THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, October 9, 1995 TAG: 9510090038
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY CHARLISLE LYLES, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Medium: 89 lines
Close your eyes.
Just above your head, imagine a blue light about the size of an egg. Let it guide your mind's eye into the new millennium.
Now, open.
What did you see?
``The plants were so happy,'' said Tracy Monson, a 32-year-old mother from Bluemont near Leesburg. ``The Blue Ridge was tropical and we were finally living as one with the Earth. And the Earth was exuberant about that.''
Renowned futurist Gordon Michael Scallion took Monson and about 600 other followers into his 21st century Saturday night as part of a conference on ``Prophecies for a New Millennium,'' sponsored by the Association for Research and Enlightenment. Scallion's lecture was the highlight of the conference that ended Sunday night.
Folks traveled from as far away as Michigan to hear forecasts from the man who predicted the April 22, 1992, Los Angeles earthquake; Hurricane Andrew; and the Jan. 17 quake in Kobe, Japan.
A health crisis six years ago awakened Scallion to his mission as a professional prophet. Since then, he has appeared on ``Ancient Prophecies'' and other television shows. And he wrote the ``Future Map of the United States 1998-2001,'' which places much of the country under water and forecasts that land-mass movements will make Phoeniz a seaport.
Virginia also will be rather wet, Scallion says, with year-round temperatures closer to the 70s and 80s of Jacksonville, Fla.
Baldish and goateed, wearing a velvety brown jacket, Scallion spoke in a mild-mannered, professorial style. The audience sat rapt as he explained shifts in individual consciousness and the Earth's core that will influence the age to come.
Every prophet has his own modus operandi, Scallion said.
``My visions are like watching three movies, one in color, one drab color, one in black and white,'' he said. ``That indicates to me the probable realities.''
When they fade to a single screen ``that event will probably happen,'' Scallion said. Spiritual hosts and interactive voices also have input.
``But I learned that nothing is pre-set,'' he said. ``There's always a wild card in there. Free will can modify it.''
To a certain extent, Scallion said, everyone has prophet potential.
Hence, his blue-light exercise.
Jean Morris of Chambersburg, Pa., saw New York City - in 2001.
``But there were no people there,'' said the middle-aged woman with bushy reddish hair and glasses. ``The streets were all sand and the ocean came right into the edge of the city.''
For 1996, Scallion predicts:
The existence of life on other planets will be acknowledged.
Your body temperature will drop by a half degree due to the electrical activity.
A new sun in the solar system will cause a change in the color spectrum.
Lights will dance and electrical storm activity will increase.
And the next president?
``I don't do presidents,'' said Scallion. ``And I don't do movie stars.''
Scallion was perched center stage in a director's chair as about 20 people lined up at the microphone to query his crystal ball.
``Is something going to happen soon in this area? Is that what brought you here?'' asked Barbara Andrews, a Norfolk postal specialist.
``Very significant and dynamic things are going to come from the Chesapeake Bay to North Carolina,'' Scallion insisted. ``Technically, the magnetic forces in this area are going to be favorable.''
``Did the ancient Egyptians get help from unknown beings'' to build the pyramids,'' asked James Dean, an aircraft weights specialist from Newport News.
``The technology that built the pyramids did come from other civilizations.
Some skeptics were listening, too.
``I'm not all that into it,'' said Marilyn Rem, an account clerk who drove two days from Detroit with her sister, Joan McCarthy.
``I really believe him,'' said McCarthy, a nurse. ``But she just came along for the ride.'' ILLUSTRATION: Color staff HUY NGUYEN
Gordon Michael Scallion was the highlight of ``Prophecies for a New
Millennium'' in Virginia Beach. The futurist, who says everyone has
prophet potential, predicted the April 22, 1992, Los Angeles
earthquake; Hurricane Andrew, and the Jan. 17 quake in Kobe, Japan.
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