have said about the end of the world. She looks at prophets who include Edgar Cayce, Helena Blavatsky, HG Wells, Nostradamus, and even Grigori Rasputin. What I enjoyed about this section is that Browne takes a compact look at these people giving just enough background to pique the reader's interest and sum up their accomplishments.
One of the most unsettling topics Browne addresses is doomsday prophets. She discusses several modern day doomsday cults that have taken religious writing and twisted it to fit their own warped agenda. This topic is very informative in what to look out for regarding these types of people who use the Bible for their own warped purposes.
Lastly, Browne shares what she believes to be the end of days through her psychic vision. Her thoughts are not what you'd expect, and she discusses such topics as medical advances, unusual weather, and reincarnation. Her thoughts are fascinating, making the reader think about their own mortality and the legacy they will leave behind.
Browne's writing is crisp, engaging, and with a topic like the end of days, will hold the reader's attention throughout. Browne's done her research and it shows. Though psychic, she gives an honest account of past doomsday scenarios and why they haven't worked. As she accurately points out in Matthew 24:36: "The day and hour no ones knows, not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone."
"End of Days" is raw, gritty, and fresh. By taking a look at our past, can we hope to make change for our future. This is a book that will sate the reader's natural curiosity about the end of days and offers hope. "End of Days" is another enjoyable read from Sylvia Browne.
The end of days has been a hot topic recently since the end of the Mayan calendar is fastly approaching - 21 Dec 2012. Browne takes a realistic look at the end of days and what we can expect.
The novel starts with Browne examining some ancient beliefs of the end of the world. She talks about what Christianity says, looking at the rapture, as well as other cultures including the Mayans and Aztecs. Her studies of the various religions and cultures are interesting and informative. Her look at Catholicism and its approach to the end of days is worth reading just for that. Her background and insights on Father Pio gives the reader pause to think.
Bowne then dives into what various prophets have said about the end of the world. She looks at prophets who include Edgar Cayce, Helena Blavatsky, HG Wells, Nostradamus, and even Grigori Rasputin. What I enjoyed about this section is that Browne takes a compact look at these people giving just enough background to pique the reader's interest and sum up their accomplishments.
One of the most unsettling topics Browne addresses is doomsday prophets. She discusses several modern day doomsday cults that have taken religious writing and twisted it to fit their own warped agenda. This topic is very informative in what to look out for regarding these types of people who use the Bible for their own warped purposes.
Lastly, Browne shares what she believes to be the end of days through her psychic vision. Her thoughts are not what you'd expect, and she discusses such topics as medical advances, unusual weather, and reincarnation. Her thoughts are fascinating, making the reader think about their own mortality and the legacy they will leave behind.
Browne's writing is crisp, engaging, and with a topic like the end of days, will hold the reader's attention throughout. Browne's done her research and it shows. Though psychic, she gives an honest account of past doomsday scenarios and why they haven't worked. As she accurately points out in Matthew 24:36: "The day and hour no ones knows, not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone."
"End of Days" is raw, gritty, and fresh. By taking a look at our past, can we hope to make change for our future. This is a book that will sate the reader's natural curiosity about the end of days and offers hope. "End of Days" is another enjoyable read from Sylvia Browne.
December 10, 2020
VA-JE-TUS!!! 😁 Ir kur buvo mano smegenėlės užsinorėjus šios knygos. Visiškai kitaip apie ją galvojau. Nes papirko ta vienintelė ištrauka apie nuspėtą 2020 metais plaučių ligą. Ir to pakako, kad mane sudomintų. O bet tačiau... Dar tokios nesąmonės nebuvau skaičius. Gal šiek tiek per riebiai išsireiškiau, bet tikrai. Jei jus domina absoliučiai visos įmanomos pranašystės apie pasaulio pabaigą jums gal net patiks. Joje viskas nuo majų, inkų, atlantų, ir kitų civilizacijų pranašautų pasaulio pabaigų. Taipogi ir religinių bendruomenių, įvairių religijų bei žymių žmonių pranašautojų mintys ir spėjimai apie amžiaus pabaigą. Bei pačios autorės pranašystės.
Perskaičiau šią knygą ir pirma mintis buvo apie vieną draugą, kuriam ir kažkas ryškiai smegenėles praplovė su visokiom konspiracijų teorijom, tai va jam manau ši knyga patiktų. 😁 Daugiau tai niekam tikrai nerekomenduoju. Visiškas briedas. Daug ištraukų iš senojo, naujojo testamentų, biblijos. Žodžiu, daug labai informacijos, daug spėjimų, bet kažko realaus ir apčiuopiamo joje neradau. O paskaičius ką pati autorė išpranašavus 2010, 2015, 2020 metais tai juokiausi balsu... Jau tokios pievos.. 😁🤦♀️ Tad palieku tikrai patiems nuspręsti apie šią knygą, nes man tai visiškai kažkoks absurdas ji. 😁
Perskaičiau šią knygą ir pirma mintis buvo apie vieną draugą, kuriam ir kažkas ryškiai smegenėles praplovė su visokiom konspiracijų teorijom, tai va jam manau ši knyga patiktų. 😁 Daugiau tai niekam tikrai nerekomenduoju. Visiškas briedas. Daug ištraukų iš senojo, naujojo testamentų, biblijos. Žodžiu, daug labai informacijos, daug spėjimų, bet kažko realaus ir apčiuopiamo joje neradau. O paskaičius ką pati autorė išpranašavus 2010, 2015, 2020 metais tai juokiausi balsu... Jau tokios pievos.. 😁🤦♀️ Tad palieku tikrai patiems nuspręsti apie šią knygą, nes man tai visiškai kažkoks absurdas ji. 😁
June 8, 2020
El libro es un resumen de las predicciones que han hecho culturas y personas. Entre varios, menciona el interés paranormal de Arthur Conan Doyle y cálculos de Isaac Newton para el fin de la humanidad. Nos explica que el ser humano siempre ha temido tal y nos promete que dios siempre estará con nosotros ...Isaac Newton a decir de esta autora calculo el fin de la humanidad para el 2020...así que pues fue un placer , no broma lo calculó para 2060 así que todavía tienen tiempo de hacer planes . En cuanto a las predicciones de esta mujer pues si ella habla de una enfermedad que se manifiesta con neumonía, una pandemia alrededor de 2020. Dice que así como llego desaparecerá pero que en 10 años habrá otro rebrote. Aparte de esto sus predicciones son sobre avances de medicina y tecnología sin que nos diga algo que en la actualidad no sepamos. El libro fue publicado en 2008 y habría que revisar en ese punto donde estaba la medicina. Menciona que este año fallecerá por un infarto un presidente. Será? Lo más simpático es que dice que en 2020 Estados Unidos de América tendrá una buena imagen.
