The
Maya Calendar is probably one of the most cited sources for the end
of world scenario or other great changes occuring in 2012. There are
several detractors from this theory, which is based on the Maya Long
Count, a cycle of 1,872,000 days.
Alignment
2012 "John
Major Jenkins is an independent researcher who has devoted himself
to reconstructing ancient Mayan cosmology and philosophy. Since beginning
his odyssey of research and discovery with the Maya, John has authored
dozens of articles and many books." (site accessed Feb 2006)
See
also: Interview
with John Major Jenkins Red Ice Creations Radio Archive
(site accessed Nov 2007)
See also: Mushroom
Cosmogenesis 2012 (YouTube)
"Ever wonder where John Major Jenkins got his 'ground-breaking
insights' ..." (site accessed Jul 2010)
Archaeologist
debunks alleged Maya prediction of apocalypse "Contrary
to the apocalyptic prophecies for 2012 attributed to the Maya civilization,
a Mexican archaeologist says that the Mayas were predicting a “strictly
cyclical phenomenon,” not a planetary catastrophe ...“The
Maya philosophy conceives of the beginning and the end as a whole.
That is to say, it doesn’t separate life and death because one
is the origin of the other, but therefore that doesn’t mean
that everything has to end to be able to see a new beginning,”
Morales said. He added that if the Maya government were still ruling
in Mesoamerica, “Dec. 21, 2012 would be the most important day
in all its history. They would celebrate the arrival of a new sun
with ceremonies, banquets and sacrifices.” laht.com (site
accessed June 2010)
Much
ado about nothing: 2012 and the Maya (MP3) "
... In this talk, Marc Zender will enlist William Shakespeare's Much
Ado about Nothing. He suggests the famous romantic comedy about deceit,
mistaken identity, and the peril of unexamined assumptions will “shed
some light on the New Age nonsense surrounding the supposed Maya ‘end
date’ of 2012.” For example, the “end date”
itself is mentioned on a single 7th-century monument in a passage
that is open to several interpretations ...But Maya doomsday theorists
are not daunted by the lack of evidence. The contrast between the
evidence and the theory propagated in the public consciousness provides
a cautionary tale in the grand tradition of Shakespeare. peabody.harvard.edu
(site accessed Mar 10)
It's
Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya Tell Us About 2012 "
... For over a decade, I have focused my scholarly research
specifically on Maya culture and writing, making some surprising discoveries
that can present a more definitive perspective on the prophecies of
the ancient Maya seers. As we approach the critical year, it is time
to offer a more viable account of the Maya prophecy and expose both
the fallacies and ethnocentricism tainting the current sensational
accounts. Here
I intend to explain what we actually know about (1) Maya knowledge
and attitudes, both ancient and modern, (2) the date 13.0.0.0.0. and
(3) their many Creation stories and prophecies. Mark Van Stone,
www.famsi.org (site accessed Mar 2010)
Apocalypse
soon? What the Maya calendar really tells us about 2012 and the end
of time "
... We live in a techno-immersed, materially oriented society that
seems somewhat bewildered by where rational, empirical science might
be taking us. This may be why the mystical, escapist explanations
of a galactic endpoint, replete with precise mathematical, historical,
and cosmic underpinnings (masquerading as science), have such wide
appeal. In an age of anxiety we reach for the wisdom of ancestors--even
other peoples' ancestors--that might have been lost in the drifting
sands of time. Perhaps the only way we can take back control of our
disordered world is to rediscover their lost knowledge and make use
of it. And so we romanticize the ancient Maya ..." quoted
from a longer article by Anthony Aveni, Russell Colgate professor
of astronomy and anthropology at Colgate University,www.archaeology.org
(site accessed Mar 2010)
2012:
The Long Count does not end on December 21, 2012 "
... to say that the “Maya culture” had one homogeneous
system of recording dates is dead wrong and this belief relies on
Westernized/Christian assumptions. But I am afraid the 2012ers will
not be able to understand this, their ideas solely rest on arborescent
models where everything can be traced back to a master-signifier (this
one may differ depending on one’s preferences) ..." haecceities.wordpress.com
(site accessed Dec 09)
Mayan
Year 2012 Stirs Doomsday Theories "Apolinario
Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about
the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21,
2012. After all, it's not the end of the world. Or is it? Definitely
not, the Mayan Indian elder insists ... Chile Pixtun, a Guatemalan,
says the doomsday theories spring from Western, not Mayan ideas ..."
