Prophecies to
be Fulfilled --
Dan Evehema, Hopi
Elder
[From The Hopi Survival Kit by Thomas E. Mails & Chief Dan Evehema]
"The time will come when from the earth will arise a mystic fog which
will dilute the minds and hearts of all people. Their guidelines of wisdom
and knowledge will falter, the Great Laws of our Creator will dissolve in
the minds of people. Children will be out of control and will no longer obey
the leaders, immorality and the competitive war of greed will flourish.
"When the end is near, we will see a halo of mist around the heavenly
bodies. Four times it will appear around the sun as a warning that we must
reform, telling us that people of all color must unite and arise for survival,
and that we must uncover the causes of our dilemmas. Unless man-made weapons
are used to strike first, peace will then come.
"So the time will come when we will experience late springs and early
frosts, this will be the sign of the returning Ice Age.
"We believe militarism is born out of injustice, poverty and ignorance
where absolute governments refuse to hear the grievances of minorities. So
the people resort to violence, demonstrations and even terrorism when they
see no other way to be heard. What can we do when our world leaders and the
people are acting like fools in attempts to solve the problems confronting
us? Once again we will quote the prophecy of our Elders. We hope it will
interest you so that you will be more aware of it because it has been happening
for some time.
"According to prophecy, the day will come when people in high places will
be hunted. This will get out of control. The hunting will gather strength
and spread. This situation might even erupt on our land. Finally, this will
lead us to the Biblical version of Armageddon (the Hopi version is closely
related). A final decisive battle between good and evil. This will occur
under one God or Chief. The prophets say we will speak one language and that
this will happen in Hopiland, in the village of Oraibi , where the new life
plan will be drawn, in the pattern and cycle of religion. Here also a final
decision will be made for the wicked. They will be beheaded and speak no
more. If this does not materialize there will be a total destruction through
the acts of man or nature. Then new life will begin from a girl and a boy.
This is a frightening prophecy and will not be supported by many.
"It is in the prophecies of the Hopi that in a case like this the Navajo
may help our cause. Also the Bahannas or the Paiute Tribe may help. We doubt
that the U.S. Government will easily concede our sovereignty.
"There are two water serpents, one at each pole with a warrior sitting
on his head and tail. These command nature to warn us by her activities that
time is getting short, and we must correct ourselves. If we refuse to heed
these warnings, the warriors will let go of the serpents; they will rise
up, and all will perish.
"We are much concerned about the climate. No one seems to be able to predict
the weather accurately from day to day. However, we know according to our
time markers that it is past due for certain seeds to be planted at their
proper time. In recent springs, we were reluctant to plant due to the late
snow and cold weather. Once more maybe our ancient prophecy is right, that
one day we will plant wearing finger sacks (gloves) clearing away snow with
our feet before planting. The summers will become shorter for maturing the
corn for harvest. The result is anybody's guess.
"The question is, will this occur the world over? This would depend on
the geographical areas. In the regions with different climates, things will
happen in different ways. For instance, tropical land could become a land
of ice, and the Arctic region could become tropical. This need not happen
if we, the people, get our leaders to do something about the harmful things
being done to the environment.
"It is said that, if the future generations find out that we did nothing
to preserve the good ways, they might throw us from our houses into the streets.
This suffering will be of our own making. The lack of peace in our own spiritual
being could trigger the revolution. Our True White Brother might come and
find we have forsaken the sacred instructions. Then he will whip us without
mercy.
"Let us take a look into the future through the eyes of our prophets.
Hopi were instructed to tell of the Great Purification just ahead of a time
when Humankind would once again become highly civilized, tending to become
careless and leading us to self-destruction. They said that, along the way,
the industrialized world will have certain problems. People will be uncomfortable
because of the changing times, and they will have to make adjustments to
find new life styles.
"Industrialized nations will become careless in getting more the resources
out of the earth. Believing all these things will last forever, soon natural
resources will be depleted. Fuel shortages will occur; industrial machinery
will come to a standstill. The machinery used for planting, harvesting and
transport will become useless. Supermarket shelves will become empty of farm
produce. The farmers and those who grow their own food will not sell their
produce. Money will become worthless. The white man with all his intelligence
and technology will not be able to repair the damage. We will see extraordinary
events in Nature and Earth, including humans.