February 13, 2022
I want to say this first. This book is well written and for the most part is written in a very scholarly manner. I will say that this book took quite a bit of research and digging to get all this information on the various religions and their views on the end of the world. Especially when she talks about religions that aren't as well known. Now it is the last couple of chapters with this book that as an aspiring pastor but a trained pastor that I take issue with. She makes a great deal of predictions about the future and of course really none of them come up as being true. So as a Christian I can only look at her as a false prophet like those talked about in the book of second Peter. I don't say that in judgement or to put down a lady that has passed away. These predictions are fabricated stories that sound great and are very entertaining they are really just what they are stories. It says in Deuteronomy 18:22 "When a prophet speaks in the name of the lord if the thing follows not nor come to pass that is the thing which the lord as not spoken."
Considering none of these really come true it's my opinion these are just lies or stories made up that sound good but not worth much else. One other thing that she says that bothers me is what she has to say about the book of revelations. She talks about revelations 20:15 which states that "and whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire". Now she says that a loving God doesn't do this and won't do this. The problem with this is it nullifies what scripture says about God's justice, Judgement and punishment that is given to the world and promised. You see the way she paints it, it really doesn't matter what you do or believe because nothing is going to happen either way. God is just going to accept you into his loving arms and move on. This is false teaching and is giving many of her followers' false hope. Yes, God is loving, kind and Good. He is also holy and perfect and because of that sin cannot just go unpunished. So, to say there is no hell, and that no one goes there takes away from God's holiness and goodness. I can't give this more than one star because it gives lies and false hope. Further than that it takes away part of God's truth.
Considering none of these really come true it's my opinion these are just lies or stories made up that sound good but not worth much else. One other thing that she says that bothers me is what she has to say about the book of revelations. She talks about revelations 20:15 which states that "and whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire". Now she says that a loving God doesn't do this and won't do this. The problem with this is it nullifies what scripture says about God's justice, Judgement and punishment that is given to the world and promised. You see the way she paints it, it really doesn't matter what you do or believe because nothing is going to happen either way. God is just going to accept you into his loving arms and move on. This is false teaching and is giving many of her followers' false hope. Yes, God is loving, kind and Good. He is also holy and perfect and because of that sin cannot just go unpunished. So, to say there is no hell, and that no one goes there takes away from God's holiness and goodness. I can't give this more than one star because it gives lies and false hope. Further than that it takes away part of God's truth.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 17, 2023
Interesting to read this during the years a lot of her predictions were set for. She definitely was spot on with predicting COVID and a few others. Some have not come to fruition as of yet but are hopefully on the horizon. Lots of various religious background and beliefs about the end of days. Overall still an interesting and fast read.
December 7, 2020
This book was pretty funny, in an over the top extremely silly way. Half of the book is a quick summary of world religions and their views on the end of days/apocalypse. A quarter is describing the other side of the spiritual realm and descriptions of eternity. The last quarter is Sylvia's predictions about the 20-teens and beyond, notably, that a mysterious flu-like pneumonia illness will surface around the year 2020 and spread like wildfire. (This is why the book has gotten so much press of late.) However, I'd say that 99.9% of the predictions about the future that she makes are hilariously off: flying cars by 2012. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's cured by 2015. There are many, many more that I just laughed and shook my head at. If nothing else, this book was entertaining. It's extremely hoo-ey, woo woo type junk, but I had a good time. Do not take it seriously and you will enjoy it.
August 7, 2020
This is the second time I am reading this. Read this first in 2008. Wanted to read again to evaluate if any predictions made by the author holds good now. In one of the page in the end, in one of the paragraph the author says there will be Flue like epidemic - which sounded little similar to Corona. Other than that none of the information - predicted to take place in 2020 - was true.
Author gives good information about some of the paranoiac end of day cults which was interesting to read.
Author gives good information about some of the paranoiac end of day cults which was interesting to read.
April 11, 2020
This was an interesting read, I'll admit that I only read it because of the 2020 prediction that's quite similar to this coronavirus affair, apart from that I really enjoyed the overviews presented on religious and cult systems...
April 6, 2020
The book contains a collection of interpretations on the end of the world, from different historical, cultural, personal records and religious scriptures. It gives a good overview on the matter from different angles. This book gained extra attention for it’s prediction on “pneumonia-like plague that takes over the world in 2020” which could be interpreted as a prediction on COVID-19. However, when considering the full content of the book, only about 1% (or maybe less) of its predictions have actually come true. I’ve personally felt that the book focuses more on Christianity and Bible, even though it actually covers predictions of other religions such as Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism. Perhaps the bias on God-centered religions may be due to the reason that those religions specifically focus on the Judgement Day and the End of Days, unlike religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism which believes in the Cycle of Life. Except for the priority focus given to Christianity, it still manages to offer a collection of interesting perspectives on the End of Days and the Other Side of Life.
September 6, 2025
Ok, hear me out. I read this on a lark. I remember this woman from the 90s and then I got down some rabbit hole and had to read this book that apparently predicted covid 19.
The first half is all about world religions and what their beliefs are regarding the end of the world. I actually loved it.
She also covered famous psychics and mystics like Edgar Cacey and Nostradamus. It was a great summary of their predictions.
The last part of the book are her predictions for the future. Mind you, this book was written in 2007, which I equate with the first iphone. So, maybe she was really optimistic about the future and scientific developments, but living in 2025, I can safely say that 99% of her predictions did not come true. We are supposed to live in bio domes, for example.
This was an easy read, but she was ultimately very wrong.
The first half is all about world religions and what their beliefs are regarding the end of the world. I actually loved it.
She also covered famous psychics and mystics like Edgar Cacey and Nostradamus. It was a great summary of their predictions.
The last part of the book are her predictions for the future. Mind you, this book was written in 2007, which I equate with the first iphone. So, maybe she was really optimistic about the future and scientific developments, but living in 2025, I can safely say that 99% of her predictions did not come true. We are supposed to live in bio domes, for example.
This was an easy read, but she was ultimately very wrong.
May 28, 2020
I found the history of doomsday prophecies quite interesting. Sylvia’s own predictions were mostly far off base so that was disappointing. She got the pneumonia like illness in 2020 right so far, but we don’t know how that turns out yet, so who knows..it did get a bit dull and I’m not sure if I’m that interested in finishing it.
October 25, 2020
Interesting. I enjoyed her presentation of a host of religions -- I notice pagan and witches in particular were not included which is sad because some of the strongest seers and psychics are among them. I was mostly interested in her predictions regarding 2020. The "plague" she saw has happened. Waiting for the ones on the sitting president.
August 13, 2024
I read this because of a social media post that showed she predicted the rona in this book. So I thought I ought to check it out. It was interesting and I enjoyed it for what it was. It was eye opening about the end of days and how we can begin to make changes now to save the planet.
March 13, 2020
The PROPHETIC insights.
