The eschatological myth in the context of the eclectic worldview

The article considers the main characteristics of the modern mythological consciousness within the eclectic worldview through the examples of from the sphere of mass communications, also the reasons why the myth has become one of the main instruments of formation of the eclectic worldview. The author analyses the mechanisms of construction of eschatological myths, such as "chimerization", "framing". Modern eschatology has serial translation with many possible plots that are functionally equivalent.