"brick pareidolia short story of a cycle of races in the U.S.A."

finds basis from the Native American prophetic story of the Seven Fires; 

"Seven prophets came to the Anishinabe. They came at a time when the people were living a full and peaceful life on the North Eastern coast of North America. These prophets left the people with seven predictions of what the future would bring. Each of the prophecies was called a fire and each fire referred to a particular era of time that would come in the future. Thus, the teachings of the seven prophets are now called the "Seven Fires"."

http://www.wabanaki.com/seven_fires_prophecy.htm

this entropic myth/tale/prophecy is not exclusive to the Anishinabe story of "Seven Fires". The story line can be found in most cultures and is a description of a culture reaching its' flowering and dying back to be replaced by next years crop and implemented by those present whether they are plant or animal. It is enfoldment.