2012 - Date Set by Mayan Astrology Ignites Apocalyptic Mania and New Age Visions

December 2012 has become the most recent datefuror. They range from a gentle peaceful warm tidal
for the "end of the world", "inflection for change",change in consciousness, to the flipping of the earths
"earthly conflagration" or "peaceful new age cosmicon its poles and the drowning of humanity in floods
torrent". Why do I pose so many possibilities?and the ruination of the world in earth shaking
Because right now, you can go to the internet,earthquakes. This ready group of collected belief
churches, chat rooms, book stores or your local cafesystems all have a reason to believe that the world
and find people who believe some of the above andis facing some dramatic change.
more.The groups would not be together under any other
From using Edgar Cayce as an authority, totopic. Environmentalists, Christian Fundamentalists who
Bible-thumping, armageddon-believing preachers, fromdon't beleive in astrology and New Agers who have a
New Age Prophets to Astro Authors, where everhappy view of the future, traditional groups that are
you go right now - and for the next three years,atuned to the political and military situation in the
you will find people with a "specific belief in 2012".Middle East, all have a ready ear for what these long
What Do You Believe About 2012?dead Mayans constructed long ago in their particular
Don't laugh. As time goes on over the next 3 years,astro scenario.
someone will ask you what you believe about 2012,The reason there is such credibility is that they
and you will have to come up with a belief, or soundapparently were extremely accurate about their
terribly uninformed! What do people believe? Andpredictions, and even predicted their own demise.
how has this all happened?Now hundreds of years later, scholars having taken a
Public awareness of the Mayans, and specifically thenew look at their systems have determined that
"shamanistic priesthood" of the Mayans who werethey might have predicted a mighty change for the
amazingly atuned to the stars and had a specificplanet. This gives them a kind of air tight
astrology that measured earthly happenings, hassanctification. They are dead and gone. They
skyrocketed with recent research and books aboutpredicted their own end. They must be right again.
an "end of the world" scenario that is amazingly - justThen they pile in with all of the other "end of the
a turn around the corner in cosmic time. In a littleworld" scenarios, and you have a ready made
while, scholars, thinkers and writers have putconcentration of human consciousness on the next
together a body of quotes from Merlin to the Ithree years!
Ching, from the Koran to Sufi Seers, from KabbalisticLogging Our Anticipatory Longings
talk of the "end of days" to St. John's visions.Wow. You can not say that many people will not be
Never before has "date setting" for the "end ofexcited about this.
days" met with so many parties' ear perkingBeing a student of not only the current religious,
attention. How did Mayan Astrology meet with suchpolitical and social context that we find ourselves in, I
sudden credibility and attention? That is a story inalso am highly inclined to make an observation about
itself. Suffice it to say, that the Mayans have gonethe human psyche. There is something lodged in our
from a group that was - in the public mind, just aheads about impending calamity and not so far off
collection of old South American peoples, as in thedoom. It probably finds its origin in our ancient fear of
"Mayans, Aztecs and Incans" to a far sighted group"what tribe is coming over the hill to ruin our lovely
of astrological seers who were prophetic geniuses.village?" There is nothing worse that you can do to a
The technicality of the prophecy has to do with theperson than to arouse in them a nascent fear that is
coming together of astrological events all at thealready there just waiting like an embedded bug's
same time. One of the cycles is said to be concludingegg, waiting to wake him up every morning with new
after 26,000 years. This makes many people frompupal growth. So now we have a Movie coming out
very divergent philosophical points of view perk up.to do just that! That's right. Coming to a theatre near
People who decry astrology, like fundamentalistyou is a movie to terrify you about 2012. If you wish
Christians, have their own view of when "Christ isto go, go. Here at this site, we will keep a watch on
going to return"; and even though they don't believewhat is written and what is felt about this topic.
in astrology, the 2012 scenario has a harmonic ring toIn 1,000 AD, there was a general consciousness that
it, even for them. Those who have leftthat particular date would be an excellent time for
fundamentalist Christianity and have now becomeChrist to return. Unfortunately, they were not in on
New Agers are in a particular state of anticipation,the heavenly memo that called it off. When
since both their former and their present systemsprophecies become rife, that is usually the time to
have a belief in "something dramatic happening in theget up and go to work and do the blessed task of
not too distant future".daily living. It is my opinion that in December of 2012,
Nobody Without An Opinionwe will all be getting up, going to work and doing the
The beliefs about what is going to happen at thisblessed task of daily living. I will hopefully see you
key moment in astrological time differ greatly. Andthere. In the meantime, we will keep our ears to the
that is what all the rage is about and the bookground for real and imagined events.
writing and professional speculating has begun in a