"Modern man looks upon old wisdom and knowledge as dead, useless and no
longer respected. Modern man depends on the money system and no longer on
Mother Earth for food. According to prophecy when this happens Mother Earth
will hide her nourishment because of the view that ancient food is poor man's
food. When all food disappears, modern man will try to correct his mistake,
the conditions he caused upon the earth through his inventions. He will try
to achieve some kind of method to heal the wound, but this will not be possible
when we reach the point of no return.
"The Hopi play a key role in the survival of the human race through their
vital communion with the unseen forces that hold nature in balance. The pattern
is simple: The whole world will shake and turn red and turn against those
who are hindering the Hopi.
"This prophecy is related to the Biblical version of that which may yet
come to pass. It goes on to say that common people will become concerned
and frustrated because of their hectic world. They will be particularly against
the bloodthirsty policies and the deceitfulness of the world leaders. The
common people the world over will band together to fight for world peace.
They will realize that their leaders have failed. People in high places will
be hunted down like animals, perhaps through terrorism. In turn leaders will
retaliate and begin hunting each other. This condition will gather strength
and spread far and wide. It will get out of control the world over. Revolution
could erupt on our land.
"The liberators will come in from the west with great force. They will
drop down from the sky like rain. They will have no mercy. We must not get
on the house tops to watch. They will shake us by our ears, like children
who have been bad. This will be the final decisive battle between good and
evil. This battle will cleanse the heart of people and restore our Mother
Earth from illness, and the wicked will be gotten rid of.
"If this fails to materialize, our Great Creator through nature will do
the task according to their [sic] plans. It could be total destruction in
any form. Only brother and sister will survive to begin a new way of life.
This prophecy is frightening and doubtful. Perhaps it is of no value to most
people.
"Eventually a gourd full of ashes would be invented, which, if dropped
from the sky, would boil the oceans and burn the land causing nothing to
grow for many years. This would be the sign for a certain Hopi to bring out
the teachings in order to warn the world that the third and final event would
happen soon and could bring an end to all life unless people correct themselves
and their leaders in time.
"The final stage, called The Great Day of Purification, has been described
as a Mystery Egg in which the forces of the Swastika and the Sun plus a third
force symbolized by the color red culminate either in total rebirth or total
annihilation; we don't know which. But the choice is yours; war and natural
catastrophe may be involved. The degree of violence will be determined by
the degree of inequity caused among the peoples of the world and in the balance
of nature. In this crisis rich and poor will be forced to struggle as equals
in order to survive.
"The reality that it will be very violent is now almost taken for granted
among Traditional Hopi, but man still may lessen the violence by correcting
his treatment of nature and fellow man. Ancient, spiritually based communities,
such as the Hopi, must especially be preserved and not forced to abandon
their wise way of life and the natural resources they have vowed to
protect.
"The man-made system now destroying the Hopi is deeply involved in similar
violations throughout the world. The devastating reversal predicted in the
prophecies is part of the natural order. If those who thrive from that system,
its money and its laws, can manage to stop destroying the Hopi then many
may be able to survive the Day of Purification and enter a new age of peace.
But if no one is left to continue the Hopi way, the hope for such an age
is in vain.
"Since mankind has lost peace with one another through conflict due to
the new ways, the Great Spirit, the Great Creator, has punished the people
in many ways. Through all of this there was always a small group who survived
to keep the original ways of life alive. This small group is comprised of
those who adhere to the laws of the Creator, who keep the spiritual path
open, out from the circle of evil. According to our knowledge we are not
quite out of the circle.
"Now we enter the time of testing that only the Great Creator can confirm.
The alignment of the planets, we were so kindly informed of by the star watchers
has been awaited by the Hopi. As the time nears, the predicted behavior of
the people accurately describes the behavior of people in the 1990's. When
the end is near, we will see a halo of mist around the heavenly bodies. Four
times it will appear around the sun as a warning that we MUST reform.
"Ambitious minds will decrease, while the people of good hearts, who live
in harmony with the earth, will increase until the earth is rid of evil.
If the Hopi are right, this will be accomplished and the earth will bloom
again. The spiritual door is open. Why not join the righteous people? The
Horny Toad Woman gave Massau'u a promise that she would help him in time
of need, saying she too had a metal helmet. After the Hopi have fulfilled
their pattern of life, Massau'u will be the leader, but not before, for He
is the First and He shall be the Last." |
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