CENTURIA IX · QUATRAIN XLVIII
The Crystal Swamp
La grand cite d'occean maritime,
Environnee de maretz en cristal:
Dans le solstice hyemal & la prime,
Sera tempeste de vent espouvantal.
The great city of the maritime ocean,
surrounded by marshes of crystal:
at the winter solstice and the spring,
there shall be a storm of horrifying wind.
THE MASTER SAYS…
He says that this relates to an event that has not yet occurred. It will be a natural disaster. He says that it is a city surrounded by a crystal swamp, and this refers to a large modern city of the 20th century. The crystal swamp refers to all buildings with a huge number of windows. To the reflections of glass. Yes. He says that the city he thinks about most in connection with this quatrain is Los Angeles. He says that the weather will continue to become stranger. And due to a change in wind direction, a very hot, dry wind will constantly blow in this part of the country. This will cause severe drought and forest fires, and, according to him, this will be unprecedented. Does he have an idea of the time period? He says somewhere at the end of the 20th century. When he looks in the mirror at the huge, sprawling cities of the 20th century, they seem endless. And when the sun is at the right angle, it reflects off all the windows endlessly. And he also symbolized this with a swamp. He says that one can get lost in a swamp, and in these cities too. And on the winter solstice and in spring this terrible strong wind will blow. Yes. Farther south, in South America, it is called “El Niño,” but in this part of the country it has a different name. He says that the inhabitants of this area have encountered such hot, dry winds before, but these were only small doses compared to this. It will be ten times worse than anything they have experienced before. Note: In Southern California there is an annual “Santa Ana” season, when hot, dry winds blow from the south. The Santa Ana season usually occurs in late autumn or early winter. The Santa Ana winds are similar to other desert winds (California is geographically a semi-desert). In North Africa these winds are called sirocco, and this phenomenon has other names in desert regions around the world (for example, Gobi; these winds are also observed in the deserts of Peru and northern Chile). In addition, California is experiencing its seventh year of drought and is facing unprecedented fires in the mountains and steppes, not to mention record levels of air pollution. When Brenda woke up after this session, she had certain impressions of this quatrain. “Usually El Niño in the southern hemisphere occurs every 18 years or every couple of decades, or something like that. But due to weather disruption due to global warming and the like, it will begin to occur more often, and this will disrupt weather conditions around the world. Our weather is already quite disrupted, and now everything will seem completely turned upside down. This particular case will break all records. In my imagination a picture remained: the sun sets in the Pacific Ocean, and the rays fall on Los Angeles. I saw the sun reflecting off the windows of houses and skyscrapers. And a hot dry wind will blow, and the temperature will be unbearable. With all this concrete and asphalt, the temperature will be 125 and 130 degrees (51-54°C). Such terrible temperatures that people will fall like flies from the heat, and they will be unable to do anything about it. The crops will be completely destroyed in the valley and in that part of California, because there will be no rain. Plants and trees will simply dry up from the dry wind and heat. And, as often happens, some fool will throw a cigarette butt out the window, and forest fires will start for many kilometers. These pictures are very clearly imprinted in my memory.” It also said that this would happen on the winter solstice and in spring. Do you think it will be so hot at that time of year? That is what will make it so shocking, because usually at that time of year the weather is moderate. That is when the spring rains come for the crops. When this happens, there will not be a drop of rain. It will be completely unprecedented. It will be one of those situations when it will again be declared a national disaster area, and countries around the world will send aid. Usually El Niño occurs around Christmas. Well, the winter solstice is close to Christmas, on the 22nd. The “crystal swamp” was really incomprehensible. It spoke of a large flat, sprawling city of glass. He said that a city like New York is called “mountains of crystal” because of all the skyscrapers, and they are all located very close to each other. Los Angeles does not have so many skyscrapers. It stretches for many kilometers, and there are buildings and windows everywhere.