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.

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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