October 6, 2020
“The first thing to do when you’re afraid of something is to educate yourself about it as thoroughly as possible” (xi).
Summary:
It’s a fascinating book if you’re interested in religions, prophets, cult leaders, and prophecies about the end of the world. The author gives good descriptions of them. But you will be disappointed with her own prophecies because many of them have already been shown to be false. Her prophecies of dates yet to come are also unrealistic, because they are overly optimistic. It’s funny how she can do all this research into the different end of world prophecies and prophets, almost all of which predict doom and gloom, and still she disagrees with them and puts a positive spin on the end of the world.
In the beginning of the book she lists a bunch of Christian prophecies which failed to come true (3-11). But she doesn’t learn from their mistake, because she commits it herself: by being specific about certain things happening in a certain year.
There is more probable validity of other end of world predictions made in this book by other people, because there are commonalities between them.
The author says that the prophets don’t have anything in common, but I found things they have in common: white race, mostly Catholics.
The cultists also had the white race in common. Both true prophets and false prophets were often born in May.
Surprising:
*About Atlantis: “A variety of sources are convinced that they were extraterrestrials who came to Earth more than 50,000 years ago. They were of human shape, fair skinned, and were giants, averaging from 7-10 ft tall. Excavations have unearthed skeletons that confirm the existence of a race that grew to and exceeded that height. The life span of the Atlanteans were said to be about 800 years, which might explain how they had time to develop their astonishing technology, light-years beyond ours even today. They were able to achieve perfect control of the weather. And because they were virtually addicted to stimulation, they took particular delight in conjuring violent storms for their amusement” (26). Their most common energy source was the crystal. The Tuaoi Stone/Firestone could be charged by nature. Atlantis was destroyed by tuning the crystal to higher frequencies which caused the continent to fall in on itself (27-28).
*1 Thessalonians 5:12-19 said “Do not despise prophesying, but test everything” (76). I thought this was interesting since the notion of faith is opposed to testing things. Prophets seem to be distrusted even by the religious, which tells me that they don’t truly believe.
Religious beliefs on the end of the world:
Zoroastrianism:
In 8000 BC, a man named Zarathustra was born in Iran. He created the Zoroastrianism religion, the first religion to have only one god. The god’s name was Ahura Mazda, a combination of words that translates to ‘Lord Creator’ and ‘Supremely Wise’ (139). A messiah would be born to a virgin, but there is no Satan/devil. God made humans have freewill. In 500 BC, scripture predicted the final days would commence “at the end of the tenth hundredth winter . . . The sun is more unseen” (141). There’ll be a battle between good and evil. Good will triumph and god will purify and cleanse earth with molten metal and fire. Haven’t we already reached the tenth hundredth winter though? 10 x 100 = 1000. 1000 years + 500 BC = 500 AD.
Sioux believe that following these rules will continue the circle of life (51-52):
Respect, honor, & take care of earth and other races
Love, be grateful, humble, kind, honest, responsible
Share feelings and concerns
Aborigine:
“I believe the revival is going to start in Australia when we’re Dreaming” (54). Well, Australia is certainly the first country imposing the harshest lockdown laws and restrictions of freedom when it comes to covid-19. Will the first to be chained also be the first to break free?
Norse (55-57):
A 3 year winter occurs. The sun disappears, then the moon. The dead wake, the earth quakes. The sea is poisoned, then the land and sky. Tsunamis, fires. The gods fight with each other. Everyone dies in the fire except two people and a few gods (Odin’s brother and sons and Thor’s sons). All land sinks into the sea. The World Tree (Yggdrasil) protected the two humans. The cleansed world rises from the sea. The sun and moon return. Peace follows.
Hinduism (113-118)
Each cycle/age is about 427,000 years. We’re currently in the fourth age, the Kali (iron) Age, which is an age of corruption. When the age ends, there will be complete destruction, then an avatar/incarnation of the Supreme Being will appear and bring the age of purity (Golden Age) (114). Vishnu is supposed to appear again soon as Kalki, a white horse, who will “destroy the present world and elevate humanity to a higher plane” (115). “Peculiar, undisciplined barbarians will be vigorously supported by rulers” (115). Sounds like Antifa. There’s a long description of the Kali age, and it sounds a lot like modern times. In the end, no one will live as long as 23 years (118).
Buddhism:
The end of the cycle will be full of hedonism, sexual depravity, social chaos, and lack of physical health (123). After Buddha’s teachings vanish, no one remembers him, and his sacred relics are destroyed by fire, another Buddha will appear (122). He will have a far reaching, heavenly voice, golden skin, eyes like lotus petals (green?) (122-123). He’ll be 80 cubits high (123). I tried to look up how long a cubit is, but it sounded like 17-47 inches. So that’d make this person a giant. Even if the person is 80 inches tall, that’s 6.67 ft.
Judaism End of days date: 2240 (p. 78).
Christianity (61):
Most of the prophecies based in Christianity and Jehovah’s Witness have not come true (3-11, 130-133).
Incorrect: “All good Christians who’ve devoted their lives to the Lord will be risen from the earth to be embraced in the sky and saved for eternity by Jesus” (61). No, it’s only those of Jewish decent.
The Antichrist will sign a 7-year covenant of peace with Israel. God begins to punish people with war, plague, natural disasters, etc. which lasts for 7 years. It ends when the Antichrist breaks the treaty and uses militia to attack Israel. He has a statue of himself in the temple. Jesus returns and destroys the Antichrist, his soldiers, and followers. Peace follows.
(Interestingly, it sounds like God doesn’t want peace in Israel, but God is also against the Antichrist. The Antichrist description above reminded me of Trump. Trump presided over a peace treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates just one month ago. USA Today called Trump “King of Israel.” Shocking! Isn’t that title reserved for Jesus? More reason Trump is like the Antichrist. It’d be ironic if God ends up punishing those who support Trump, since most of his followers are Christians while the opposing side are the Satanic, Atheists, gays, etc. If Trump is the Antichrist, then according to the Bible, the tribulation times start this year and last for 7 years until Trump attacks Israel. But Trump won’t be president anymore after 4 more years.)
Islam
“The Islam faith believes in the final days both Jesus and a descendant of Muhammad will come to earth to combine forces of good against evil and usher in the Apocalypse” (112-113)!
Catholicism
The second physical manifestation of Christ is called Parousia (Greek for presence or coming) (85).
Prophecies that came true:
Hopi (32-36):
They’re waiting for Pahana, the lost White Brother, whose return to Earth marks the beginning of the 5th world. He is not cruel or greedy.
