{"id":1536,"date":"2018-08-13T18:18:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T17:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1536"},"modified":"2018-08-21T19:30:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:30:43","slug":"the-end-is-nigh-apocalyptic-visions-from-the-ancient-world-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1536","title":{"rendered":"The End is Nigh \u2013 Apocalyptic Visions from the Ancient World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Tunnicliffe<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1649\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Thor_Midgardschlange.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1649\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Thor_Midgardschlange.jpg?resize=243%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Thor_Midgardschlange.jpg?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Thor_Midgardschlange.jpg?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thor and the Midgard serpent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This Day School examines four civilisations and their attitudes to the end of the world<\/p>\n<p>We begin in ancient Greece and Rome and their fears of natural disasters and the breakdown of civilised society. Then we examine Viking culture and its picture of the \u201cTwilight of the Gods\u201d presented in their marvellous poem about Ragnarok. In the afternoon we look first at India and the ideas of the future represented in Hinduism and Buddhism. Finally, we go to the New World and the Maya civilisation. Did they really predict that the world would end in 2012?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day: Saturday, 1 December 2018\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Time<\/strong>: 10.30-16.30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Cross<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Street<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Chapel<\/a><br \/>\nCross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a340<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b><\/b>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to<\/p>\n<p>Michael Tunnicliffe, 5 St.George\u2019s Way, Northwich, CW9 8XG\u00a0<strong>phone<\/strong>: 01606 42116 \u00a0<strong>email<\/strong>: mtunni@sky.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Tunnicliffe This Day School examines four civilisations and their attitudes to the end of the world We begin in ancient Greece and Rome and their fears of natural disasters and the breakdown of civilised society. Then we examine Viking culture and its picture of the \u201cTwilight of the Gods\u201d presented in their marvellous poem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1650,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536\/revisions\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}