Flash back to Y2K when some thought the world would end. Whew – we survived that one. Well, in a little more than five years, an event will happen in the sky that only happens once every 25,800 years. The Mayans believed this event will end life since that day, December 21, 2012 is the last day of their calendar. Whether or not you agree with this prediction, others are seriously considering what may transpire during this historic galactic event: the winter solstice sun crosses the equator of the Milky Way and the ecliptic path of the sun. It will come to resolution at exactly 11:11 am GMT.
Books about the latest apocalyptic prediction are flooding retail bookshelves. One of the most popular is “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl” which has sold thousands of copies per month since its publication in May of 2006. Others published since November include “2013 Oracle: Ancient Keys to the 2012 Awakening”, “Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization’s End”, “The Revolution of 2012: Vol. 1, The Preparation”, and “Serpent of Light”. Authors of these books predict everything from catastrophic events to changes in the nature of consciousness fueled by use of psychedelic drugs. Sound familiar?
Other observations leading to the proof of the prediction include the analysis of crop circles appearing between 1997 and 2006. There is the famous “Grid Crop Circle” found in 1997 that has connections to the number 26 (the Mayan Tzolkin or Sacred Calendar) and the number 30 (there are 30 twenty-six week periods between 1997 and 2012). The crop circle formation was an intricate 30×26 checkerboard grid. The grid contained 780 squares that is exactly divisible by the Tzolkin, which is a grid of 260 squares with sides of 13 x 20. Another crop circle, named The Mayan Wheel, was found in August of 2004. The UK newspapers proclaimed it as “The Doomsday Crop Circle” since it includes ancient Maya symbols depicting the entrance to the underworld. Other crop circles appearing between 2004 and 2006 with connections to Maya culture are “The Earth Star”, “The Pennsylvnia Checkerboard”, “The Woolstone Hill Formation”, and “The Ripley Glyph”. To view these and other crop circles with the interpretations of the Mayan connection, visit http://www.greatdreams.com/2012.htm.
Some scientific scholars claim that this is just another effort for people to use the media and hype to cash in on an ancient myth. These scholars believe that the Mayan culture was notorious for celebrating the end of the world and probably did not have the knowledge to make such a galactic prediction. Conflicts between those ancient predictions and current spiritual beliefs about the end of life make it hard to support the galactic theories.
If you believe in astronomy, astrology, numerology, ancient myth, or are even remotely curious about the connections of these philosophical studies to the Mayan prediction, you will likely be compelled to believe by the proof presented in literature regarding the predictions of December 21, 2012.
