Neil
Degrasse Tyson debunks 2012 We
understand that there may be a few malingerers still digging their
fallout bunkers in anticipation of the End Of The World which has
been rescheduled for 2012. For that reason, here is a video snippet
of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talking to attendees at the
2010 World Science Festival about where he stands on the issue and
why we might want to stand in the same spot (YouTube) derrenbrown.co.uk
(site accessed June 2010)
The
Mayan Calendar and the 2012 Doomsday "
... My
memory goes back millions of years, before the formation of the
Asteroid belt. Of course, like your own childhood memories, the
far reaches of my memory that I can access are very fragmentary
but, with research in the VR archives of the Mental Internet or
the Akashik records or the ‘Great Unconscious’, I am
constantly improving and expanding it. The first thing that I would
like to stress is that doomsday writers and moviemakers are reading
too much into the Mayan calendar ..." Book no. 24, jesusdzeus.com
(site accessed May 2010)
2012:
Cataclysmic breakdown or Y2K makeover? "
... This Examiner.com series examines objective, empirical evidence
for cataclysm on Earth in 2012. The year 2012 may also manifest
for individuals as breakdown, breakthrough, or business as usual,
depending on an individual’s perceptual modality and multi-dimensional
identity ..." examiner.com (site accessed Apr 2010)
The
2012 phenomenon: New Age appropriation of an ancient Mayan calendar "According
to the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar, a cycle of more than 5,000
years will come to fruition on the winter solstice of 2012. While
this date is largely unknown among contemporary Maya, some participants
in the New Age movement believe it will mark an apocalyptic global
transformation. Hundreds of books and Internet sites speculate wildly
about the 2012 date, but little of this conjecture has a factual
basis in Mayan culture. This paper provides an overview of the primary
currents in the 2012 phenomenon, examines their sources, and speculates
about developments as this highly anticipated date approaches."
Robert K Sitler, michaelsheiser.com (site accessed Mar 2010)
Prognosis
2012: Towards a new world social order "
... In our post-2012 world, we have for the first time one centralized
global government, and one ruling elite clique, a kind of extended
royal family, the lords of finance. As we can see with the IMF,
WHO, and the WTO, and the other pieces of the embryonic world government,
the institutions of governance will make no pretensions about popular
representation or democratic responsiveness. Rule will be by means
of autocratic global bureaucracies, who take their marching orders
from the royal family. This model has already been operating for
some time, within its various spheres of influence, as with the
restructuring programs forced on the third world, as a condition
for getting financing ..." Richard K. Moore, jemnipress.wordpress.com
(site accessed Mar 2010)
The
secret earth code 2012 " ... If 2012
is a number denoting a year -- that means time -- 20 and 12 would
relate to time as well. Here is the particular example: Consider
last two major earthquakes where 50,000 or more people have been
killed. The first and unfortunately the nearly present disaster
struck Haiti where the number of victims is hardly less than 50,000,
and the second major earthquake took place in 2008 in China. Now,
what else these two earthquakes have in common? Time-wise, they
both occurred on the 12th day of the month. And that takes care
of the second number in the catastrophic year 20-12. But how to
utilize the first number 20 the way that even primitive species
like us would be able to spot the signal of non-randomness? ..."
(site accessed Jan 2010)
2012
Mystery Solved "This
paper may give the answers to the 2012 Mystery and others. Most
of the dots have been connected and are backed up herein. Could
this be is the real deal? Good luck! ..." endgametime.wordpress.com
(site accessed Jan 2010)
2012
AD: The End Of Earth, Humanity, And Internet Dating; The Death Of
Mr. Kim Peek, And Lunch With The Tohono O’odham Indian Nation
On Kit Peak " ... In the case
of the Mayan calendar, yeah: I think something happens. I don’t
think the god or the aliens fly down from the skies trailing clouds
of glory—but something happens. Something
will happen. So,
be ready. Climb
up to the Kit Peak National Observatory. It’s 6875 feet above
sea-level, 56 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona in the Schuk Toak
District of the Native American Tohono O’odham Nation. Pack
a lunch and watch the skies. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies.
Because it will begin right there. At least—what’s coming
will first be noticed there. And in other places like it ..."
