Ninth Epoch

• theta Summer Catherine publishes Apocrypha. It becomes the single most influential collection of writings and propels a new era in scholarly and artist pursuit, called The Apocryphal Renaissance.


• The Enlightenment, a philosophy emphasizing reason and individualism, emerges in political contrast and influence to traditional value and ritual institutions.


• The Industrial Revolution, the rapid growth in world-based industries, results from a period of innovation and an emphasis on technological advancement. The atom is split. The computer technology is invented and creates an electronic information infrastructure of unprecedented magnitude.


• Nuclear fusion is achieved and nearby planets explored.


• The Information Renaissance begins when ancient text from the Time of The Aes’ir Daughters is translated and provides new technological insights. Neighboring solar systems are colonized. Warped-field technology is invented.


• A series of ecological disasters threatens economic and political stability. Widespread pollution and depletion of natural resources causes the collapse of once profitable regions.


• Space colonies sue for independence. Free Townships are created.


• Renewed feelings of traditionalism emerge and a new spirit of reform struggles to challenge traditional values


• In Gaia Year 19163, The Archangel falls to Aideena.