Signs of the 5th world beginning:
1. White skinned men coming and stealing land
2. Spinning (wagon) wheels
3. Long-horned cattle
4. Snakes of iron (railroad tracks)
5. Giant spider’s web (power lines)
6. Rivers of stone (highways) and pictures in the sun (mirages)
7. Sea turning black (oil spills)
8. Long haired youth join the natives to learn from them
9. Dwelling above the earth falls (1979 Skylab falling)
Great destruction is coming. World will rock. White men battle. Smoke and fire (atomic bombs) will cause disease and death. Those who live in the hopi land will be safe. Pahana will return after the destruction.
Cherokee (40-46):
1. Bugs on Black ribbon (cars on roads). Earth will shake violently, throwing the bug into the air (WWI, airplanes).
2. People talk through cobwebs (telephones)
3. Sign of life (cross) in the east will turn on its side (nazi) and be surrounded by death. The sun will rise in the west (Japan attack Pearl Harbor), bringing a second violent shaking, worse than the first (WWII).
4. Ashes fall preventing growth (atom bomb).
5. Eagle will land on the moon (Apollo 11)
6. Sparkling House built in the east welcomes all people (UN headquarters in NYC is a glass monolith)
7. If we don’t come together as a human family, the earth will shake a third time, more violently than ever before (WWIII).
Interesting: Each morning, people should give thanks to Creator, Earth, Sky, relatives, and the 4 sacred directions: east (earth guardian of nourishment and healing), south (wind/sky/air guardian), west (water guardian), north (fire guardian). “All things are connected, all things have purpose. . . . When we die, our souls may be selected to keep living as ghosts in the earthly dimension” (40).
They believe their souls come from the stars in the form of Starseeds (like in SMStars!). When people die, they return to being stars. Their ancestors came from the star cluster Pleiades, which form the eye of the Taurus bull (42). The pine tree is sacred to them (44). Like the Mayan calendar, the Cherokee one also end in 2012. The author says this is because the South Americans migrated north.
Likely to come true:
Lakota (38-39):
Earth is crying for help, and the Star People (aliens) will answer the call. They will hit the earth, making it move and causing the seasons to move up by one. “What has existed for 300 years will no longer exist” (38). “There will be great plagues that you do not understand. Many of these plagues are born from your scientists whose intentions have gone awry. Your scientists have let these monsters loose upon the land. These plagues will spread through your waters and through your blood and through your food because you have disrupted the natural chain through which your Mother [Earth] cleanses herself. Only those who have learned to live on the land will find sanctuary” (39).
Would’ve been nice if the religions and prophets were introduced in chronological order. I had to order them myself in my own notes.
Prophets:
*Saint Malachy (p.104-106) 1094-11/2/1148. From Ireland. Had magical powers. Predicted correctly about the final popes, the first being in 1963. The only one who has yet to come is “Peter the Roman” who is actually Satan, the last Antichrist. He’ll feed people during the tribulations. Rome will fall, and the people will be judged (106). All of the popes predicted correctly went in order without anybody else in between. But after the last correctly predicted pope (Benedict XVI) in 2005, the next one was not Peter, but Francis, AKA Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
*Johannes Friede (1204-1257). Austrian monk. “The alternation between cold and heat will become more intensive [geoengineering], storms will have more catastrophic effects, earthquakes will destroy great regions, seas will overflow many lowlands. Not all of it will be the result of natural causes, but mankind will penetrate into the bowls of the earth [fracking] and will reach into the clouds [satellites, space exploration, directed energy weapons], gambling with its own existence. . . . The age of iron will plunge into nothingness. . . . A new life will begin in nature. The heat means radiation from the earth, the cold the waning light of the sun. Only a few years more and you will become aware that sunlight has grown perceptibly weaker. When even your artificial light will cease to give service, the great event in the heavens will be near” (106-107).
*Nostradamus (p. 183-194) 12/14 or 12/21 1503 - 7/2/1566. France. Jewish lineage, family converted to Christianity, he was raised Catholic.
First antichrist: Napoleon 1769
Second antichrist: Hitler 1889
Third antichrist: Muslim attacker of NYC (2001)
His End of days date: 3797
“In the sky will be seen a fire, dragging a tail of sparks” (192). Sounds like the blue flashes in the sky people see during the abnormally hot fires that level houses but leave trees intact.
After peace, war, famine, and flooding, a mountain 4247 ft in circumference will spread far, drowning great countries (193).
*Isaac Newton (159-161) 12/25/1642-3/20/1726 or 1727 England. He predicted that the world would end in 2060, based on Daniel 12:6-13.
*Helena Blavatsky (162-168) 8/12 or 7/31 1831 - 5/8/1891. Russia. Made correct predictions about science (165). Yet to occur: Atlantis and Lemuria will return. (Atlantean people disappeared 12,000 years ago.) What happened to Atlantis will happen to England and parts of NW European coast (167). In America, a new race(s) will form, altered in mentality and more perfect in spirituality. We’re at the close of the present 5000 year Aryan Kali Yuga or dark age. A age of light will follow (168).
*Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (180-183) 5/22/1859-7/7/1930. Catholic turned Agnostic. Scotland. Predicted much of humanity would die from natural earthquakes and tidal waves. Chaos will last for about three years. The main area of “disturbance will be the Eastern Mediterranean basin, where not less than five countries will entirely disappear” (182). A land will rise in the Atlantic, causing disaster to Irish and western European shores and the Americas. Further great upheavals will occur in Japan and the southern Pacific. “Mankind can be saved by returning to its spiritual values” (183).
*H.G. Wells (168-171) 9/21/1866-8/13/1946. socialist from England. Predicted things in the books he wrote: atom and uranium bombs, tank, military planes, computers, VCRs, news on TV, etc. Not sure that he was really psychic about those things though, or just imaginative. He predicted that we’ll reach a time of peace by the middle of the 21st century.
*Grigori Rasputin (171-179) 1/21/ or 1/9/ 1872 or 1869 - 12/30/1916. Siberia. Christian or Catholic. An immoral man who believed you should sin more so you could be forgiven more. He predicted many true things and healed people. He predicted that if he was killed by nobles, there would be no more nobles in the country. Communism took over after he was killed by nobles (178). He predicted that God’s punishment would come before the century ended (that didn’t come true), and that afterward humanity would live in paradise (179).
*Edgar Cayce (153-158) 3/18/1877-1/3/1945. Protestant from Kentucky. Cured himself of his own illness while under hypnosis. Through his readings of other people, he started to believe in reincarnation (155). He predicted Atlantis and Lemuria returning. Much of current land will be underwater, including much of Japan, New York, southern Carolina, Georgia, etc. “The earth will be broken up in the western portion of America” (157). Jesus will return in the same body he had before (158). He’ll rule for 1000 years, then Satan will return “for a season” (158).
*Padre Pio (p.86-95): 5/25/1887-9/23/1968. Catholic from Italy. Known for the stigmata on his hands and feet. He healed people.
