Rev. 8:10-11: The third angel sounded his trumpet,
and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the
rivers and on the springs of water-- the name of the star is Wormwood. A third
of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had
become bitter.
"This wine is as bitter as wormwood", would have been a saying heard in ancient societies. Wormwood is a generic of the genus Artemesia. There are several varieties of wormwood such as Sea Wormwood, Common Wormwood, and Roman Wormwood and it has been used for rituals of incantation, for medicinal purposes, as a pesticide, and as a spice in the kitchen.
Where wormwood grows very little else will. This is a truth in the natural environment but it is also evident in daily, contemporary human intercourse. Bitterness is not an attractive quality in anything.
But more relevent to the date of December 21, 2012 and the many schools of prophecy predicting one event or another as being on the horizon, Wormwood generally is used in reference to a physical piece of cosmic matter influencing the nature of life on planet Earth. Or as i like to call it; D'earth.
Where and what is this piece of space debris ? Does it even exist and why would today or the near future put humanity at risk if it does exist ?
Almost anyone with an imagination can make up stories and some story tellers become so passionate about the subject matter that they conjure up that they may be able to convince themselves that there is truth to there stories. The mythical then becomes a reality in their minds. Once being convinced themselves of these truths they then sell the packaged story to others who in turn choose to believe or not believe.
But is every story tellers version of a story of a piece of space debris flying through the cosmos at this very moment a myth or are there some story tellers who have facts and evidence to back up their story ?
Let's look at a real account first and then a mythical or predictive account of stories built on the theme of cosmic influence on planet D'Earth. Sorry, it most be the Wormwood spice called Tarragon that i just tasted having it's bitter effect on me. The word is Earth.
Comets - fact
D'Jupiter was recently bombardment by a fragmented comet. This didn't directly effect the Earth physically but there are theories that suggest that the waves of these massive explosions, like those of a tsunami, would have travelled through space and made their mark on our natural process. The Jupiter event was classified as Shoemaker/ Levy 9 according to it's discover. A comet the size of this travelling through space at a speed of 130, 000 miles per hour would cause a series of shocks, a series of apocalyptic proportion events, that would leave the earth in a condition similar to how it would have been like in the age that saw the extinction of the dinosaurs - 65 million years ago.When an asteroid enters earth's atmosphere there are two occurrences of extreme shock. The first occurs as the asteroid enters the atmosphere. The second, more important one, occurs when the ejecta plume (the ejected debris caused by an impact) enters the atmosphere (Zahnle, 1990). This shock causes the breakdown of the oxygen (O2) and the nitrogen (N2) molecules found in our atmosphere. Through a series of chemical reactions the dissociation of the nitrogen and oxygen forms NO which is then converted into NO2. These two molecules can produce acid rain (HNO3) (Prinn and Fegley, 1987). In 1987 Prinn and Fegley determined the atmospheric consequences of a "large" comet impact versus a "small" comet impact. They assumed the "large" impact comet had a mass of 1.25 x 1016 Kg traveling at a velocity of 65 Km/s. As for the "small" impact asteroid, they assumed it had a mass of 5 x 1014 Kg traveling at a velocity of 20 Km/s. It is important to note that these two objects are possible bolides that hit the earth 65 million years ago.
Conclusions of the Large Impact Scenario
If the comet scenario occurred, 7 x 1040 molecules of NO would have been produced and subsequently converted into acid rain. (See chemical reactions) This would have caused a global dispersal of acid rain with a pH of 0-1.5. On the continents the acid rain would have weathered the soil removing many of the insoluble elements ( for e.g. Be+2, Al+3, Hg+2, Cu+, Fe+2, Fe+3, Ti+3, Pb+2, Cd+2, Mn+2, Sr+2). These elements would end up in soil water, streams, rivers, lakes, etc., causing a problem as some of these elements are known for their toxicity towards plants and animals (e.g. Al, Be, Ti, Hg). As for the oceans, the global acid rain would lower the pH of the mixed layer (the top 75 M of the ocean) to a pH of 7.8, breaking down the calcareous shells of organisms that thrive in the mixing zone.
Conclusions of the Small Impact Scenario
If the "small" asteroid scenario were to occur, the amount of acid rain produced would be similar to the "large" comet scenario but only near the impact site. The global pH change would be rather insignificant.
Above statement is referred to Reference Link #4 (Hooper Museum Website)
But, are we humans going the way of the Dodo birds ?
Nibiru - myth/fact?
It seems everyone is a prophet nowadays.
Making a film about the end of times as we know them is not that difficult if you are creative. Selling the story of a planetary system that is a based on two suns, the one we know and see every clear day as a bright and magnificent warmth radiating sphere in the sky, and the brown dwark star that only makes it's visible presence known to humans for a period every several thousand years.
The story of Nibiru, may also be the story of Wormwood. If the link to the following film is still active then you see what one storyteller wants you to believe. The final judgement is really up to the individual.
Could we see two suns?
The only thing real about Wormwood is this. No one will be able to deny it's existence on the day it decides to appear on stage, if it ever does.
"Sweet is life till the Bitter end".
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Reference
Botanical Herbs and Plants
What if a comet hits the earth?
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