Michel de Nostredame, or famously known as Nostradamus, is one of the most controversial persona in history due to his eerie prophecies that many claim to have actually come true – even centuries beyond his death. As a French Renaissance figure, he is accounted to his various contributions to medicine as an apothecary. He is best known for his book Les Propheties (The Prophecies) which garnered him a lot of followers that up until now connect major past and future events as accurately predicted by him.

He is credited to have predicted the reign of Napoleon and Hitler, and the subsequent terror they have caused in their time. He is also known to have accurately prophesied the Sept 11 attacks with the following words:

“In the year of the new century and nine months, from the sky will come a great King of Terror…The sky will burn at forty-five degrees. Fire approaches the great new city…In the city of York there will be a great collapse, two twin brothers torn apart by chaos. While the fortress falls the great leader will succumb, third big war will begin when the big city is burning.”

Nostradamus’ predictions led to one significant worldwide event after another. In a view point, the human race may not have truly prepared to avoid such catastrophes. Could we actually use his predictions to prepare ourselves not to be again devastated by another upcoming disaster? How about his predictions regarding the coming 2012 as the end of the world, as he is quoted:

“After there is great trouble among mankind, a greater one is prepared. The great mover of the universe will renew time, rain, blood, thirst, famine, steel weapons and disease. In the heavens, a fire seen.”

Should Nostradamus’ 2012 warning be taken into serious consideration so that we can prepare ourselves accordingly for such world shocking event? Some of us may do whatever it takes to prepare for the worst, while others will just let it pass. But there will always be this truth about everything – we will never know until it truly happens.

The Mayan Civilization is acknowledged to be one of the most glorious cultures in world history. With their outstanding architectural marvels, exquisite relics and intricate stone carved writings the Mayans have left behind a tremendous treasure of human achievement that resound for centuries beyond their time.

One of the most controversial legacies that the Mayans have left behind is their system of tracking time – the Mayan Calendar. This system of a calendar is one of the best documented relics in history as it exemplifies the highly advanced knowledge of the ancient people. With its intricacy and accuracy of depicting time, it not only showed an integral part of an ancient culture and lifestyle but also important signs and predictions of the future.

The Mayan Calendar is perhaps the most wondrous of developed systems in the ancient world. It contains a complete description of cycles that historically correspond to significant events in the history of the planet. This 5,000 year old calendar has predicted so accurately the phases of the world which science has also discovered and proven to be true. There is a great deal of knowledge behind the logic of how the Mayans viewed time and the future.

The intrigue that the Mayan Calendar has stirred is its specific calculations that the current cycle of the world is due to end in December 2012.  Does this particular end of cycle mean the actual end of the world itself?

We may never know what would really happen and who to truly listen to as there are a great load of speculations being made as to what will happen in 2012. Whether the Mayan Calendar has indeed indicated the end of the world by the year 2012 or implied another, we will never know until time has actually passed by. We may never know until it happens or we can always heed what the signs of the times tell us.

People all throughout the ages have extensively studies and expressed their views regarding the possible phenomena that will take place by the time the world ends. But all throughout the Internet and mass media is going through a hype right now regarding the purportedly 2012 as the year that the world will be doomed.

The 2012 Doomsday is referred by some sources as the Apocalypse – wherein there would come a revelation of the end of the world. The final judgment of the living and dead will take place as written in the Bible. The world will come to an end as we will be judged as to where we shall be on the next life. Some say that the war in Iraq is already a sign of the coming Armageddon – an epic battle associated with prophecies of the end of time. Science may refer to the 2012 Doomsday as the Big Crunch – wherein the expansion of the universe eventually reverses and recollapses, ending as a black hole subsequently.

Prophecies and the signs of the times tell us that 2012 as a possibility that the world will end. But will 2012 Doomsday be just another hoax and marketing tactic like the false alarms made in 2000 and 2006? As it is written in the Bible – we will never know when the end of the world and time would be. Only God know when and we are to wait up front for it. This puts us into a notion that we should make the most out of every moment, and never neglect the most precious ones in our lives.