Jeffrey Friedberg, bloggernews.net (site accessed Jan 2010)
Apocalypse
Left and Right: A Graphic Primer The
2012 movie and the politics of the apocalypse in comic-book format
... Whether it's the Mayan prediction of the 2012 cataclysm or the
theology of the rapture, predictions of the end of the world tell
us as much about ourselves as about the coming apocalypse. And we've
got plenty to worry about either way ... Dan Archer, religiondispatches.org
(site accessed Dec 09)
The
true meaning of 2012 "
... A tsunami is rapidly building on the horizon. Every person on
earth is connected like never before, through the Internet and cell
phones. Most of us have come to understand that we are perched on
a shore that is threatened by a mounting wave of economic and environmental
disaster. We have only three years left until December 21, 2012.
Whether or not you believe in this Mayan prophecy, we can all agree
that we must turn things around. We must abandon our gluttonous,
exploitative ways in favor of lifestyles and systems that will bequeath
to our children and grandchildren a world they will want to inhabit
..." John Perkins, huffingtonpost.com (site accessed Dec
09)
Christians
should have no reason to be afraid of 2012 "
... Churches will provide helpful resources that expose the hype
and counter it with solid, biblical and scientific truth ... One
thing is certain: Christians have no need to fear the end of the
earth — whenever it happens. If we have received Jesus Christ
as our Lord and Savior then we will stand before the Supreme Judge
of the universe completely forgiven of all sin. In
the meantime, our Lord Jesus tells us how to live: "Keep watch,
because you do not know on what day your Lord will come... Be ready,
because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect
him (Matthew 24:42-44)." ..." Todd
Linn, courierpress.com (site accessed Dec 09)
My
Oh Mayan! 2012 may indeed be the end of the world as we know it "So
it is that on this day of love approximately 30 Santa Feans afflicted
with the 2012 bug have come to hear from a speaker who claims first-hand
knowledge of Mayan traditions. They sit quietly facing the guest
of honor, Lina Barrios, a middle-aged woman from Guatemala who dresses
in colorful Mayan garb ... First, the good news: “2012 is
not a date of destruction,” Lina Barrios says. Rather, it
will mark the start of a new astrological cycle, one that will usher
in humanity’s return to nature ..." Corey Pein, sfreporter.com
(site accessed Nov 09)
Using
Mayan end-is-near calendar is off base "According
to the movie "2012," the end of the world will have something
in common with junior high school: The good-looking people survive.
That might be the fact most based on reality, say members of the
scientific and archaeological communities ... "There's no way
to soften the blow, but the people who are saying this is going
to happen are just completely wrong," said Philip Plait, an
astronomer and myth debunker whose writings include the books "Bad
Astronomy" and "Death From the Skies!" ..."
Maria Sciullo, post-gazette.com (site accessed Nov 09)
2012:
End of the World? "A
piece exploring the myths around 2012, Mayan Prophecy, geomagnetic
reversal, The Long Count, consciousness shifts, Hunab Ku, galactica
alignment, the Precession Of The Equinoxes, rogue planet Nibiru,
solar storms, pole shifts, timewave zero, the return of Quetzalcoatl
and THE END OF THE WORLD December 21st 2012! Make up your own mind
... informationisbeautiful.net (site accessed Nov 09)
2012:
Fifteen Doomsday prophecies and how they turned out "Emmerich
is prepping his new disaster movie 2012 for release on Friday. This
time he's basing his world-smashing destruction on a bunch of theories
floating around the blogosphere and the nutosphere that state that
the world will end sometime during late 2012, around the time of
the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. So,
in light of Emmerich's new plot to destroy the world, and with tinfoil
hats firmly in place, we thought it'd be worthwhile to look over
15 end-of-the-world prophecies from the past 1800 years or so and
see how they turned out. (Emmerich's 2012 opens Nov. 13, ensuring
at minimum three years of box office returns.) scifiwire.com
(site accessed Nov 09)
Six
End-of-the-World myths debunked "The
end of the world is near—December 21, 2012, to be exact—according
to theories based on a purported ancient Maya prediction and fanned
by the marketing machine behind the soon-to-be-released 2012 movie
... At least one aspect of the 2012, end-of-the-world hype is, for
some people, all too real: the fear ... Fortunately, with the help
of scientists like Morrison, most of the predicted 2012 cataclysms
are easily explained away ..." nationalgeographic.com (site
accessed Nov 09)
How
to spot a prophet's Maya hoax: thinking outside the box "
... Most 2012ers are “Westerners” who simply lack the
capability to think outside the box. Few people can really think
outside the box (whatever that box may be, it is in fact the idea
of a box that is most revealing how their ideas are connected to
the discourse they argue against) ..." Johan Normark, haecceities.wordpress.com
(site accessed Sep 2009)
The
end of the world as we know it (Myths and facts) Commentary
on most common "myths" and "facts" surrounding
the 2012 date. tomsastronomyblog.com (site accessed Sep 2009)
2012
and the return of the alarmingly gullible "In
terms of climate change, it is not December 2012 we need to worry
about, but December this year, when the Copenhagen talks take place.
