For thousands of years, cultures around the world have contemplated our planet’s looming end, the last judgment, and the hereafter. Futuristic visions, symbolism, and messianic themes mark un-canonical apocalyptic literature between c. 200 B.C. and A.D. 200; and for hundreds of years, each new generation has poured over poetic verses (quatrains) contained within Nostradamus’ ten books called Centuries. Since the age of the Renaissance, writings of this mid-16th century French sage-prophet have awed mystics seeking alleged enlightenment. Coupled with stark realism his dreadful, confusing visions captivate the imaginations of forward-looking sleuths. Accordingly, by means of twelve episodes on three DVDs, the HISTORY™ Channel visits the most chilling of Nostradamus’ end-time prophecies, as well as those derived from mythology, hieroglyphs, and other ancient texts. Correlating findings with today’s front-page news is called the “Nostradamus Effect.” - Debra Rae

Creative Destruction is not a new concept. It is, however, a new-age term for the Hegelian Dialectic. Call it what you want, the global results are the same. In order to achieve one-world governance, existing systems all over the globe had to be dismantled and eliminated. For instance, national sovereignty, national loyalty, national patriotism, personally selected lifestyles, individual beliefs and preferences, and naturally occurring communities versus socially engineered "communities" had to be dismantled, eliminated, and redefined by think tankers financed by philanthropic and government money. In order to achieve such a tremendous undertaking, money (specifically wages) had to be strategically controlled. Hence, the wildly successful America had to eliminate its jobs. Jobs = wages. Wages = personally selected lifestyles, individual beliefs and preferences, and naturally occurring communities. -Nancy Levant

"Build it and they will come" ­ is the phrase behind most of our dreams, but we have failed to fall in love with life so we built our fantasies on the ever-shifting sands of inauthentic lives. We should not be surprised then, that everything is crumbling now, or that there are almost no answers anywhere because we put our faith in all the wrong places, and especially in the wrong people. We have allowed our owners to capture all the fresh young years of youth; to imprison the young so that they never have the chance to ask all those vital questions such as 'why is the sky blue', or where does life come from? That 'experience' is then very quickly expanded into an educational system that has nothing to do with education and everything to do with blind obedience. The result is that there is no time for dreaming, for imagination or for "What-ifs."

Eric Anderson presents a great response to this question - Is Patriotism Sin? Every Fourth of July, Americans observe Independence Day—a holiday commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. We celebrate publicly with parades and marching bands, patriotic speeches, and displays of fireworks. Flags fly from shops and homes; public office buildings get decked in the red, white and blue of the American flag.

This magazine has been watching Joseph Ratzinger for a long time. As we have watched, we have followed his course from chief confidante of the late Pope John Paul ii to his enthronement as pope and then on throughout the past four years of his controversial papacy. As we have watched this leading religious figure, we have monitored his involvement in a clandestine project of the Vatican that was documented in Bible prophecy almost 2,000 years ago and which remained a mystery until fully exposed within the last two decades. Now, as Benedict xvi prepares for his upcoming visit to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan this May—a tour incorporating his first visit to Israel since being elected pope—it is crucial that the Vatican agenda for the city of Jerusalem be publicized. - Ron Fraser

Do your words get you into trouble? Have you ever said something you wish you hadn’t? Do you say the wrong thing at the wrong time? Here is how to use your tongue wisely! By Gareth Fraser

Subject: Universal Planet Movers Revisited The day the earth stood still was written in Joshua Chapter 10 Verses 12 to 15 in the Bible and revisited by Immanuel Velikovsky in 1949 in "World's in Collision". He theorized Venus in an irregular orbit flew near to the Earth and caused the Earth to stop for a day. The way he writes about the day circa 1400 to 1700 BC he sees some sort of temporary tidal lock and then the Earth starts rotating again. If such a close encounter did happen the crust of the Earth would have been severely displaced twice and we would still be in caves 3400 to 3700 years later. By Zuerrnnovahh-Starr Livingstone

We would like to take a few minutes of your time to prevent you from making a terrible mistake that may have disastrous results for many. You have always without a doubt heard and read much about the political crises in the Middle East in which the State of Israel plays a central role. This is, in fact, an ongoing series of crises with potential to bring the greatest misfortune on the entire world. Tragically many believe that Zionism and Judaism are identical. Thus they conclude that the entire Jewish people is responsible for the actions of the Zionist government and the world crises which emanates from it. This is a Grave Error! http://www.nkusa.org

"Judaism Discovered," Michael Hoffman's monumental new work on Judaism is subtitled, "A Study of the Anti-Biblical Religion of Racism, Self-Worship, Superstition and Deceit." But, what does Hoffman really think of Judaism? By Henry Makow, PhD

Everybody knows things are bad in the world. Everything is not peachy. The problems are innumerable, the economy, our freedoms, our happiness, our quality of life, we are suffering in all aspects of life and though we hope for a better future we feel as though the things which are outside of our control will only get worse. The situation we are in is overwhelming, we feel like there is something we can do but we don't know what to do! Whenever anyone is faced with this overwhelming situation, the question always becomes "what do we do about it?" Do we run out on the streets? Do we protest and go on strike? People do not really know what to do, they just do nothing or else they go and look for an out to it all. They join some political party or they become religious or they start drinking or taking drugs. They try to make money or work their way out of it, or they try to pleasure their way out of it with food or sex.