Is the dark shadow of the ‘Antichrist’ pending? Is the specter here absolutely? Is the earth preparing for that second coming of the Christ? Both these theories have been voiced by psychics, sages, religious groups and ordinary people rummaging near death experiences. The apocalyptic a sense upheaval commonly experienced today, through successive waves of panic, trauma and menace – combined with the instantaneity of communications – leaves human consciousness in a pre-tensile state of anticipation.