foxnews.com (site accessed Oct 09)
Illtud
Melchizedek Studies
actual Mayans and uses remote viewing to see the future. Link to YouTube
message. members.cox.net/melchizedek27 (site accessed Oct 09)
Crystal
skulls key to Maya predictions for 2012 "
... In March 2010, people from around the world are gathering in Yucatan,
Mexico with their crystals and crystal skulls ... Presenting at the
conference and leading many of the ceremonies throughout the journey
is Miguel Angel Vergara, noted Maya expert. "Nobody can say exactly
what is going to happen on December 21, 2012. It is going to depend
on each one of us and what we do now in these days leading up to the
end of the Maya calendar. It is clear that a great deal of healing
is needed to allow us to
move forward. Having the crystal skulls at Chichen Itza during the
equinox is
going to give us a very powerful healing opportunity," says Miguel
Angel ...." reuters.com (site accessed Sept 2009)
2012
Mayan Prophecies - how to prepare and attune yourself "
... the actual Mayan Council has been purposely silent for over 200
years. Now, for the first time in recent history are they speaking
out about their knowledge and the Prophecies. The message is very
clear. This is not doomsday, but is a new beginning in humanity’s
consciousness ..." toltec-nagual.com (site accessed Aug 2009)
How
to spot a prophet's Maya hoax -numerology and gematria "
... Apparently, the people who created the Long Count calendar in
the first centuries BC correlated their “end” date with
British sailor’s chronometers that emerged more than 2000 years
later! Ancient wisdom…? No, contemporary nonsense created by
ethnocentric creationists and pseudoscientists ..." haecceities.wordpress.com
(site accessed Aug 09)
2012
Doomsday: Science or Superstition? "A
debate is raging over whether Dec. 21, 2012, the end of the Mayan
calendar, heralds a doomsday of apocalyptic proportions — or
the dawning of a golden age in consciousness. In the new documentary
2012: Science or Superstition ... scientists and experts present both
the science behind the Mayan calendar as well as a positive message
that we will be ushered into a new age of elevated consciousness and
increased awareness ... According to the Maya, humanity first appears
in the planet on Dec. 21, 2012. So we’re still proto-humans.
We’re still half cooked ... Interview with shaman, Alberto
Villodo, life.gaiam.com (site accessed June 2009)
The
risks of believing that the Mayan calendar ends December 21st, 2012!
" ... I feel there are indeed many people ...that
benefit from the claim that the Mayan calendar ends December 21, 2012.
Thus, I do not think that it is an accident that we do not hear of
the October 28, 2011 date in public media. To begin with, as far as
I know no one who adheres to the end date of October 28, 2011 has
ever presented this as a predetermined doomsday and thus unduly associated
the Mayan calendar with fear. Since the abovementioned debate two
different intellectual cultures have emerged around the two possible
end dates, one based on belief (December 21, 2012) and one based on
evidence (October 28, 2011). Carl Johan Calleman, calleman.com
(site accessed May 2009)
2012:
Not Doomsday, it's the last stand for an ancient civilization "
... why didn’t the Mayans explicitly say: “the Long Count
will cycle again after 5126 years“? That’s because they
were still in their first cycle. And within this first cycle, their
entire civilization rose and and crashed back down again. They never
got the chance to experience one whole cycle, resetting the Long Count
or, indeed, simply extending it. In short, the world isn’t going
to end in 2012 (the coincidental end-date of the Mayan Long Count
calendar), it’s the last stand of an ancient culture ..."
astroengine.com (site accessed May 2009)
The
Newest On 2012 Mayan Calendar and Prophesies "...
In actuality, the world is in convulsion, living in times of war for
no reason, climate changes that provoke calamities, natural disasters
that occur with greater frequency. And, not to mention our own individual
daily actions that demonstrate, first of all, that we are out of touch
with ourselves. And secondly, that we are out of touch with others
which, has lead to the consequential deterioration of relations with
our Creator, with our brothers and sisters, and with humanity in general.