As to when we need to start living in a carbon constrained way,
that was about 15 years ago ... There are no cosmic forces that
are going to do all this for us, it is down to us. Some arbitrary
date on an ancient calendar is not going to magically reduce concentrations
of atmospheric CO2, refill the world’s fast depleting oil
wells, overcome challenges of water, resource and land scarcity,
rebuild genetic and biodiversity, rebuild depleting soils, feed
the starving and overcome the very real constraints of a population
with expectations of perpetual abundance living on a finite world
..." Rob Hopkins, transitionculture.org (site accessed
Sep 2009)
Meditating
on the Maya Calendar for 2012 (Profile
of Jose Arguelles by Marcelo Ballve) " ... Argüelles was
popularizing his ideas related to the Maya calendar and 2012 as
early as 1975. He doesn't fret about 2012 going viral. "Once
it has left your hands it goes into the mass mind, it's really not
yours to control any more," he says in a phone interview with
New America Media ... Argüelles's vision for 2012 is even more
cosmically ambitious. He wants meditators, in both hemispheres,
to focus on his idea for a "circumpolar rainbow bridge,"
which will unite the southern and northern magnetic poles with a
visible iridescent celestial effect, much like a massively stretched
aurora borealis ... news.newamericamedia.org (site accessed
Sep 09)
Photon
energy "
... The prevailing theory is that the Earth, and our solar system,
will soon be moving into a large photon belt and this will somehow
help move humanity into a higher vibration going into 2012. The
problem I have is that there is no evidence of such a photon belt!..."
Tony Pann, examiner.com (site accessed Aug 09)
2012
has become the tweed jacket of doomsday scenarios "
... doomsday hype is leaking into every facet of reporting, and
today I read an Examiner post that is trying desperately hard to
get attention. This time, it’s not about crop circles predicting
killer solar flares, it’s the LA Science and Tech News Examiner
who couldn’t resist dropping in a mention for the Mayan calendar
when reporting about the recent Large Hadron Collider (LHC) woes.
The report goes into some detail about recent LHC problems, pointing
out that the particle accelerator probably won’t be operating
at full energy until… wait for it… [cue doomsday alert!]
…2012. This
triggers another doomsday ‘tweed jacket,’ the nonsensical
LHC-induced Earth-eating-black-hole pseudo-science theory popularized
by Walter “I need some attention” Wagner after he tried
(and failed) to sue CERN for endangering the planet with its scary
physics. astroengine.com (site accessed Aug 2009)
Marie
D. Jones - Envisaging the world after 2012 "
....When we look at things that are happening today, I think it's
really easy to see where we're headed and what our big challenges
are going to be, and these are some of the things that seem to be
leading up to a very cyclical change, a transformative time. However,
it's not necessarily going to be a smooth time. I think if we look
at what's going on with the global economy, we can see in the lifestyle
that people have been leading in the wealthy nations that the paradigm
is definitely changing from 'me' to 'we' ..." transcript
of radio interview with Ric Thompson, healthywealthynwise.com (site
accessed Aug 2009)
The
6 best 2012 Apocalypse Theories (Are all bullshit) "You
may have noticed a recent trend of trying to fit every hackneyed
doomsday prophecy into the same red-letter year of 2012. The theories
are obtuse, their connections are flimsy and the perceived consequences
are completely unsubstantiated ...." Luis Prada, cracked.com
(site accessed June 2009)
2012:
Tsunami of Stupidity "
... It's a harmonic convergence all right, a harmonic convergence
of ignorance and superstition—a tsunami of stupidity—worthy
of the millennial cults of the 19th century most enjoyably anatomized
in Leon Festinger's famous study, When Prophecy Fails, a look at
the way end-of-the-world cults grow even stronger after their prophet's
end-of-the-world date flies by and the world confoundingly continues
to exist. (Festinger's study gave rise to the term "cognitive
dissonance.") ..." Ron Rosenbaum, slate.com (site
accessed May 2009)
Conversations
- Being ready for 2012 "During
the last year I have read a great deal of material concerning what
may happen to this earth and the earthlings on it over the period
of time known as 2012. I have talked to many of those who have theories
about or study the science behind the fears of the 2012 time period.