Theories Revolving Doomsday

Various media sources have expressed different views regarding the apocalyptic 2012. Movies and documentaries based upon studies made have shown possibilities such as massive solar storms, shifting of magnetic poles, raging earthquakes, and deathly volcanic eruptions which are due to happen all at once on 2012. These phenomena have been supported by how the ancient Mayan civilization has predicted that 2012 is the end of the earth’s cycle. Environmentalists have pointed out that the end is near due to man’s destruction of nature. Scientists have studies regarding possible comet collisions and the alignment of a black hole in the universe due on 2012.

New Age Theories

New Agers support the evidence given by the Mayan Long Count Calendar regarding the end of the earth’s cycle as to a worldwide consciousness shift. The specific date of December 21, 2012 is a time wherein the earth and the sun will have a certain alignment in space which is predicted to cause a great change for the planet. Semir Osmanagic, in his book the World of Maya, proposes that “when the cosmic energy is allowed to flow throughout our tiny planet, we will be raised to higher level by vibrations.” So in this New Age theory, the year 2012 is not a catastrophic and deathly event for all of us, but a change into a new era for mankind.

Choose your pick, Doomsday or New Age? For whatever happens to the future of mankind and the world, it is up to time to tell us.

The year 2012 is earmarked as being one of cataclysmic events because it augurs the end of the Mesoamerican Long count calendar which is 5, 125 years in duration and which ends December 21 or 23, 2012.  A great deal of speculation has been attached to this year and date. Subsequently, it is suggested that this augurs the end of the world as we know it.

Insofar as a world catastrophe occurring, 2012, predictions of any sort are generally dismissed as pseudo science.  The scientific community does not subscribe to the notion of a catastrophe occurring in order to lend legitimacy to ancient prophecy.

There are two diverse branches of thought regarding the coming of this date.  To some, 2012 predictions are of a dire and cataclysmic nature.  It is suggested that the year of 2012 is the time of the apocalypse, or end of the world. Conversely, it is also thought that the way we know the world now will be diametrically different, and there s no negative connotation to this second theory.

Predictions for 2012, by those who envision an end of days scenario portend a series of cataclysmic events, both man made and natural, which culminate in the world ending. It is suggested that because of astronomic occurrences that affect the magnetic field of the earth will cause grave harm.  It is suggested that the reason the polar ice caps are melting, not because of global warming, but because of a shift in the earth’s magnetic fields. This shift in turn, will adversely affect the planet.

The occurrences of global economic crisis, environmental catastrophes, and political tensions are suggested to be the inevitable built-up in world crises that will culminate with a complete state change for the world and its population.  These predictions have been alluded to by Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus as well as ancient civilizations like the Mayans.

Insofar as predictions for 2012, there is a lot of credence attached to a negative outcome.  Ancient prophecies have predicted, with a degree of accuracy, events that have transpired.   The disasters of recent world events are often attributed to the prophecies of ancient times coming to fruition.

With regard to predictions, it is certainly evident that there have been vast and disturbing weather changes.   Also, we have experienced world-wide economic crises unprecedented in history.  Military tensions throughout the globe are teetering on a precipice.

In addition, there is the prediction that the planet Nibiru   is on a collision course with the earth, and this catastrophe is predicted to transpire in the year 2012. This is in accordance to the Mayan calendar.  December 21^st, of that year is when this calendar officials ends.

The idea of this planet being on a collision course with Earth causes the most concern with regard to 2012 predictions.   There is indication that such a calamity is in the offing.  There are many organizations emerging that are suggesting strategies to mitigate the potential disaster or avert it.

The New Agers hypothesis   suggests that the year 2012 will be a time of spiritual awakening, and embracing of a collective consciousness that will serve to improve the existence of mankind.  This 2012 prediction is downplayed, compared to more dire predictions, since forecasts of catastrophe have a tendency to capture the imagination far more.

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It is significant; however, that many groups are developing that devotes their work to preparing for the possibility of the world ending in this manner, that this dire 2012 prediction will come true.    They are working on strategies to cope with, or alleviate the end of days portended by the Mayans.  There is even a feature film about this phenomenon shortly to be released.

