NP | ZK translation: a self-willed inferno

[Mark Kohut]

 Humanity itself self-willing it, per Paul M.

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Self willed means doing what one wants.  In the present context, actually
> willing to bring about the end of the world.  Not waiting for it to end of
> its own accord.
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> P243.25-30   Stenmark said, “Apocalypse is inherent in the structure of
>> time and long-range climate and cosmic upheaval. But are we seeing the
>> signs of a self-willed inferno? And are we counting the days before
>> advanced nations, or not so advanced, begin to deploy the most hellish
>> weapons? Isn’t it inevitable? All the secret nestings in various parts of
>> the world.
>>
>> What does "self-willed" mean here?
>>
>>
>
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