linear time—time as a unique (and usually progressing) story with an absolute beginning and an absolute end.

cyclical time as a living faith has been pushed ever deeper into obscurity.

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

nothing is older than our habit of calling everything new.

apostasy, punishment, repentance, and renewal.

from growth to maturity to decay to death.

the neglected 13th Generation (born 1961-1981),

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

Americans' chronic failure to grasp the seasonality of history explains why the consensus forecasts about the national direction usually turn out so wrong.