My conclusions and those of my family are that we feel something
not only is going to take place, but have already actively begun
on this earth ..." chris holly, ufodigest.com (site accessed
May 2009)
Laws,
money, science & global community oracles, ET expansion 2012 "
... In order to continue building the global community we will need
some basic guidelines. These will incorporate both science and faith.
Balance is the key to our economic global community future. Goodwill
is still an important part of the equation. If we cannot obtain
some guidance from the world leaders, we shall obtain if from higher
sources. Some of the past rules have been created by those with
low levels of thought ..." Theresa J Thurmond Morris, americanchronicle.com
(site accessed May 2009)
2012:
A Y2K for the New Age "
... In America, we have always been uniquely receptive to end-times
prophesy—Y2K is the most recent example. What's unique about
2012 is that it appeals not to fundamentalist Christians but to
the New Age set." Lisa Miller, newsweek.com (site access
May 2009)
2012:
The End of an Era? "Is
the world coming to an end in three years? It's odd, but something
worth thinking about: some believe that's the case based on ancient
prophecies. But is the hype about prophecy or profit? ..."
cbs4.com (site accessed April 2009)
Healing
the bias of 2012 "
... Despite a build up of undeviating actions along a specific path
that would stack the odds in favor of a particular outcome, a new
choice that overrides the old is collectively possible each precious
moment. In one single moment of grace, enough people can choose
peace and create the longest shot of all, a world of transformation
and love for everyone. We have in this moment, right now, the choice
... " angelika whitecliff, examiner.com (site accessed
Mar 2009)
A
scientific look at the Mayan Calendar "
To understand what is likely to happen to Earth and its people,
you will need to remain calm and try to follow the facts. It's not
as simple as some people describe. It requires an understanding
of some fairly complicated science, but I think I can explain this
in a way that you will easily understand ..." afterarmageddon.blogspot.com
(site accessed Mar 2009)
Will
the world end in 2012? Common
questions relating to 2012, including Bible Code, Maya and Planet
X, with science-based rebuttals from Brian Dunning. sciencedude.freeedomblogging.com
(site accessed March 2009)
Apocalypse
in 2012? "
... One barometer of the interest in 2012 may be the "Ask an
Astrobiologist" section of NASA's Web site, where senior scientist
David Morrison answers questions from the public. On a recent visit,
more than half of the inquiries on the most popular list were related
to 2012. "The purveyors of doom are promoting a hoax,"
Morrison wrote earlier this month in response to a question from
a person who expressed fear about the date. A scholar who has studied
the Maya for 35 years said there is nothing ominous about 2012,
despite the hype surrounding claims to the contrary ... 'The whole
year leading up to it is going to be just crazy, I'm sorry to say,'"
cnn.com (site accessed Jan 2009)
Why
2012 Predictions are really stupid "
... Maybe a life spent in California has made me cynical. But having
endured the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the Harmonic Convergence,
the Oral Roberts Death Watch, Y2K and Bush v. Gore without having
any major appliances explode or noticing any Rapture-like behavior,
I simply cannot believe that in three years the Mayan calendar will
fall off a shelf and change the world as we know it. They couldn't
even predict their own demise, for heaven's sake ... Anne Hill,
huffingtonpost.com (site accessed Jan 2009)
2012
- The End of the World, or a New Beginning? Critical
overview of main 2012 prophecies, including Nostradamus, John Major
Jenkins, Edgar Cayce, Daniel Pinchbeck, Patrick Geryl, Lawrence
Jospeh, and a look back at some other prophecies which did not come
true. Michael M Martino, Jnr, longislandpress.com (site accessed
Jan 2009)
Apocalympics
2012 - Mayan "Prophecy" "
... What I can’t understand is why people think the Maya had
more of an ability to see into the future than any one else. The
Unarians thought aliens would invade Earth in 2001. Didn’t
happen. The Concerned Christians cult believed an earthquake would
wipe Denver off the map in 1998. Didn’t happen. The Third
Reich was supposed to have lasted 1,000 years. Didn’t happen
… " giagia.co.uk (site accessed Dec 2008)
Let's
talk about 2012 (YouTube clip) " ...
