The Death of the Planet

ebook John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

By John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

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A psychographed work from 1911, but totally current thanks to the vigorous imagination of the author. A magician full of powers travels through different epochs in time, arriving at a not-too-distant future with news that will affect the planet Earth as a whole. Then, the characters become aware of the impending reality.
"For many days the temperature had become less and less pleasant. It was heavy, dense and saturated with a caustic aroma that made breathing difficult. Through the gray sky the sunlight no longer penetrated and something ominous hovered in that pale gloom What, then, was everyone's horror when in the morning the dawn did not come; as the clocks struck noon, but the darkness not only had not dissipated but became more pronounced? A black dome seemed to have descended on the Earth...
Soon after, something even more unusual and terrible began. Gliding with incredible speed, it began to pass, as in a live movie, the entire history of the world, from the present day to the most distant and remote times.
At that moment, a broad ray of light shone from space, spreading out, seeming to open the firmament, and in that resplendent background, surrounded by legions of clear spirits, appeared the figure of Christ in all his divine magnificence and eternal sacred glory...

The Death of the Planet