The Mayans do not talk about the end of the world, but rather, specifically
say that all things will transform, that the only thing that is permanent
is the spirit in its evolutionary journey to higher spiritual levels
... ” aquariuspapers.com (site accessed Mar 2009)
Maya
Perspectives on 2012 "
... Until recently, Maya themselves have contributed relatively little
to the 2012 phenomenon since only a small number have had prior exposure
to the topic. The Long Count calendar that establishes the 2012 date
fell into disuse well before the invasion of the Maya world by Spanish
conquistadors and knowledge of its rediscovery by Western investigators
has reached few of today’s Maya. The purpose of this website
is to serve as resource for those seeking information related to this
subject that comes exclusively from within the Maya cultural context
..." stetson.edu/~rsitler/perspectives (site accessed Feb
2009)
What
will NOT happen in 2012 "
... Whatever Monument 6 has to tell us pertains to
the dedication of the building associated with the sculpture. It has
nothing to do with prophecy or the supposed, dread events that await
us in AD 2012. About that the Maya are notably silent…or, truth
be told, a bit boring ..." decipherment.wordpress.com (site
accessed Feb 2009)
Grand
Maya Itza Council speaks about 2012 "The
GRAND MAYA ITZA COUNCIL feels proud to distribute this list of sacred
sites to all the Initiates and Workers of Light from all around the
world ... We the MAYA ITZA people are very aware of the bad news and
disasters that are going to occur in the year 2012 as foreseen by
many people ... We the Mayans who have not been cultured by the Western
Culture do not agree with all the negative things our sacred calendars
have been involved in. That is the main reason why we are distributing
this list of sacred sites where we are planning to do our spiritual
work ..." ufodigest.com (site accessed Dec 08)
Jose
Arguelles' Calendrical Dreams "Arguelles'
1987 book, The Mayan Factor, was an eclectic mix of Maya calendrics
and new age philosophy. Unfortunately, Arguelles didn't make clear
how much of the calendar he described, and later named "Dreamspell",
was Maya, and how much was his own. Although it contains much that
is dubious, it offends primarily because it has given a lot of people
a very mistaken impression of the real Maya calendar. In 1992, Arguelles
announced The Thirteen Moon Calendar. This is much more egregious
nonsense. Arguelles claims that only adoption his calendrical innovation
can save the world from disaster as we approach what he calls the
"harmonic convergence" .... members.shaw.ca
(site accessed Oct 08)
Return
to Awareness - A message from Carlos Barrios "
... The period that opened on the 9th of August 2008, is a cycle started
at 8 Kan which is the manifestation of material energy (it activates
the last phase of material energy on Mother Earth and human beings
and it will end on December 20-2012) . We are working every day with
ceremonies to balance the energies and touch the heart of mother earth;
this cycle of work will end on the 4th. of September, the beginning
of the Sacred Maya New Year. The
goal of the Ceremonies we are making is to create balance in life,
our attention and intention is focused in reestablishing the world’s
economy, even as at this moment it is not fair or adequate since it
is based on materialism which is the prevailing form and humanity
is not yet ready for the new socioeconomic order. The rise in the
price of oil and bankruptcy of the banking system is raising the prices
of the products which are necessary for survival and creating more
poverty, for which we ask you as well to focus your energy and mind
power for humanity to return to a balance ..." thenewhumanity.blogspot.com
(site accessed Aug 2008)
See
also: The
Mayan Calendar - The World Will Not End "
... (Carlos) Mr. Barrios is a historian, an
anthropologist and investigator. After studying with traditional elders
for 25 years since the age of 19, he has also became a Mayan Ajq'ij,
a ceremonial priest and spiritual guide, Eagle Clan .... Other people
write about prophecy in the name of the Maya. They say that the world
will end in December 2012. The Mayan elders are angry with this. The
world will not end. It will be transformed ... Change is accelerating
now, and it will continue to accelerate.' If the people of the earth
can get to this 2012 date in good shape, without having destroyed
too much of the Earth, Mr. Barrios said, we will rise to a new, higher
level. But to get there we must transform enormously powerful forces
that seek to block the way ... mayamysteryschool.com (site accessed
Dec 2007)
Mayan
Calendar Code "Trackdown
- found out what's real ... We are tracking down stories about the
Mayan calendar. Are they really from the Mayan calendar? From the
Maya? Or not? We welcome you to an investigation into the source of
all the stories about what 2012 means and what we're being told about
what 2012 means. And there might be a few surprises in store for you
..." mayan-calendar-code.com (site accessed June 2008)
Lord
Pakal Trilogy "On
August 22, 2004, Pakal received the last spiritual revelation ...
According to the synchronicity of his Mayan time on Earth, at the
end of his learning cycle, Pakal initiates the action cycle in which
he emerges as one of the Time Witnesses and opens Xibalba for his
ascension and transformation of the planet. In
Pakal's vision and words, he says, "it is possible to survive
Death for the existing and future generations and preserve your soul
in infinite time according to the physical Law of Conservation of
Energy." He further explains, " the human race has misunderstood
the process of Death due to religious traditions and creation of burial
rituals that are incorrect in many ways. The main principle has not
been applied or forgotten through many centuries. New technology and
courageous ideas are necessary to prove the existence of our reincarnation
process." ...
The
Mayan Calendar, Jose Arguelles, 2012 and the End of Time "
... During the Spring of 2001 I produced a radio documentary and magazine
article about the Mayan Calendar. I concluded both by saying I would
try to follow the Mayan Calendar for one year. Below is my follow-up
report ..." thevenue.org (site accessed December 2007)
What
date was the 2012 Mayan Info Decoded? "The
first person to comment on the relation of the Mayan Great Cycle end
date with the winter soltice in December 2012 was not Jose Arguelles
(The Mayan Factor) or Terence McKenna (Novelty Theory) or John Major
Jenkins (Galactic Alignment), but Professor Victoria Bricker of Tulane
University, an academic Maya epigrapher who was included by Munro
Edmonson (1924-2002) in “The Book of the Year: Middle American
Calendrical Systems” (1988). The decipherment of the Maya calendar
were first discovered in 1880, and again in 1892, anthropologist Ernst
Förstemann published the Dresden Codex, in photochromolithographic
editions, with perhaps only 60 copies produced in each edition (Gates,
booklet with “The Dresden Codex”, 1932)..." pakalahau.wordpress.com
(site accessed Nov 2007)
The Mayan Calendar Portal " ...provides information from some of the world's leading experts on
the true Mayan Calendar and the Galactic Underworld. It is also meant
to create coherence and a fruitful interaction among those genuinely
interested in the meaning and message of the Sacred Mayan Calendar
and who look upon the Calendar as a currently valid description of
the evolution of consciousness leading to a state of oneness ..."
