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The phrase "**Earth Changes**" was coined by the American [psychic](/source/Psychic) [Edgar Cayce](/source/Edgar_Cayce) in the 1930s in reference to his belief that the world would soon enter a series of [cataclysmic events](/source/Doomsday_event) causing major alterations in human life on the planet.

This includes "natural events" (such as major [earthquakes](/source/Earthquakes), [the melting of the polar ice caps](/source/Global_warming), a [pole shift](/source/Pole_shift) of the planetary axis, [major weather events](/source/Climate_change_(general_concept)), [solar flares](/source/Solar_flares) and so on[1]) as well as huge changes of the local and global social, economical and political systems.

Cayce's term was taken up in certain segments of the [New Age](/source/New_Age) movement,[2] often associated with other predictions by people claiming to have psychic abilities.[3] These beliefs have occasionally been associated with Christian millennialism and beliefs about UFOs.[1] Some New Age adherents believe that Earth changes will preface a "Golden Age" of [spirituality](/source/Spirituality) and [world peace](/source/World_peace).[4][2]

## Prophecies of Edgar Cayce

In the 1930s and 1940s, Cayce made many prophecies of cataclysmic events involving the whole planet,[4] with a series of "earth changes" occurring between 1958 and 1998.[5] He predicted that the polar axis would shift and that many areas that are now land would again become ocean floor, and that [Atlantis](/source/Atlantis) would rise from the sea.[5]

## Prophecies of others

A representation of the location of the five "Golden Cities" envisioned by Toye, in a flooded United States

In the late 1980s, [Lori Toye](/source/Lori_Toye) published the *I Am America Map*, based on several visions that she claimed to have beginning in 1983.[6][7] The *I Am America Map* sold over 40,000 copies, and was followed by subsequent maps: Freedom Star World map, Golden Cities map, and an Earth Changes Progression series of maps. These maps represented the earth's future geography after climatic earth changes.[8]

In 2004, "self-proclaimed psychic" [Gordon-Michael Scallion](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gordon-Michael_Scallion&action=edit&redlink=1) issued a variety of prophecies centering on the concept of "Earth Changes". He publishes a monthly newsletter, *The Earth Changes Report*.[9]

## Reception and interpretation

Prophecies of Earth changes have been described as a form of pseudoscience, in which terminology and ideas borrowed from science are used to rationalize non-scriptural apocalyptical thought based on visionary experiences.[3] [David Spangler](/source/David_Spangler), a leader of the [Findhorn Foundation](/source/Findhorn_Foundation) spiritual community, described prophecies of Earth changes as an expression of collective fear and anger, rather than as foretelling of actual future events.[10]

## See also

- [Catastrophism](/source/Catastrophism)

- [Eschatology](/source/Eschatology)

- [Global catastrophic risk](/source/Global_catastrophic_risk)

- [Nick Bostrom](/source/Nick_Bostrom)

- [Sea level rise](/source/Sea_level_rise)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-barkun_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-barkun_1-1) Barkun, Michael (2006). *A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America*. University of California Press. p. 172. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-520-24812-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-520-24812-0).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lewis_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lewis_2-1) Lewis, James R.; J. Gordon Melton (1992). *Perspectives on the New Age*. SUNY Press. p. 12,64,204. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7914-1213-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7914-1213-X).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hammer_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hammer_3-1) Hammer, Olav (2004). [*Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age*](https://archive.org/details/claimingknowledg00hamm_713). BRILL. pp. [243](https://archive.org/details/claimingknowledg00hamm_713/page/n264)–244. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-04-13638-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-04-13638-X).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Partridge_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Partridge_4-1) Partridge, Christopher Hugh (2003). *UFO Religions*. Routledge. p. 118. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-415-26324-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-26324-7).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hanegraaff_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hanegraaff_5-1) Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (1998). [*New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought*](https://archive.org/details/newagereligionwe0000hane/page/353). SUNY Press. p. [353](https://archive.org/details/newagereligionwe0000hane/page/353). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7914-3854-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7914-3854-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Pickover, Clifford A. [*Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction.*](https://books.google.com/books?id=XnHAh4Lk2aYC&q=%22Lori+Adaile+Toye%22) Prometheus Books, 2001. pg. 358

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Larson, Bob.[*Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality.*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vnAk9WefhfwC&pg=PA164) Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2004. pg. 43

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Larson, Bob.[*Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality.*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vnAk9WefhfwC&pg=PA164) Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2004. pg. 161

1. **[^](#cite_ref-larson_9-0)** Larson, Bob (2004). *Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality*. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. p. 163. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8423-6417-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8423-6417-X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Smoley_10-0)** Smoley, Richard; Jay Kinney (2006). *Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions*. Quest Books. pp. 292–3. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8356-0844-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8356-0844-1).

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