immigrants likewise saw themselves as builders of a millennial New Jerusalem,

philia (love and harmony) and neikos (strife and separation).

“a sudden acceleration of the historical process in a terrifying manner,” sufficient to “release economic, social, and moral forces of unforeseen power and dimensions, which often make return to the status quo impossible.”

Cyclical time is endless, yet also endlessly completed and renewed,

As Boomers have begun turning fifty, the public discourse has become less refined and conciliatory and more impassioned and moralistic. Why? The midlife Prophet is replacing the midlife Artist.

from growth to maturity to decay to death.

pathless time has also become a supreme spiritual goal, the “knowing beyond knowing” of many Eastern religions.

chaotic time, history has no path.

unlearn the linear belief that America (or the entire modern world) is exempt from the seasonal cycles of nature.