To summarize, predictions for 2012, are just that-predictions.  There have been numerous times when the interpretations of ancient wisdoms have been misinterpreted or misconstrued.  The outcome for 2012 remains to be seen.

The Mayan group of Mesoamericans formulated the long count calendar based on astronomy, and when translated in one fashion into current date format, can be interpreted to end in December on the 2012 calendar.  This correlation between the Long Count and Western calendars has caused speculation and predictions to flourish.

Although there is no consensus among Mayan researchers, it is a popular notion to devise the end time as correlating to their ancient records by the long count calendar.  The Long Count calendar identifies a day by counting the number of days passed since a creation date or zero date which was 13.0.0.0.0 that corresponds to August 11, 3114 BC and completes its life cycle on a date corresponding to approximately December 21^st, on the 2012 calendar.

The Mesoamerican culture used a 260 day ceremonial calendar, which had 20 periods of 13 days, as well as the 365 day solar calendar.  The two calendars would then coincide every 52 years.  They then devised the long count calendar to measure dates beyond the 52 years.  Due to lack of consistency in formulas used, there is much debate as to the actual corresponding dates but is a popular belief that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of time as we know it on the 2012 calendar.

Researchers generally believe that the long count calendar was in existence prior to the Mayans due to where artifacts have been found in and around Mexico.  The Mayans elaborated on the calendar through astrological tables that were used exclusively by the Mayan astronomers to forecast solstices, equinoxes, the path of the planets in our solar system and other celestial phenomena.  The long count calendar can be translated to complete its cycle in the 2012 calendar year.

In Mayan mythology each Long Count cycle is a world age and forms the basis for a New Age belief that a cataclysmic event will occur on the Western 2012 calendar on or about December 21^st.  This forecast is considered by Mayan scholars to be a misinterpretation, yet is commonly referenced in media as the 2012 calendar doomsday prophesies.

If we assume that the current age completes on December 21 on the 2012 calendar, and a new age begins, what type of metamorphosis will occur?  Various writings and calculations can be used to predict floods, earthquakes, or implosions of the universe.  Non-biblically based prophesies are thought provoking and entertaining, but should be considered in the context they were derived.

We can all contemplate our existence, the reason for it and how we live our lives and our purpose here.  No matter the date, whether it is in the 2012 calendar year, today or in a hundred years, we will all meet our maker through some event taking place, and we do need to prepare for that moment in time.

The great tribulation will take place and the signs and events that will take place have and are occurring.  Can man attempt to pinpoint the exact date in time as to the end of the world in the 2012 calendar year?  It is written that no man can know, but we are each responsible for preparing ourselves through our faith and beliefs.

View our resources and consider the prophesies, the source and your own beliefs.  The 2012 calendar predictions are intriguing.

The Mayan calendar is a detailed system of calendars and almanacs used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.  It is still used in modern Guatemala.  Along with those of the Aztecs, the Mayan calendar is the best documented, and best understood.  The deity, Itzamna, is credited with bringing the calendar system to ancient Maya.

The Mayan calendar is constructed on the basis of a 26,000 year cycle.  This large cycle is in turn comprised of five lesser cycles that consist of 5, 125 years.  Each of these time periods is known as a creation cycle.

Each of these Mayan cycles is said to be ruled and destroyed by one of the five elements.  The rulerships are 4 Jaguar, Wind, Rain and Water.  Our present great time period spans from 3113 B.C. to 2012 A.D.

The date which the world entered the fourth World is August 13, 3113 B.C. Each element endures a 5, 125 year cycle.  It is taught that we have been through the time periods ruled by earth, fire, air and water already. The next cycle, the fifth cycle, commences December 21, 2012.

This coming cycle, 2012, after December 21, will be regarded by the Mayans, as the age of Centre. As we are close to closing on the Forth World of Destruction, we are poised to begin the Fifth World of Peace.

This new age of rebirth, is 2012, according to the Mayans is at odds with the doomsday theory scenario that is so prevalent now.  The date of December 21, 2012 has, by many accounts dire and negative connotations.

As the world moves towards this year of 2012, there is great speculation that this will be the end of the world.  It is widely hypothesized that December 21 will in fact, be Armageddon.  The prophesies of the ancients are elucidating, but are subject to interpretation.

