Mayans Predicted December 21, 2012 Will Be the Apocalypse

Aly Adair
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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 30x26 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.

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Aly Adair is an Air Force Veteran with a career in teaching and educational publishing. Aly has an MBA and is a former small business owner.   View profile

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  • Mayans predicted the end of time occurring on December 21, 2012.
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The Pennsylvania crop circle was the focus of the Mel Gibson movie, "Signs".

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  • Smart 11/29/2010

    You are an idiot. The Mayans NEVER predicted an apocalypse. In fact, even New Age Mayans will call you retarded if you ask them about 2012.

  • Common Sense 9/12/2010

    IT'S REAL! jk lol

  • Stephen Barnes 6/8/2010

    But, the Mayan's weren't the only ones to predict the end of the world on December 21st 2012, some doomsayers (it's just a word not a voodoo name) think this is the day the world will be destroyed due to a nuclear war and a lot of religions say this is judgment day... when you put it like this it sounds pretty convincing that something will happen that day but remember... no one can put solid rock concrete evidence on any of this happen so stay calm! Don't go round kicking everyone on Dec 20th because if the world doesn't end you're going to be in a lot of trouble...

  • Stephen Barnes 6/8/2010

    *were scary :S It was meant to be past tense

  • Stephen Barnes 6/8/2010

    Yea sure it seems a little crazy but the mayans are scary at predicting things. They even predicted the end of their own civilisation and the duration that the sun will be in position during this galactic event to a 1000th of a decimal point which is more accurate than a lot of philosophers, Greeks and other people who preditced this. To actually predict when the Sun will be in position a very long time after they even existed is amazing so anything the Mayan's predict you should take seriously even if it sounds like a load of nonsense to a lot of people

  • Bob 1/5/2010

    you can really be a scientist with that kind of explination lmao >_> anyways i guess we'll have to wait and see

  • scientist 1 1/4/2010

    I think that it will happen we will all die. the earths crust as we know it will seperate. volcanos will eurped killing millions and then the ocean will come and take over the land.

  • Bob 1/4/2010

    appearently, this already happened 3 times before this one...

  • Pradeep 12/22/2009

    just enjoy u r each day of the beautiful time u ve .. with out wasting time on unwanted thniks like digging about 2012 .

  • Peter 12/21/2009

    yOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT CRAZY STUF. If you really believe, so go to pray and ask for forgiveness. You will be save when this thing happens.

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