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| isbn = 0-304-35592-5
| isbn = 0-304-35592-5
| pages = 265
| pages = 265
| quote = Time is cyclical with each 5,000 year cycle consisting of a perfect Golden Age, a slightly degraded Silver age, a decadent Copper Age, and an Iron Age which is characterized by violence, greed, and lust. Each of these lasts for exactly 1,250 years. Our current Iron Age will shortly come to an end, after which the cycle will begin again.
| quote = Time is cyclical with each 5,000 year cycle consisting of a perfect Golden Age, a slightly degraded Silver age, a [[decadent]] Copper Age, and an Iron Age which is characterized by violence, greed, and lust. Each of these lasts for exactly 1,250 years. Our current Iron Age will shortly come to an end, after which the cycle will begin again.
}}</ref> and the Confluence Age (''Sangam Yuga''). The Confluence Age is said to be 100 years long, beginning in 1936 with the descent of Shiva into Lekhraj Kirpalani, during which present day civilization is to be completely destroyed by natural disasters, civil and nuclear war<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> and the Confluence Age (''Sangam Yuga''). The Confluence Age is said to be 100 years long, beginning in 1936 with the descent of Shiva into Lekhraj Kirpalani, during which present day civilization is to be completely destroyed by natural disasters, civil and nuclear war<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1995/5/1995-5-02.shtml
| url = http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1995/5/1995-5-02.shtml