The 2012 Story (71 page)

orbital oscillation around galactic plane

See also
dark rift; galactic alignment theory; Galactic Center

Miller, Brent

Milton, Bente

mind-control

Montejo, Victor

Baktunian movement

on Jacaltek Maya legend

on Mayanism

on new Maya identity

political activism and leadership

on religious leaders

“Road to Heaven,”

on role of 2012,

Montez, Amaurante

Morley, Sylvanus

Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids
(Tompkins)

Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
(Morton and Thomas)

Narcissus and Goldmund
(Hesse)

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein

nature

destructive attitude toward

in Maya culture

in partnership versus dominator modes of culture

New Age

Bear & Company, publisher

discard of traditional ideas

interest in 2012,

irrationality

Mayanism

misunderstanding of Maya concepts

search for spiritual meaning

sensationalization of 2012,

spiritual materialism

“New Age Appropriation of 2012, The” (Sitler)

Nibiru (Planet X)

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Norelli-Bachelet, Patrizia

Novelty Theory (Time Wave Zero theory)

Nuttall, Zelia

Obama, Barack

Olmec civilization

Omega Point

One Hunahpu

O’Neil, Lloyd

oracular scrying stones

Orion Mystery
(Bauval and Gilbert)

Out on a Limb
(MacLaine)

Parenti, Michael

Parker, Joy

Perennial Philosophy

Atlantis myth as metaphor for

Copernicus’s cosmology and

definition and concept of

direct experience of universal truth

dismissal of

Divine Ground

in Maya spirituality and teaching

nondual perspective

rationalism and pre/trans fallacy

as sacred science

as state of mind

symbolism and

wholeness and integration

writers on

Perennial Philosophy, The
(Huxley)

Perry, John Weir

“2012 Phenomenon, The” (Sitler)

Photon Belt

Pinchbeck, Daniel

Plait, Phil

Planet Art Network

Planet X (Nibiru)

Pleiadian Agenda
(Clow)

Plumed Serpent (Quetzalcoatl)

absence of reference to end of world

accuracy of

applicability to any cycle ending

on first people

translations of

World Age doctrine in

See also
Creation Myth

potbellied boy sculpture

precession of the equinoxes

in ancient mythological traditions

date stations

forward projections of

galactic alignment

Maya awareness of

See also
galactic alignment theory

Prescott, William

Primordial Tradition.
See
Perennial Philosophy

prophecy.
See
2012 prophecy

Prothero, Stevyn

Prouskouriakoff, Tatiana

psychoactive substances

Puleston, Dennis

Quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcoatl
(Shearer)

Ramakrishna

rebirth.
See
sacrifice and renewal

Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
(de Pauw)

Reed, Jim

Reel Bad Arabs
(Shaheen)

Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán
(de Landa)

renewal.
See
sacrifice and renewal

Renewing the Maya World
(Cook)

Rice, Prudence

Ridinger, Mary Lou

“Road to Heaven, The” (Montejo)

Robertson, William

Rodriguez, Roberto

Rodríguez Bibanco, Diego

Rose, Sharron

Rosenwinkel, Hans

Roylance, James

Ruck, Carl

Rules of Engagement
(Webb)

Rumi

Sacred Calendar, The
(Shearer)

sacred plants

sacred science

sacrifice and renewal

at cycle endings

fire ceremony

One Hunahpu

as shared human psychology

transcendence of ego

transformation through sacrifice

See also
ego reorientation

Sahagún, Bernardino de

Salisbury, Stephen

Santillana, Giorgio de

Saturn

Schaef, Anne Wilson

Schele, Linda

adoption of December 23 end date

on dark rift in Creation myths

on date of Hauberg Stela

on inscription from Tikal Stela

on Maya astro-mythology

resistance to ideas of

on three-hearthstone symbolism

Schieber de Lavarreda, Christa

Schieffer, Bob

scholarship.
See
Maya studies and scholarship

Scofield, Bruce

Secrets of Mayan Science and Religion
(Men)

Sedat, David

self-sacrifice.
See
sacrifice and renewal

Serpent Series, The
(Grofe)

Serpent Series almanac

Seven Macaw

Seven Macaw in modern society

Bush administration

corporations

destructive attitude toward nature

domination versus egalitarian

cultures

dominator style

ego as

to escape from

government

Obama administration

tactics

See also
ego reorientation

7 Wind
(Jenkins)

Shaeffer, Dave

Shaheen, Jack

Shearer, Tony

Short Count (13-Katun cycle)

Sigüenza y Góngora, Don Carlos de

Sitchin, Zecharia

Sitler, Robert

Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico
(Bullock)

Snow, Chet

solar flares and sunspots

Solar Mystery, The
(Wasiutynski)

solstice-galaxy alignment.
See
galactic alignment theory

Sounds True Publishing

Source Code, The
(Clow)

Spanish conquistadors

Spinden, Herbert

spirituality

embrace of death and renewal

in Maya traditions and teachings

meditation practice

New Age search for meaning

sacred science

sensory isolation/LSD experience

260-day tzolkin calendar

use of sacred plants

Spretnak, Charlene

Starsparks, Steven

Stephens, John Lloyd

Stray, Geoff

Beyond 2012
,

on calendars used for end-date calculations

on Chilam Balam prophecy cycles

Diagnosis 2012 website

on 2012 predictions

on solar system in relation to galactic midplane

on Tortuguero text translation

Streiber, Whitley

Strous, Louis

Stuart, David

Summers, Lawrence

sunspots and solar flares

Sunstone

Supreme Identity, The
(Watts)