To prove that God is the Master of Creation, angels will cause hurricanes of fire pouring forth from the clouds. Storms, bad weather, thunderbolts, and earthquakes will cover Earth for 2 days. An uninterrupted rain of fire will start on a very cold night (93). The wind will have poisonous gases (93). The earthquakes and fire will stop after 3 nights (94). Peace follows to those that survive. It will be springtime (95).
*Fatima, Portugal children (p. 95-101): On 5/13/1917, Lucia (11), Francisco (9), and Jacinta (7) saw a lady dressed in white appear from the sky. She appeared again after 6 months and asked for a chapel to be built there. The wetness everyone (the kids and a crowd) felt from the rain immediately disappeared. Later, Lucia got visits from Mary, during which Mary told her prophecies. The first prophecy predicted the end to WWI and an aurora borealis before the next WW. The second prophecy predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union. The third prophecy was not supposed to be shared until after 1960. In 1960, the pope refused to reveal its contents because he claimed it didn’t relate to his time. It wasn’t released until 6/26/2000. It was 40 pages, but the passage the author included in this book didn’t really seem to say anything important. I find it suspicious that Lucia didn’t want to release the prophecy until 1960, and then in 1960 it still wasn’t revealed until 2000. Then in 2000, it is revealed but predicts basically nothing. Maybe the third prophecy said something bad about the Catholic church, like that it would be littered with priests sexually abusing kids?
*Maria Esperanza (p.102-104) 11/22/1928-8/7/2004. Venezuela. Catholic. Bore stigmata. Correctly predicted that she’d have 6 girls, 1 boy. There will be a special light from Heaven years before Jesus comes in silence. People will realize his identity slowly. An innocent person he loves will die. He’ll disappear for some days and reappear. When he disappears, people will return to chaos. He’ll multiply himself to help people (103-104).
*Hal Lindsey (11/23/1929), a Christian from Texas, predicted Christ would return no later than 1988 (195). Although that year has passed, I think 1988 could be the birth year of Christ’s new body.
He predicted that there would be a “Revived Roman Empire” ruled by the Antichrist. (Could be the UN.) I find it interesting that he was born one day and one year after Maria Esperanza.
2/13 prophets born in nov: 11/22-11/23
2/13 prophets born in dec: 12/14-12/25
3/13 prophets born in may: 5/13-5/25
False prophets:
Sun myung moon 1/6/1920
Marshall applewhite 5/17/1931 & bonnie nettles 8/29/1927
Jim jones 5/13/1931
Charles manson 11/12/1934
Jeffrey lundgren 5/3/1950
David koresh 8/17/1959
3/7 were born in May (5/3-5/17).
2/7 were born in August (8/17-8/29).
The author listed signs that a cult leader is not a true prophet, but some of those things could be said of Jesus:
Claims his theology is in unique possession of the truth; he’ll make “claims that can’t possibly be proven or disproven—that he’s routinely receiving special orders and insights from God; that he’s a reincarnated messiah or prophet; that God has assigned this mission specifically to him; and that he alone can guide his most faithful followers safely into God’s arms when the inevitable Apocalypse comes, while the sinful nonbelievers on Earth perish” (203).
“Any ‘prophet/messiah’ who claims to have a closer relationship with God than you do is a liar. Any ‘prophet/messiah’ who claims you need him or her in order to communicate with God is a liar” (205). So Catholic priests and popes are all liars? Good to know.
“Any ‘prophet/messiah’ who claims it is God’s will that you cause harm to yourself or to any other living being is a liar” (206). But in the Bible, God DID tell his people to kill (DEUTERONOMY 33:27). Even the apocalypse itself is God unleashing his murderous wrath upon humanity! Moses, Jesus, and Paul were just more cult leaders.
See my comment below for the author’s own predictions.
Summary:
It’s a fascinating book if you’re interested in religions, prophets, cult leaders, and prophecies about the end of the world. The author gives good descriptions of them. But you will be disappointed with her own prophecies because many of them have already been shown to be false. Her prophecies of dates yet to come are also unrealistic, because they are overly optimistic. It’s funny how she can do all this research into the different end of world prophecies and prophets, almost all of which predict doom and gloom, and still she disagrees with them and puts a positive spin on the end of the world.
In the beginning of the book she lists a bunch of Christian prophecies which failed to come true (3-11). But she doesn’t learn from their mistake, because she commits it herself: by being specific about certain things happening in a certain year.
There is more probable validity of other end of world predictions made in this book by other people, because there are commonalities between them.
The author says that the prophets don’t have anything in common, but I found things they have in common: white race, mostly Catholics.
The cultists also had the white race in common. Both true prophets and false prophets were often born in May.
Surprising:
*About Atlantis: “A variety of sources are convinced that they were extraterrestrials who came to Earth more than 50,000 years ago. They were of human shape, fair skinned, and were giants, averaging from 7-10 ft tall. Excavations have unearthed skeletons that confirm the existence of a race that grew to and exceeded that height. The life span of the Atlanteans were said to be about 800 years, which might explain how they had time to develop their astonishing technology, light-years beyond ours even today. They were able to achieve perfect control of the weather. And because they were virtually addicted to stimulation, they took particular delight in conjuring violent storms for their amusement” (26). Their most common energy source was the crystal. The Tuaoi Stone/Firestone could be charged by nature. Atlantis was destroyed by tuning the crystal to higher frequencies which caused the continent to fall in on itself (27-28).
*1 Thessalonians 5:12-19 said “Do not despise prophesying, but test everything” (76). I thought this was interesting since the notion of faith is opposed to testing things. Prophets seem to be distrusted even by the religious, which tells me that they don’t truly believe.
Religious beliefs on the end of the world:
Zoroastrianism:
In 8000 BC, a man named Zarathustra was born in Iran. He created the Zoroastrianism religion, the first religion to have only one god. The god’s name was Ahura Mazda, a combination of words that translates to ‘Lord Creator’ and ‘Supremely Wise’ (139). A messiah would be born to a virgin, but there is no Satan/devil. God made humans have freewill. In 500 BC, scripture predicted the final days would commence “at the end of the tenth hundredth winter . . . The sun is more unseen” (141). There’ll be a battle between good and evil. Good will triumph and god will purify and cleanse earth with molten metal and fire. Haven’t we already reached the tenth hundredth winter though? 10 x 100 = 1000. 1000 years + 500 BC = 500 AD.
Sioux believe that following these rules will continue the circle of life (51-52):
Respect, honor, & take care of earth and other races
Love, be grateful, humble, kind, honest, responsible
Share feelings and concerns
Aborigine:
“I believe the revival is going to start in Australia when we’re Dreaming” (54). Well, Australia is certainly the first country imposing the harshest lockdown laws and restrictions of freedom when it comes to covid-19. Will the first to be chained also be the first to break free?
