On a ho-hum day some 12,800 years ago, the Earth had emerged from another ice age. Things were warming up, and the glaciers had retreated. But at some point, out of nowhere, the sky was lit with fireballs. This was followed by shock waves. Fires rushed across the landscape, and dust clogged the sky, cutting off the sunlight. This is the story supported by a massive study of geochemical and isotopic markers published in 2018 in the Journal of Geology. "The hypothesis is that a large comet fragmented and the chunks impacted the Earth, causing this disaster", said one researcher. (1)

A new cosmos. Regenerated from the ashes of the old one.

We are afraid of destruction.

We are afraid of death.

But everything we see is the child of death.

All creation is the result of destruction.

Don’t be afraid of the dark.

You are part of it from the very beginning of existence…

Don’t be afraid of death.

You were molded in its bosom…