Let's get off the 2012 bandwagon ..." a pragmatic approach
to 2012 predictions Jalili, assatashakur.org (site accessed
Dec 2008)
UFOs,
Nibiru, 2012 ... and the Mandaeans "With
all the talk about Nibiru, 2012 and UFOs it is amazing that many
doing the talking have never heard of the Mandaeans, really amazing
... So who are the Mandaeans? Firstly there are about fifty thousand
of them left in the world. Most of them lived in Iraq as a cohesive
group for over four thousand years until America decided to go in
to that country ... Little is known of the Mandaean attitudes towards
2012, however of massive interest is the fact that the entire community
recently uprooted and left its homeland…of four thousand years
..." Michael Cohen, allnewsweb.com (site accessed Dec 2008)
The
2012 Phenomenon: A historical and typological approach to a modern
apocalyptic mythology "As
the year 2012 approaches, apocalyptic visions of the year has achieved
newfound popularity. In this MA-thesis, Sacha Defeche investigates
the roots of the esoteric apocalypse in 2012 in psychedelic and
New Age subculture, and looks at the different types of apocalyptic
visions, from Jose Argüelles to David Icke ..." skepsis.no
(site accessed Sep 2008)
Transmissions
from a possible future "The
editorial staff of The Loadstone Rock (consisting of me, myself
and I) have recently come into possession of some curious documents.
These scattered pages, purport to be the journal entries of an unnamed
person living the United States between the months of January and
April of 2012. While the dates alone make this record highly suspect,
the record given herein is both so compelling and so chilling that
we felt it might make for interesting copy ..." loadstonerock.wordpress.com
(site accessed Sep 2008)
Why
the fascination with the end of the world? Not
exactly about 2012, as it is written the day before the Large Hadron
Collider starts up, which has also given rise to end-of-the-world
fears, but an interesting article. One comment mentions 2012. Finlo
Rohrer, news.bbc.co.uk (site accessed Sep 2008)
December
21st 2012: The day the world WON'T end "
... According to many, the world is going to end on December 21,
2012. This is when the Mayan calendar comes to an end. Personally,
I always thought the Mayan Calendar came to an end at that point
because the Mayans weren't planning on going to anyone's birthday
party or attending any business meetings hundreds of years after
the collapse of their society, but I could be wrong. And many New
Age-y types have decided that this is when civilization is going
to collapse, because that's when Nibiru comes back ..." itschironboy.blogspot.com
(site accessed Aug 2008)
New
end of world scenario: Sunspots might destroy the world in 2012 "
... I'm not one to bow down before anyone or anything, if solar
activity heats before 2012, I will max out my credit cards, tear
off the "do not remove tags" from my pillows and mattresses,
step on a crack, ignore speed limits, toss away my recycling bin,
bring down my bong from the attic, and party like it's 1999 ..."
