About Iron Age News

Mankind was born when the power of self reflection entered into the psyche of the homo sapien ape. He then became modern man or homo sapien sapien, an animal that knows that it knows. Modern man has the power to reflect upon his own creativity, the other animals cannot know their own creativity; they just are their creativity with no reflective apperception. The reflective power of modern man gives him dominion over nature. With this power mankind left the original state of purity to build a world of his own. As he built a world of his own he created consequences in time...because man is the only unhappy animal. As the centuries passed the effects of these consequences began to build up…and time began to speed up. The effects snowballed. Eventually, soon to come, these effects will culminate in a catastrophic world ending apocalypse as the world destroys itself by way of its own selfishness. Yet mankind will survive.

The Iron Age is the last of the mythical ages of man…not to be confused with the archaeological period. The golden age is the first mythical age of man, when man was closer to his original timeless purity. Then came the silver age, still good but less pure. This was followed by the bronze age, a further degradation and finally the iron age. The Iron Age is the most corrupt and materialistic of the ages. The Iron Age is now.

"174] Thereafter, would that I were not among the men of the fifth generation, [175] but either had died before or been born afterwards. For now truly is a race of iron, and men never rest from labor and sorrow by day, and from perishing by night; and the gods shall lay sore trouble upon them. But, notwithstanding, even these shall have some good mingled with their evils. [180] And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men also when they come to have grey hair on the temples at their birth. The father will not agree with his children, nor the children with their father, nor guest with his host, nor comrade with comrade; nor will brother be dear to brother as aforetime. [185] Men will dishonor their parents as they grow quickly old, and will carp at them, chiding them with bitter words, hard-hearted they, not knowing the fear of the gods. They will not repay their aged parents the cost of their nurture, for might shall be their right: and one man will sack another's city. [190] There will be no favor for the man who keeps his oath or for the just or for the good; but rather men will praise the evil-doer and his violent dealing. Strength will be right, and reverence will cease to be; and the wicked will hurt the worthy man, speaking false words against him, and will swear an oath upon them. [195] Envy, foul-mouthed, delighting in evil, with scowling face, will go along with wretched men one and all. [200] And then Aidôs and Nemesis, with their sweet forms wrapped in white robes, will go from the wide-pathed earth and forsake mankind to join the company of the deathless gods: and bitter sorrows will be left for mortal men, and there will be no help against evil."

Hesiod translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, LCL 1914