Chapter 1 PROPHECY
Chapter 2 FACE OF DARKNESS
Chapter 3 SLEEPWALKING  THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE
Chapter 4  IT's TOO LATE
Chapter 5 WEB OF LIFE
Chapter 6 PROPHETIC HEART

"The only real danger that exists is man himself. He is the great danger, and we are pitifully unaware of it. We know nothing of man, far too little. His psyche should be studied, because we are the origin of all coming evil." JUNG

The film invites comparison between various natural and man-made phenomena.  The documentary’s narrative structure is a series of interviews that either directly or indirectly deals with several core themes, principally the concept of Prophecy. From Druids to Celts, Christians to American Indians, societies throughout history have recognized groups or individuals as having supernatural powers to foretell the future. To its peril, modernity has dismissed prophets as scientifically improvable relics of a “primitive” past, and the process of Westernization has eviscerated Native American and other cultures which rely on and spread prophetic tradition. But humanity is failing to resuscitate the power of prophecy even as modernization fails to infuse human life with meaning. Millions may be rejecting Western Judeo-Christian culture for the spiritual tools of humanity’s most ancient ancestors, but billions still fail to see the light. This documentary explores the life-shifting theme of prophecy through interviews with the seers like Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Dr. Peter Russell and Sunny Baba.  This documentary also postulates that a fundamental shift in human consciousness is possible. But like the rising of the sun and inevitable tug of the Earth’s magnetic forces, the prophecies contained here will show that Earth and Universe will correct our missteps whether we like it or not, whether we embrace new ways or stick blindly to old failures. Prophecy, in other words, may be a window into the inevitable Universal correction that lies ahead.
Another theme is revival of an ancient calling for native connection to the Earth. Popular works such as Joseph Campbell’s book The Power of Myth have spawned a revival of public interest in mythic literature and symbols, some of which point to this theme. This documentary will capture themes espoused, for example, by the Hildegard of Bingen, 12th century German abbess, mystic, author, and composer of music. Her message, as relevant today as in her time, is the need to shift from an egological to an ecological consciousness.  What happens when that shift occurs?  In the words of Jesse Wolfe Harden, “It’s then, grounded in this spinning globe of rock and flesh, we can feel most comfortable shifting our gaze for awhile.... from the living Earth we’re each an inseparable extension of, upwards to the fecund cosmos we and this planet lie forever bedded with and in.”

Related to the theme of prophecy is the concept of apocalypticism, which holds that vital information about human existence is currently unseen by humans but will eventually be revealed in a shocking and transformative way. Interviews, images and voice-over narrative will explore the theme of the apocalypse. Why the apocalypse, a subject which prompts knee jerk reaction? Few realize the degree to which apocalyptic themes influence social and political systems. The Millennial Year 2000 scare is an obvious example. Numerous works of art, books, films and television shows have used it. Politicians use it to demonize enemies and to paint political struggles as cosmological battles between good and evil (an approach perfected by the Bush administration). The theme is also central to political and religious movements such as Christian Zionism and Jehovah’s Witnesses.

It is also a window into a related insight that is underscored throughout this film: that humanity is undergoing a complete redefinition of man’s relationship to the Creator. Central to this assertion is a discussion of, and reporting on, the relationship of the apocalypse to the Jungian archetype. Briefly, the intersection of the two themes symbolizes a new stage of psychological maturation for humanity, a revealing of what is hidden, of our inner God, the bearer of good and evil. The notion can be viewed as creative destruction, a leveling of what is and has been to make room for a new rebirth. Apocalypse is the Self’s emergence into a field of conscious realization. In a sense, the apocalypse, as it relates to Jungian theory, is a shift of the God-image, a turning of humanity’s collective self, a turning from the desire to make part of the unconscious within us emerge as consciousness.