Gaius Julius Camillus Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 I want to know where this 'prophecy' comes from. The things in the tenth generation shall come to pass. The Earth shall be shaken by a great earthquake that throws many cities into the sea. There shall be war. Fire shall come flashing down from the heavens and many cities burn. Black ashes shall fill the great sky. Then know the Anger of the Gods. Did it come from the Sybilline Books? Or from the later Sybilline Oracles? Thanks in advance. LJV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulvia Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Would you be willing to explain the difference? I was just always under the impression that the Oracles were in the Books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I had thought that the oracles were the ones who read/interpreted the books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Come to mention it, I don't know anything about these sybilline revelations at all. Anyone care to enlighten? Are any of them still in existence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I want to know where this 'prophecy' comes from. The things in the tenth generation shall come to pass. The Earth shall be shaken by a great earthquake that throws many cities into the sea. There shall be war. Fire shall come flashing down from the heavens and many cities burn. Black ashes shall fill the great sky. Then know the Anger of the Gods. Did it come from the Sybilline Books? Or from the later Sybilline Oracles? Thanks in advance. LJV Is this the website that you got that from? http://2012-predictions-review.blogspot.co...-of-apollo.html -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maty Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 A quick clarification - a certain type of female prophet was called a Sybil by the Italians, so there were several of them. Sybils, like other mortals who prophesied, did so under the influence of a God, who usually only pronounced at a particular place. This place where the God spoke was an oracle. So you get a (not the) Sybil who pronounced at an oracle. Pronouncements were not necessarily prophesies - many questions to the oracles were about the present or the past, or asking for guidance rather than a vision of the future. There was a particular Sybil who rendered a number of prophesies into books (presumably at her oracle) and flogged them off to King Tarquin of Rome. These are the famed Sybilline books, which again were prophesies in only a limited manner. Many appear to have said 'If X happens to Rome, the following religious ceremonies are required.' The 'prophesy' you have there sounds like an extract from one of many books of revelations which were popular in the Middle East in the first centuries BC and AD, and these books were big on numerology, religious cryptography, and above all death and destruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Julius Camillus Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I am not sure where I got it from to be honest, but it just stood out to me, and I had to know its origins. Thanks for the information Maty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maty Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I am not sure where I got it from to be honest, but it just stood out to me, and I had to know its origins. Thanks for the information Maty. You are right - it is from a set of texts known as 'the Sybilline texts'. I was reading them this afternoon and was wondering why the material seemed familiar.What you have is something of a paraphrase, but its definitely the same thing. Go to here http://sacred-texts.com/cla/sib/sib06.htm and scroll down through several sections of inspired gibberish until you get to the bit labelled p.106 and you will find And then too shall an earthquake overthrow Both Salamis and Paphos, when dark water Shall dash o'er Cyprus washed by many a wave. But when from deep cleft of Italian land Fire shall come flashing forth in the broad heaven, And many cities burn and men destroy, And much black ashes shall fill the great sky, And small drops like red earth shall fall from heaven, Then know the anger of the God of heaven Stirring stuff .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Julius Camillus Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Ironically, last night, the history channel had yet another show on the coming mayan prophecy of 2012. They actually mentioned this "Cumean Sybil" who wrote the sybilline prophecies, even giving her credit for predicting the birth of christ. Now my question is are they trying to say this is the same oracle who gave the books to Tarquin? this is very confusing. lol. GJC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylla Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 A non-confusing prophecy sounds like an oxymoron to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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