" La Ribaute is hard to classify. It is now controlled by
a foundation for which Kiefer chose the name 'Eschaton,'
meaning the final event in the divine plan, or the end of
the world. 'You can say it’s the end of the beginning,'
Kiefer said. 'Eschaton means that something comes after.'
So why, I asked, did he pick this name? 'Because it’s the
beginning.' "
I prefer T. S. Eliot on ends and beginnings, as well as
R. A. Wilson on the Eschaton.