Survive 2012 website

Swimme, Brian

syncretism

Taube, Karl

Tedlock, Barbara

correlation used by

day-keeper initiation

on Maya cosmology

on occurrence of Creation at celestial crossroads

on subjectivity in anthropological study

on survival of 260-day calendar in Guatemala

Tedlock, Dennis

correlation used by

day-keeper initiation

on December 21 correlation

on morning star risings of Venus

on occurrence of Creation at celestial crossroads

on role of dark rift in
Popol Vuh

teleology

13 B’aktun, El
(González)

13-Baktun cycle

base-20 system

building dedications and

Coba date

end date

great cycle

Maya renaissance and

World Age doctrine and

zero date

See also
correlation problem; Long Count

13-Katun cycle (Short Count)

Thomas, Cyrus

Thompson, Edward

Thompson, J. Eric S.

academic backlash against

correlation problem

glyph decipherment approach

as independent researcher

romanticized vision of Maya

3-11 Pik formula

three hearthstones

365-day haab

time

eternity

fractal model of time acceleration

Judeo-Christian versus cyclic time philosophy

subjective flow of

Time Wave Zero theory

Time and the Highland Maya
(Tedlock)

Timms, Moira

Tol Chan, José María

Tompkins, Peter

Tonkin, Stephen

transformation.
See
ego reorientation; sacrifice and renewal

Transformative Vision, The
(Argüelles)

tropical year

True Count

True Hallucinations
(McKenna)

Trunga Rinpoche

Tsarion, Michael

2012: The Odyssey
(Rose and Weidner/ Sacred Mysteries)

2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl
(Pinchbeck)

2012: The War of Souls
(Streiber)

“2012” (Emmerich)

2012 prophecy

beginning of fulfillment in current culture

corporations

destruction of planet by egoism

integration of Western and Indigenous mind-sets

Maya views on

mind control and social engineering

Obama administration

return of partnership-style culture

Seven Macaw figures in modern culture

tasks for fulfillment of

2012ology

dismissal as hoax

doomsday scenarios

early explorations of

as interdisciplinary synthesis

meaning and message in

misconceptions concerning

party planning

popular appeal of

questions for consideration

showmanship and exploitation

timeline

See also specific authors and works
;
specific issues

260-day tzolkin calendar

Tzolkin
(Jenkins)

Unequal Protection
(Hartmann)

Uranus

Valenti, Jack

Valladares, Mark

Van Stone, Mark

Velasquez, Efrain Bamaca

Venus cycles

Villoldo, Alberto

Voices of the First Day
(Lawlor)

von Dechend, Hertha

von Humbolt, Alexander

Voyage Around the World
(Careri)

Waldeck, Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de

Warren, Kay

Wasiutynski, Jeremi

“Water, Mountain, Sky” (Aveni)

Waters, Frank

Watts, Alan

Webb, James

Weidner, Jay

Whitehead, Alfred North

Whorf, Benjamin

Wikman, Monika

Wilber, Ken

Wilcock, David

World Age doctrine

acceleration of time with restriction of consciousness

13-Baktun cycle and

Creation Myth (
Popol Vuh
) and

cycle of time in

Heaven and Hell periods

Izapan ballcourt symbolism

in Izapan civilization

lack of reference to end of world

precession in

succession of ages

transformation of humanity at cycle endings

World Cataclysm in 2012
(Geryl)

Ximénez, Francisco

Yaxkin, Aluna Joy

Year Bearers

year drift formula

Zap, Jonathan

zero date

Zerzan, John

Zinn, Howard

My heartfelt thanks go to Mitch Horowitz and Gabrielle Moss at Tarcher, for embracing the need for this book, working hard on a turbocharged schedule, and for helping fine-tune the clear expression of my ideas. Thanks also to Brianna Yamashita for helping to lasso important publicity opportunities and events. Books don’t manifest themselves without the help of designers, editors, proofreaders, and innumerable others. My gratitude is extended to everyone involved. Thanks are due to Jim Reed for help with graphics; to Michael Grofe, Larraine Tennison, and Robert Palmer for reading and commenting on various sections of the evolving book; and to Robert Sitler for graciously giving permission to reproduce the Maya comments on 2012 he collected on his field trips. The multidimensional help and humor from my friend Curt Joy are always appreciated. Thank you to Barb MacLeod for permission to use her Cycle 7 drawing; to Francis Robicsek; to Jacquelyn Sundstrand in the Special Collections Department of the University of Nevada, Reno; to Coleman Barks for the excerpt from Rumi’s “Sheba’ s Throne”; and to Stan Grof for kind words and support. Geoff Stray’s eagle-eye analyses of so many 2012 manifestations have been incredibly helpful—one could not ask for a better colleague. My sincere love and gratitude goes to my extended family and especially to my wife, Ellen, for patiently enduring the time-consuming creative demands of this book and the many ongoing challenges of my career. Finally, I offer my deep respect and humble thanks to the ancient Maya nik wak’inel (those who “gazed into the center”), and to the modem Maya leaders and spiritual guides who preserve and practice the essential teachings.