Norse (55-57):
A 3 year winter occurs. The sun disappears, then the moon. The dead wake, the earth quakes. The sea is poisoned, then the land and sky. Tsunamis, fires. The gods fight with each other. Everyone dies in the fire except two people and a few gods (Odin’s brother and sons and Thor’s sons). All land sinks into the sea. The World Tree (Yggdrasil) protected the two humans. The cleansed world rises from the sea. The sun and moon return. Peace follows.
Hinduism (113-118)
Each cycle/age is about 427,000 years. We’re currently in the fourth age, the Kali (iron) Age, which is an age of corruption. When the age ends, there will be complete destruction, then an avatar/incarnation of the Supreme Being will appear and bring the age of purity (Golden Age) (114). Vishnu is supposed to appear again soon as Kalki, a white horse, who will “destroy the present world and elevate humanity to a higher plane” (115). “Peculiar, undisciplined barbarians will be vigorously supported by rulers” (115). Sounds like Antifa. There’s a long description of the Kali age, and it sounds a lot like modern times. In the end, no one will live as long as 23 years (118).
Buddhism:
The end of the cycle will be full of hedonism, sexual depravity, social chaos, and lack of physical health (123). After Buddha’s teachings vanish, no one remembers him, and his sacred relics are destroyed by fire, another Buddha will appear (122). He will have a far reaching, heavenly voice, golden skin, eyes like lotus petals (green?) (122-123). He’ll be 80 cubits high (123). I tried to look up how long a cubit is, but it sounded like 17-47 inches. So that’d make this person a giant. Even if the person is 80 inches tall, that’s 6.67 ft.
Judaism End of days date: 2240 (p. 78).
Christianity (61):
Most of the prophecies based in Christianity and Jehovah’s Witness have not come true (3-11, 130-133).
Incorrect: “All good Christians who’ve devoted their lives to the Lord will be risen from the earth to be embraced in the sky and saved for eternity by Jesus” (61). No, it’s only those of Jewish decent.
The Antichrist will sign a 7-year covenant of peace with Israel. God begins to punish people with war, plague, natural disasters, etc. which lasts for 7 years. It ends when the Antichrist breaks the treaty and uses militia to attack Israel. He has a statue of himself in the temple. Jesus returns and destroys the Antichrist, his soldiers, and followers. Peace follows.
(Interestingly, it sounds like God doesn’t want peace in Israel, but God is also against the Antichrist. The Antichrist description above reminded me of Trump. Trump presided over a peace treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates just one month ago. USA Today called Trump “King of Israel.” Shocking! Isn’t that title reserved for Jesus? More reason Trump is like the Antichrist. It’d be ironic if God ends up punishing those who support Trump, since most of his followers are Christians while the opposing side are the Satanic, Atheists, gays, etc. If Trump is the Antichrist, then according to the Bible, the tribulation times start this year and last for 7 years until Trump attacks Israel. But Trump won’t be president anymore after 4 more years.)
Islam
“The Islam faith believes in the final days both Jesus and a descendant of Muhammad will come to earth to combine forces of good against evil and usher in the Apocalypse” (112-113)!
Catholicism
The second physical manifestation of Christ is called Parousia (Greek for presence or coming) (85).
Prophecies that came true:
Hopi (32-36):
They’re waiting for Pahana, the lost White Brother, whose return to Earth marks the beginning of the 5th world. He is not cruel or greedy.
Signs of the 5th world beginning:
1. White skinned men coming and stealing land
2. Spinning (wagon) wheels
3. Long-horned cattle
4. Snakes of iron (railroad tracks)
5. Giant spider’s web (power lines)
6. Rivers of stone (highways) and pictures in the sun (mirages)
7. Sea turning black (oil spills)
8. Long haired youth join the natives to learn from them
9. Dwelling above the earth falls (1979 Skylab falling)
Great destruction is coming. World will rock. White men battle. Smoke and fire (atomic bombs) will cause disease and death. Those who live in the hopi land will be safe. Pahana will return after the destruction.
Cherokee (40-46):
1. Bugs on Black ribbon (cars on roads). Earth will shake violently, throwing the bug into the air (WWI, airplanes).
2. People talk through cobwebs (telephones)
3. Sign of life (cross) in the east will turn on its side (nazi) and be surrounded by death. The sun will rise in the west (Japan attack Pearl Harbor), bringing a second violent shaking, worse than the first (WWII).
4. Ashes fall preventing growth (atom bomb).
5. Eagle will land on the moon (Apollo 11)
6. Sparkling House built in the east welcomes all people (UN headquarters in NYC is a glass monolith)
7. If we don’t come together as a human family, the earth will shake a third time, more violently than ever before (WWIII).
Interesting: Each morning, people should give thanks to Creator, Earth, Sky, relatives, and the 4 sacred directions: east (earth guardian of nourishment and healing), south (wind/sky/air guardian), west (water guardian), north (fire guardian). “All things are connected, all things have purpose. . . . When we die, our souls may be selected to keep living as ghosts in the earthly dimension” (40).
They believe their souls come from the stars in the form of Starseeds (like in SMStars!). When people die, they return to being stars. Their ancestors came from the star cluster Pleiades, which form the eye of the Taurus bull (42). The pine tree is sacred to them (44). Like the Mayan calendar, the Cherokee one also end in 2012. The author says this is because the South Americans migrated north.
Likely to come true:
Lakota (38-39):
Earth is crying for help, and the Star People (aliens) will answer the call. They will hit the earth, making it move and causing the seasons to move up by one. “What has existed for 300 years will no longer exist” (38). “There will be great plagues that you do not understand. Many of these plagues are born from your scientists whose intentions have gone awry. Your scientists have let these monsters loose upon the land. These plagues will spread through your waters and through your blood and through your food because you have disrupted the natural chain through which your Mother [Earth] cleanses herself. Only those who have learned to live on the land will find sanctuary” (39).
Would’ve been nice if the religions and prophets were introduced in chronological order. I had to order them myself in my own notes.
Prophets:
*Saint Malachy (p.104-106) 1094-11/2/1148. From Ireland. Had magical powers. Predicted correctly about the final popes, the first being in 1963. The only one who has yet to come is “Peter the Roman” who is actually Satan, the last Antichrist. He’ll feed people during the tribulations. Rome will fall, and the people will be judged (106). All of the popes predicted correctly went in order without anybody else in between. But after the last correctly predicted pope (Benedict XVI) in 2005, the next one was not Peter, but Francis, AKA Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
*Johannes Friede (1204-1257). Austrian monk. “The alternation between cold and heat will become more intensive [geoengineering], storms will have more catastrophic effects, earthquakes will destroy great regions, seas will overflow many lowlands. Not all of it will be the result of natural causes, but mankind will penetrate into the bowls of the earth [fracking] and will reach into the clouds [satellites, space exploration, directed energy weapons], gambling with its own existence. . . . The age of iron will plunge into nothingness. . . . A new life will begin in nature. The heat means radiation from the earth, the cold the waning light of the sun. Only a few years more and you will become aware that sunlight has grown perceptibly weaker. When even your artificial light will cease to give service, the great event in the heavens will be near” (106-107).