In its positive aspect, it will indicate the end of the world as we know it now. It seems telling that this is the last date scribed on the Mayan calendar.  But again, this is an observation that is open to interpretation, and there are many speculations.

December 21, 2012, in accordance with Mayan prophecy augurs an astronomic occurs which suggests that an asteroid will be on a collision course with the earth.   As a result of this knowledge, societies and organizations have begun to proliferate in an attempt to study the ramifications of such a cataclysmic event.  There is even a feature film that is due to be released shortly describing how the events of 2012 will unfold.

There is also the suggestion that the magnetic fields of the earth will endure a radical change, with dire results.  It is said that these fields are already in transition, and this, not global warming have contributed to the bizarre climate change the world is experiencing.  The Mayan almanacs had predicted such a shift in their calculations.

Part of the Mayan mystique of 2012 is based in astronomy.  During the winter solstice of that year, the sun will be aligned with the Milky Way for the first time in 26,000 years.  This indicates a disruption of energy to the earth during this time period.

The fact that this, compounded by the fact that December 21, 2012 is the last date of the Mayan calendar does not guarantee the end of mankind.  It is a unique event , to be sure. However, it is being sensationalized, because it is human nature to think in terms of the worst case scenario.

In summary, the wisdom of the Mayans should be revered for the contribution that they made in the advancement of mathematics and astronomy.  The teachings should be studied, but not interpreted and used to promote doomsday agendas.  December 21, 2012 should signify a new age, in that it has not been documented by the Mayans. No more conclusions should be drawn, until there is scientific substantiation to do so.
]]> http://www.mayan-2012-calendar.com/2012-preditions/mayan-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.mayan-2012-calendar.com/2012-preditions/2012/ http://www.mayan-2012-calendar.com/2012-preditions/2012/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:44:53 +0000 admin http://www.mayan-2012-calendar.com/?p=13 In the year 2012, there are predictions of cataclysmic events or apocalypse based on an interpretation of the end-date of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.  The specific date is deduced to be on either December 21st or 23rd.

Mesoamerica is a region and culture area stretching from around central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, and their calendar began on a date equivalent to 11 August, 3114 BC.  Noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems is a Mesoamerican civilization known at the Maya.

Theorists suggest that The Maya predicted that Armageddon would occur and on the final day our present universe would be annihilated on December 23,  2012, when the Great Cycle of the Long Count reaches completion.  Many different Maya city-states employed the Long Count in different ways and the idea of an actual completion of the calendar itself is argued.

The Long Count set its start at a point in the past marking the end of the previous world and the beginning of the current one, which corresponds to either 11 or 13 August 3114 depending on the formula used.  Mayan date 13.0.0.0.0, corresponds with the Western calendar as either December 21 or December 23, 2012, and also corresponds to the Maya calendar start date.

The notion of a worldwide event occurring in the year 2012 based on any interpretation of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is abandoned as a misrepresentation of Maya history by Mayanist scholars.  There is no consensus as to what the Maya end date actually is but it appears there is a correlation that the calendar was motivated by a long-range astronomical prediction, one that forecasted 2,367 years into the future in 355 B.C.

2012 is further citied as being a time of sociological cultural change as opposed to the end time however it is more sensational to regard it as a doomsday event and is being circulated through various mediums, such as books, documentaries and movies.  Predictions can be popular sellers, especially if you attempt to affect the masses.

When we look at the Christian bible, there is no reference to the year 2012 and we are actually told no man can know the date of the end of this world, but the signs are made visible.  Yet man has an intrinsic desire to know when it will happen, and tend to agree it will be rough.

Awareness that indeed there will be an end to this world, whether it is in 2012, or another year, is a commonly held belief.  Generating ideas about what will happen when is a great seller due to the fact we all know we will not be on this world forever, however no man has the power to say when we will leave it.

It is fascinating to see and hear what people believe but it is up to us to decipher the truth.  2012 events are theories developed for entertainment and consideration, and through technology can be visually gripping to watch.  Let us not forget that any moment can be our last.

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