Robert Paul Reyes, newsblaze.com (site accessed July 2008)
Thousands
worldwide prepare for the apocalypse "
... Thousands of people worldwide seem to be preparing, in one way
or another, for the end of days in 2012. Survival groups exist in
Europe, Canada and the United States. A simple Google search for
"2012" and "the end of the world" brings up
nearly 300,000 hits. And the video-sharing Web site YouTube hosts
more than 65,000 clips informing and warning viewers about their
fate in 2012." Hundreds of readers's comments have been added
to this article. abcnews.go.com (site accessed July 2008)
Old
struggles on a new earth "
... The shift of “2012” could mean that Eastern mysticism,
the earth-based shamanism of tribal people and the West’s
pursuit of philosophical and scientific knowledge about the world
come together to create a new form of consciousness. I suspect the
West still has to realize its spiritual destiny — its dharma
— in the transformation of matter and the creation of a truly
equitable and sustainable world ... Daniel Pinchbeck, consciouschoice.com
(site accessed Mar 2008)
For
more Daniel Pinchbeck links see Books
Apocalypse
2012? "
... The Mayan calendar isn't in widespread use outside of Guatemala,
though others are interested in revitalizing it, said Keith Prufer,
assistant professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico.He
said the end of the calendar's long cycle does not imply an apocalypse,
but rather an anniversary similar to the millennium, though for
a period of more than 5,000 years. "It's not the end of the
world," he said ... " Article goes on to discuss various
theories and what makes people believe the world will come to an
end. Chloe Johnson, citizen.com (site accessed Jan 2008)
Surviving
the Hype of The Apocalypse of 2012 "...
The formula of the end of the world doomsday prophecy is always
the same. It originates from ancient times. Its basis surrounds
a certain date or time period in the future. There is always some
special insight beyond advanced modern science about how things
really work. There are historically vague embellished coincidences
that lead people to believe there is a solid basis for these future
doomsday prognostications. It is all designed to play on our fear.
The facts are created using smoke and mirrors. Like any scam, the
real intention is to separate us from the dollars in our wallets
..." James William Smith, searchwarp.com (site accessed
Jan 2008)
Five
years and counting: Will the world end in 2012? Overview
of various theories relating to 2012 and a discussion about the
gathering interest in the phenomenon. Vince Darcangelo, dailycamera.com
(site accessed Dec 2007)
Is
2007 Actually 2012? "
... 2007 has been littered with galactic events, from Comets Mira,
McNaught and the very strange, Holmes, to a grand conjunction unfurling
in our skies on the winter solstice. We have been led to look at
the year 2012 and that date has seeped into the mainstream consciousness,
but what if it is wrong? What if we have been led astray? ..."
Victoria Hardy, americanchronicle.com (site accessed Dec 2007)
Will
the world end in 2012? "The
Mayan calendar predicted the world would end Dec. 21, 2012. Is this
true? Yes, the world, as we know it, will definitely end on that
date, but it will not be the end of the world. I hesitated to write
this article because I did not want to scare people. But I was told
by an angelic being that I must ... " Jaime Licauco, ourstrangeworld.net
(site accessed Sep 2007)
Armageddon
ain't what it used to be ... "
... the growing cult of 2012 is a modern day creation, making use
of old writings to capitalise on very modern fears and anxieties,
and consumer guilt ... " Darryl Mason in yournewreality.com
(site accessed Jul 2007)
2012:
What's in a number? "...
If you want to bring in the power of the knowledge embedded in the
Mayan codes, you can add a practice to your life that will accelerate
your ability to navigate these next few years. You can join the
Mayan count of days and create your own timeship, the Synchronicity
Express ... " Elizabeth Whitney in coastalpost.com (site
accessed Jul 2007)
The
final days Interesting
overview examining the theories of some of the leading proponents
of 2012, including Lawrence E Joseph, Daniel Pinchbeck, Jose Arguelles
and John Major Jenkins, together with the viewpoint of other scientists
and researchers. Benjamin Anastas, New York Times (site accessed
July 2007)
2000
days " ... What does worry me is that
a portal into the darkest parts of the human psyche will be opened
up around then and that 2012 will be an excuse that some folks will
use to go crazy, to tear down, to hurt, to destroy ..." Flagg707,
futurejacked.blogspot.com (site accessed July 2007)
Doomsday
prophets have more than a few worried Article
discussing a History Channel documentary on 2012 with comments from
scientists and theologians denying the prophesied events are likely
to happen. Diana Washington Valdez, elpasotimes.com (site accessed
June 2007)
2012
Hype? "
... I won’t be too surprised if nothing happens at all: if
we’re too hyped up for 2012 and nothing happens, it could
be a classic case of boy crying wolf. Something even bigger could
be on the horizon, and we wouldn’t pay attention anymore."
AV Michaels, surfingthetao.blogspot.com (site accessed Apr 2007)
See also: A
Closer look at the 2012 phenomenon Occult
of Personality (site accessed Apr 200&)