*Nostradamus (p. 183-194) 12/14 or 12/21 1503 - 7/2/1566. France. Jewish lineage, family converted to Christianity, he was raised Catholic.
First antichrist: Napoleon 1769
Second antichrist: Hitler 1889
Third antichrist: Muslim attacker of NYC (2001)
His End of days date: 3797
“In the sky will be seen a fire, dragging a tail of sparks” (192). Sounds like the blue flashes in the sky people see during the abnormally hot fires that level houses but leave trees intact.
After peace, war, famine, and flooding, a mountain 4247 ft in circumference will spread far, drowning great countries (193).
*Isaac Newton (159-161) 12/25/1642-3/20/1726 or 1727 England. He predicted that the world would end in 2060, based on Daniel 12:6-13.
*Helena Blavatsky (162-168) 8/12 or 7/31 1831 - 5/8/1891. Russia. Made correct predictions about science (165). Yet to occur: Atlantis and Lemuria will return. (Atlantean people disappeared 12,000 years ago.) What happened to Atlantis will happen to England and parts of NW European coast (167). In America, a new race(s) will form, altered in mentality and more perfect in spirituality. We’re at the close of the present 5000 year Aryan Kali Yuga or dark age. A age of light will follow (168).
*Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (180-183) 5/22/1859-7/7/1930. Catholic turned Agnostic. Scotland. Predicted much of humanity would die from natural earthquakes and tidal waves. Chaos will last for about three years. The main area of “disturbance will be the Eastern Mediterranean basin, where not less than five countries will entirely disappear” (182). A land will rise in the Atlantic, causing disaster to Irish and western European shores and the Americas. Further great upheavals will occur in Japan and the southern Pacific. “Mankind can be saved by returning to its spiritual values” (183).
*H.G. Wells (168-171) 9/21/1866-8/13/1946. socialist from England. Predicted things in the books he wrote: atom and uranium bombs, tank, military planes, computers, VCRs, news on TV, etc. Not sure that he was really psychic about those things though, or just imaginative. He predicted that we’ll reach a time of peace by the middle of the 21st century.
*Grigori Rasputin (171-179) 1/21/ or 1/9/ 1872 or 1869 - 12/30/1916. Siberia. Christian or Catholic. An immoral man who believed you should sin more so you could be forgiven more. He predicted many true things and healed people. He predicted that if he was killed by nobles, there would be no more nobles in the country. Communism took over after he was killed by nobles (178). He predicted that God’s punishment would come before the century ended (that didn’t come true), and that afterward humanity would live in paradise (179).
*Edgar Cayce (153-158) 3/18/1877-1/3/1945. Protestant from Kentucky. Cured himself of his own illness while under hypnosis. Through his readings of other people, he started to believe in reincarnation (155). He predicted Atlantis and Lemuria returning. Much of current land will be underwater, including much of Japan, New York, southern Carolina, Georgia, etc. “The earth will be broken up in the western portion of America” (157). Jesus will return in the same body he had before (158). He’ll rule for 1000 years, then Satan will return “for a season” (158).
*Padre Pio (p.86-95): 5/25/1887-9/23/1968. Catholic from Italy. Known for the stigmata on his hands and feet. He healed people.
To prove that God is the Master of Creation, angels will cause hurricanes of fire pouring forth from the clouds. Storms, bad weather, thunderbolts, and earthquakes will cover Earth for 2 days. An uninterrupted rain of fire will start on a very cold night (93). The wind will have poisonous gases (93). The earthquakes and fire will stop after 3 nights (94). Peace follows to those that survive. It will be springtime (95).
*Fatima, Portugal children (p. 95-101): On 5/13/1917, Lucia (11), Francisco (9), and Jacinta (7) saw a lady dressed in white appear from the sky. She appeared again after 6 months and asked for a chapel to be built there. The wetness everyone (the kids and a crowd) felt from the rain immediately disappeared. Later, Lucia got visits from Mary, during which Mary told her prophecies. The first prophecy predicted the end to WWI and an aurora borealis before the next WW. The second prophecy predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union. The third prophecy was not supposed to be shared until after 1960. In 1960, the pope refused to reveal its contents because he claimed it didn’t relate to his time. It wasn’t released until 6/26/2000. It was 40 pages, but the passage the author included in this book didn’t really seem to say anything important. I find it suspicious that Lucia didn’t want to release the prophecy until 1960, and then in 1960 it still wasn’t revealed until 2000. Then in 2000, it is revealed but predicts basically nothing. Maybe the third prophecy said something bad about the Catholic church, like that it would be littered with priests sexually abusing kids?
*Maria Esperanza (p.102-104) 11/22/1928-8/7/2004. Venezuela. Catholic. Bore stigmata. Correctly predicted that she’d have 6 girls, 1 boy. There will be a special light from Heaven years before Jesus comes in silence. People will realize his identity slowly. An innocent person he loves will die. He’ll disappear for some days and reappear. When he disappears, people will return to chaos. He’ll multiply himself to help people (103-104).
*Hal Lindsey (11/23/1929), a Christian from Texas, predicted Christ would return no later than 1988 (195). Although that year has passed, I think 1988 could be the birth year of Christ’s new body.
He predicted that there would be a “Revived Roman Empire” ruled by the Antichrist. (Could be the UN.) I find it interesting that he was born one day and one year after Maria Esperanza.
2/13 prophets born in nov: 11/22-11/23
2/13 prophets born in dec: 12/14-12/25
3/13 prophets born in may: 5/13-5/25
False prophets:
Sun myung moon 1/6/1920
Marshall applewhite 5/17/1931 & bonnie nettles 8/29/1927
Jim jones 5/13/1931
Charles manson 11/12/1934
Jeffrey lundgren 5/3/1950
David koresh 8/17/1959
3/7 were born in May (5/3-5/17).
2/7 were born in August (8/17-8/29).
The author listed signs that a cult leader is not a true prophet, but some of those things could be said of Jesus:
Claims his theology is in unique possession of the truth; he’ll make “claims that can’t possibly be proven or disproven—that he’s routinely receiving special orders and insights from God; that he’s a reincarnated messiah or prophet; that God has assigned this mission specifically to him; and that he alone can guide his most faithful followers safely into God’s arms when the inevitable Apocalypse comes, while the sinful nonbelievers on Earth perish” (203).
“Any ‘prophet/messiah’ who claims to have a closer relationship with God than you do is a liar. Any ‘prophet/messiah’ who claims you need him or her in order to communicate with God is a liar” (205). So Catholic priests and popes are all liars? Good to know.
