An ancient genre of literature has been trying for generations to convey the seasons of our existence and the cycles of power and empire that dominate our imagination. Apocalyptic literature uses symbols to show us that the end of the world as we know will most likely come in our lifetimes. Modern writers like Brueggemann, Hedges, Girard, Strauss, and Howe have prepared the way by illuminating the cycles we seem to be caught in and how they climax in painful and revelatory times. This episode nerds out on all things apocalypse. There is enough woo-woo here for all the wizards in the room.