Eschaton is defined as the moment when the World ends. This word is derived from the Greek word eskhatos which means last.

For Christians, this is Rapture or the "Second Coming of Jesus." For a vivid description of Rapture, read this Darwin Award of a woman dying while attempting to experience Eschaton. Other religions also have some sort of Heaven-situation where we are suspended in an infinite afterlife.

Paranormal types also have their own Eschaton found in novelty theory and approaching concrescence, which describes a mystical and complicated conclusion to Life.

But if you are a naturalist, atheist, or agnostic type, how do you conceive the End? Well, the Sun will eventually engulf the Earth and the Universe will either dissipate or pull a reverse Big Bang ("The Big Crunch"). But is this a satisfying Eschaton?

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About a year ago I am ejecting myself out of my seat in the movie theater, having just been moved by the latest Charlie Kaufman film Adaptation. The feeling of being enthralled by such beautiful wit was so engaging that the film, to some degree, even helped eject me out of college for about six months. It struck me that with such passionate, intellectual sensations in world, there was no point in following a life on the supposed "Golden Path." In other words, I felt that there were more important things in life than slaving over homework oriented for a lukewarm career and lifestyle.

I feel a similar potency breathing from Kaufman's latest film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And this has all to do with my particular, spiritual turn-ons when it comes to art. Read more to find out what these are (some spoilers ahead).

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Approaching Concrescence

Eschaton The last thing. Eschatology, a branch of Theology, is the study of those phenomena associated with the end of the world. The Eschaton is conceived of as a boundaryless and causeless chaotic attractor that is drawing all space and time deeper into states of novel connection and complexity. The following folks have more to say on this matter.