Various tribal traditions amongst Native North American's tell of the coming of a time of great confusion and calamity; during this time the Earth itself would fall sick; the forests would be blighted and the fish would die in the waters of poisoned streams.

The North American Hopi say we are now living in this time that they call "the end of the fourth world." The first two worlds were destroyed through fire and floods; the third world was destroyed in a universal deluge while the fate of this world now hangs in the balance. The first three worlds had been destroyed after they became over-populated and air travel and the construction of great cities, amongst other things, made people forget the Creator. According to the Hopi elders: "More and more of the people became wholly occupied with their own earthly plans…man had everything he needed but wanted more…man kept trading for things he didn't need and the more goods he got the more he wanted." (Sound familiar?)

In the course of time more cities were built and various peoples went to war with each other, sometimes even using aircraft to attack each other. "So," say the Hopi elders, "corruption and war came to the third world as it had done to the others."

We are now seeing the same process repeat itself and in response the "Warriors of the Rainbow" are destined to appear; they will not be able to stop the impending changes but in the words of Lee Brown at the 1986 Continental Indigenous Council in Fairbanks, Alaska, they would "cushion it." In other words they will reduce the overall impact and avert total destruction.

According to various traditions the "Warriors of the Rainbow" would be needed to restore mankind and the Earth itself to health; to help accomplish this they would teach the respect for nature that had once been an integral part of many ancient cultures, including Native American. In the process they would encounter mountains of ignorance and hatred but along the way they would also find willing hearts and minds to help them. Naturally you may object that this all remains to be seen. However this writer feels that that we will see all this come to pass in the next 10 to 15 years and more importantly we will see how successful the Warriors of the Rainbow have been in their quest.
Sources: Earth Changes, Get Ready by Mark Eagle Eyes and Lee Browns address to the Continental Indigenous Council, 1986, featured in the Seeker no 3. Graham Hancock.com. With thanks to Alan N. Jameson and Charles Mallet.

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Picture below are fossilized rock formations at Jennings Randolph Lake, West Virginia. Photo courtesy rense.com