The Mayan Calendar Prophesy - 2012 - A Hoax or Reality?

You probably already know this. There is a lot of talkday Mayan villages. The Long Calendar spans a period
about the world ending on December 21, 2012.  Popof approximately 5125 years.
culture has focused on the Mayan Calendar. It ends onThe End and the Mystery
December 21, 2012.  Why do so many embrace thatI am sure that you are well aware that all calendars
day as the end of the world? Is it mass humankindend at some point.  Our Gregorian calendars end
intuitiveness, a subconscious knowingness? Is it cleverevery year at midnight on December 31st and start
marketing? More bluntly, is the Mayan calendarover again the following day.  Our calendars record a
prophesy, a hoax or reality?365-day cycle.  We have a 10-year cycle we call a
Mayan Calendarsdecade, a one hundred year cycle that we call a
Did you know there were many Mayan calendars?century.
The Mayans were an agrarian people.  Their worldThe Mayans did the same thing.  The Long Calendar
revolved around the seasons and the celestial bodiesends on December 21, 2012 and a new cycle begins.
that governed those seasons. They had a solarWhat makes this particular date so mysterious and
calendar and a lunar calendar. They had a calendarforeboding? It is interesting and worth noting that there
that recorded the heavenly journey of Venus andare a few things that coincide with this particular date.
various other calendars associated with their many- The Hindus prophesy the end of the world, as we
gods.know it, and the beginning of a new world at about the
Why did the Mayans prophesy the end of the world?same time.
Maybe they did not. No one can say that the Mayans- St. Malachy, the prophet, foretold the last Roman
intentionally made any such prophesy. Maybe theirCatholic pope to be of the Benedictine Order. The
intention was simply to create calendars, calendars tocurrent pope is Benedict XVI.
mark and record their history and to meet their- One I Ching scholar has correlated that teaching to
agricultural needs.show an ending of our world around the same date.
Three Calendars- Scientists identify that year as a year of intense solar
The three most publicized Mayan calendars were theactivity that could have dire consequences for our
Tzolkin, the Haab, and the Long Calendar. By someworld.
calculations, the Mayan calendar is said to be more- On that day our sun, the earth, and the center of the
accurate than our modern day Gregorian calendar!Milky Way, our galaxy, will be in alignment.
The Tzolkin calendar was the sacred or ceremonial- December 21, 2012 is the winter solstice.
calendar.  It consisted of 13 numbered days and 20- Mayan scholars have translated inscriptions that imply
names.  It recorded a 260-day cycle.the end.  Some scholars interpret the inscriptions to
The Haab calendar was the solar calendar. It consistsmean the end of the world.
of 18 months of 20 days each plus one month of 5Do these facts imply the end of the world? Only you
"nameless" days added to the cycle. It is a 365-daycan make that judgment. This short article does little
calendar. The Tzolkin and Haab combine to create thejustice to the subject. You owe it to yourself to
Calendar Round, which depicts a 52-year cycle.become informed. Regardless of the prophesy's
The Long Calendar was a linear calendar. That is tovalidity, one should always keep an open mind and be
say a calendar to count years. It was a linear calendarprepared for any calamity.
much like our modern day Gregorian and JulianDecide for yourself. Is 2012 hoax or reality?  Prepare
calendars. The Mayans used it to go forward andfor the possibilities.  Why not be prepared and arm
backward in time. It is still in use today in some modernyourself with knowledge?