“Any ‘prophet/messiah’ who claims it is God’s will that you cause harm to yourself or to any other living being is a liar” (206). But in the Bible, God DID tell his people to kill (DEUTERONOMY 33:27). Even the apocalypse itself is God unleashing his murderous wrath upon humanity! Moses, Jesus, and Paul were just more cult leaders.
See my comment below for the author’s own predictions.
June 20, 2020
It is nice book to read specially if someone is worrying how the world would end.
March 27, 2020
Click here for my video review: https://youtu.be/UJOxV0q3HK0
This book was released in 2008 when I feel people were scared the world would come to an end in 2012 due to the Mayan calendar. The first 3/4th of the book is pretty interesting where she talks about the various civilizations like the Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, Navajo, Hopi and how they prophesied how the world would end. I love reading about civilizations so I found this section to be very interesting!
After she talks about the civilizations, the author drills into the various religions on how they perceive good and evil. Later on, she touches on the famous people in history like Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Issac Newton, Nostradamus and HG Wells and how they predicted the future during their time. Moreover, the author also briefly mentions about the various cults like the Manson murders, Heavens Gate and David Koresh and how people blindly believed them and their prophecies because they perceived to be the next God incarnate. Until this point, I was still engrossed in the book because it focused on the past mainly and how people from the specific era looked at the future.
But after all this, the author starts giving her predictions about how the world will be in the next 100 years or so because she is after all a psychic. She gives a lot of predictions out of which, the famous one in the spotlight is:
In around 2020 a severe pneumonia -like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments. . Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived , attack again ten years later, and the disappears completely .
To be honest, of ALL the things that she predicts, this is probably the only one that has come true. Since this book released in 2008, she predicts a lot of things that should have happened from 2010 to 2019. But in reality most of which did not! I think the author is very lucky because of all the random stuff that she predicts, only this ONE thing about the pandemic is true. In the end, I feel it is a big coincidence or just luck to put her in the spotlight. I don’t believe that the author predicted this 12 years back and feel it is a sheer coincidence. But overall, I thought this book was OK because there are some interesting facts the author provides of various civilizations. It was also interesting to see the author’s perspective of people’s predictions from the past.
This book was released in 2008 when I feel people were scared the world would come to an end in 2012 due to the Mayan calendar. The first 3/4th of the book is pretty interesting where she talks about the various civilizations like the Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, Navajo, Hopi and how they prophesied how the world would end. I love reading about civilizations so I found this section to be very interesting!
After she talks about the civilizations, the author drills into the various religions on how they perceive good and evil. Later on, she touches on the famous people in history like Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Issac Newton, Nostradamus and HG Wells and how they predicted the future during their time. Moreover, the author also briefly mentions about the various cults like the Manson murders, Heavens Gate and David Koresh and how people blindly believed them and their prophecies because they perceived to be the next God incarnate. Until this point, I was still engrossed in the book because it focused on the past mainly and how people from the specific era looked at the future.
But after all this, the author starts giving her predictions about how the world will be in the next 100 years or so because she is after all a psychic. She gives a lot of predictions out of which, the famous one in the spotlight is:
In around 2020 a severe pneumonia -like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments. . Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived , attack again ten years later, and the disappears completely .
To be honest, of ALL the things that she predicts, this is probably the only one that has come true. Since this book released in 2008, she predicts a lot of things that should have happened from 2010 to 2019. But in reality most of which did not! I think the author is very lucky because of all the random stuff that she predicts, only this ONE thing about the pandemic is true. In the end, I feel it is a big coincidence or just luck to put her in the spotlight. I don’t believe that the author predicted this 12 years back and feel it is a sheer coincidence. But overall, I thought this book was OK because there are some interesting facts the author provides of various civilizations. It was also interesting to see the author’s perspective of people’s predictions from the past.
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January 29, 2021Why I'm interested in this book at the first place
Book #2 of the two known books connected to the "prediction" of Covid-19 . I'll leave these two links below, as reference, a good start before you reading it.
https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/syl...
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/syl...
What do I think of this book... now that I've done reading it
Okay, I admitted that I skipped to the most mentioned section of the book, to see it for myself. (It's under Chapter Seven, you're welcome)
Overall, it's fascinating to see the rest of her predictions, although some of it did not manifested.
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Get this
1. If you *are* as curious as me when this book went viral these days.
2. If you've read/a fan of Nostradamus and his writings.
3. If you have deep interest on metaphysics.
Book #2 of the two known books connected to the "prediction" of Covid-19 . I'll leave these two links below, as reference, a good start before you reading it.
https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/syl...
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/syl...
What do I think of this book... now that I've done reading it
Okay, I admitted that I skipped to the most mentioned section of the book, to see it for myself. (It's under Chapter Seven, you're welcome)
Overall, it's fascinating to see the rest of her predictions, although some of it did not manifested.
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Get this
1. If you *are* as curious as me when this book went viral these days.
2. If you've read/a fan of Nostradamus and his writings.
3. If you have deep interest on metaphysics.
July 29, 2008
First, let me say that I am not necessarily a Sylvia Browne fan, but I do find her to be both interesting and worthy of consideration.
I was disappointed in the first six chapters of the book in that they were just a textbook report on how other people and religions viewed the end of times. Perhaps it was necessary backdrop for Ms. Browne's prophecies but it felt more like filler than substance.
However, in rendering her predictions and observations she did not disappoint. She was very much to the point and rolled out her opinion without apology or reservation. So many times people try to couch their prognostications in double speak thereby leaving themselves wiggle room to back track and say, "What I meant was" this or you misinterpreted that. Ms. Browne is straight forward and her status as a prophetess will undoubtedly be judged from much of what she puts forth here.
I was disappointed in the first six chapters of the book in that they were just a textbook report on how other people and religions viewed the end of times. Perhaps it was necessary backdrop for Ms. Browne's prophecies but it felt more like filler than substance.
However, in rendering her predictions and observations she did not disappoint. She was very much to the point and rolled out her opinion without apology or reservation. So many times people try to couch their prognostications in double speak thereby leaving themselves wiggle room to back track and say, "What I meant was" this or you misinterpreted that. Ms. Browne is straight forward and her status as a prophetess will undoubtedly be judged from much of what she puts forth here.
August 17, 2019
Another of the many books written by psychic Sylvia Browne, End of Days: Predictions and Prophecies About the End of the World, is entertaining and certainly thought-provoking. After having read a few of her other books I was ready for (curious about) more of her spirit-guided insights about the afterlife. Whether you believe it or not, it does make you think about what lies beyond our current lives. This one is focused, as the title implies, on predictions about the end of the world as we know it from various sources including religious books, prophecies, psychics, and more. Whether you read this and other books by this author as a believer or primarily as entertainment and an escape from everything else happening today, you will most likely find it worth your time.
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