mayaportal.lucita.net (site accessed Aug 2007)
The
Mayan Calendar - the website of Carl Johan Calleman "The
Mayan Time Science describes energy changes in Cosmic history and
is our most valuable tool for charting the future. This site outlines
the underlying basis for this calendar, the very foundation of prophecy
.... Time, in fact, is speeding up as we transition from the materialist
Planetary Underworld that still governs us to a new and higher frequency
of consciousness, the Galactic Underworld, in preparation for the
final Universal level of conscious Enlightenment. The
Mayan calendar is thus a spiritual device that enables a greater understanding
of the evolution of consciousness driving human history and the concrete
steps we can take to align ourselves with this cosmic evolution toward
Enlightenment." (site
accessed Jan 2007)
Gnosis
- Echoes of Knowledge This
is the website of Derek SKhane, who endeavours to illustrate the manner
in which all number is integrated - measure, time, distance, area,
etc. The link is to an essay entitled "The Maya-Carnac-link"
which relates Mayan numbers to theoretically divergent cultures. (site
accessed Jan 2007)
Mayans
excited about first movie in their language
Describes
the Mayan reaction to Mel Gibson's movie, Apolcalypto.
"Mauricio Amuy, a non-Maya actor
who participated in the filming of Apocalypto, says the production
staff discussed the (2012)theory on the set. “We know the Bible
talks about prophecies, and that the Mayas spoke of a change of energy
on Dec. 22, 2012, and it (the movie) is somewhat focused on that,”
Amuy said. “People should perhaps take that theory and reflect,
and not do these things that are destroying humanity.” Posted
by grhomeboy on Homeboynet.wordpress.com (site accessed Dec 2006)
2012
Winter Solstice Non-Event Article
pointing out that the winter solstice Sun will fall into the Cygnus
Rift every year for over a century. Also includes rebuttals of John
Major Jenkins' theories (see below) Stephen Tonkin, astunit.com
(site accessed Nov 2006)
"There's
certainly evidence that they thought something was going to happen
in 2012. But they also project history into the far future."
Quote from Simon Martin, researcher at Pennsylvania Archeological
Museum. Bluehoney.org (site accessed Sep 2006)
Crystalinks
Link
to article about Maya Calendar and prophecies. "The Time Shift
marked the time in history when the planet entered a new sequencing
of energy that after a magnetic pole shift in 2000, will be complete
in December, 2012. With the energy sequencing complete in 2012, Timeship
Earth will launch her voyage into fourth dimensional time in 2013."
(site accessed April 2006)
Astronomy
Answers 21 December 2012 An
astronomical approach to the Mayan end date which argues against it
being a date of any signficance. The author of the article says: "I
think that the beginning of a new period in the Long Count of the Maya
in 2012 is just as unimportant as the 6000th anniversary of the Biblical
creation date (celebrated in 1996), or the planetary conjunction of
May 2000, or all kinds of past dates for which the end of the world
had been predicted. Someone who did not hear about the prediction in
advance would not have noticed anything special on those dates, and
I predict that December 2012 will be like that as well.
The
only effects that can be expected associated with the conjunction
of 21 December 2012 have to do with the attention that people draw
to that conjunction and date. If people expect that unusual things
will happen on a certain date, then on that date they'll behave differently
than usual, and that in itself is already an unusual thing. In this
way they can fulfill their own expectations."
The
How and Why of the Mayan End Date in 2012 AD Article
by John Major Jenkins originally published in the Dec-Jan '95 issue
of Mountain Astrologer. (site accessed Feb 2006)
Brief
chapter-by-chapter summary of Maya Cosmogenesis 2012
Summary of the main points of this book by John Major Jenkins
with a link to another site which clarifies general misundestandings
of Jenkins' work. (site accessed Feb 2006)
Maya
Calendar
An overview of the concepts of the Maya
calendar and how ages were calculated. Also provides links to other
sites of interest on this topic. Largely discounts New Age theories.
(site accessed Feb 2006)
2Neartheedge
Mayan Long Count calendar to download free.
(site accessed Feb 2006)
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