Carl Calleman on The End of the Calendar
November 27, 2011
Catastrophic predictions for 2012, and/or the end of the Mayan Calendar, will be easy to judge when the day comes. Either something terrible (and obvious) occurs, or there will be nothing. Some might claim that from that day forth there will be an increase in natural disasters, but they were already probably proclaiming that for the period of now anyway.
New age predictions are much different, for the changes might be hard to detect, especially for non-believers.
Carl Calleman believes that the Mayan Calendar ended on October 28, 2011. Here’s some of how he describes that end, and a new beginning:
Many now typically report that they experience a flattening of time, an end to time acceleration and as a result a great calmness. The end to the acceleration of time is even experienced as a deceleration and some have reached so deep into their own presence that the term “future’’ is starting to loose its previous meaning. The future is no longer a place to get to. With the completion of the Ninth wave we potentially already have direct access to all the guidance we need. This shifted experience of time all seems understandable given that was has happened is that the directed nine evolutionary processes from seed to mature have now been completed. For those that have a conscious relationship to the tree of life the new experience of time will continue to deepen also after this shift. As we know from all previous experience of the shifting energies of the Mayan calendar it always takes time until their external manifestations become visible.
…It was in fact clear to me already then that a large segment of humanity that had been born into the materialist Seventh wave was so shut off from spiritual experiences that they were not responsive to waves which carried a spiritual light. It was then also possible that they would resist the changes to come as those could be understood from the Mayan calendar leading up to 2011. People that have been born into the eighth wave starting in 1999 are in fact today not yet teenagers and those born into the ninth wave have not yet learned to talk. Even if you generously include people that were born into the pre-wave (starting in 1986) of the Galactic Underworld they would still be less than 25 years old and outside of all major decision making that has shaped the course of our civilization since.
So, it could be a generation before the people born in the appropriate waves will be making their mark on society…
Lynx 2012 Ad: Cleared
November 4, 2011
It seems that some people get upset about anything daring or risque. It’s not unusual for Biblical memes to be used light-heartedly in advertising. I can recall ads that portrayed Adam and Eve, the Ten Commandments, Judgement Day, the painting of the Sistine Chapel – and that’s without trying, so I guess the Advertising Standards Bureau in Australia is used to such complaints:
One complaint suggested the ad causes offence by “mocking, trivialising and sexualising a sacred text” and portrays women in a demeaning way by “substituting them for the pairs of animals that were drawn to the ark by God in the Genesis story.”
The complaint was dismissed. You can watch the ad at the original story about Lynx’s 2012 Deodorant (the brand is Axe in some other countries)
Reform Clothing Join the Bandwagon
September 17, 2011
The clothes don’t look even remotely survivalist. Seems all they have done is added the number 2012 to an existing design. The video seems to show a fella being chased by the boogie man (or is a ninja?). The name of the campaign: Survive 2012. I should’ve copyrighted it ten years ago 
Here’s the video:
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Preparing for Doomsday – Some Products
January 21, 2011
The Toronto Sun has listed the many things you could purchase for 2012 survival, ranging from bulk lots of toothpicks to multi-level bunkers. Of note are the various survival seed banks, costing $139 or so. This one lists all the seeds in the pack. If these are all plants that will thrive in your location, then all good. But otherwise, perhaps hand-pick your survival seeds. And start growing them now, rather than waiting until after the SHTF.
And it is nice to see Ark II mentioned – the granddaddy of survival bunkers, up in Canada.
Could the Mayan Long Count Calendar Be Wrong?
October 21, 2010
One of the key events described by Aldana is a battle date as set by the ruler of Dos Pilas (a Maya site in the current geographical location of Guatemala). Ruler Balaj Chan K’awiil chose this date by the appearance of Chak Ek’. According to Johan Normark, researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University, Chak Ek’ “used to be believed to be Venus but in another study Aldana believes it is a meteorite.”
If this is the case, there’s a correlation mismatch. If an event is assumed to be correlated with the rising of Venus (a predictable, cyclical occurrence), but it’s actually correlated with a random event such as a meteorite, then we have a problem.
Add this to a mismatch of solar calendar dates between Mayan sites and the end date of Dec. 21, 2012 could be at least 60 days out.
As I have always maintained, Dec 21 could just be a symbolic date (it is the darkest day of the year), and 6 months either side of this date could be when the Mayans expected the worst. Changing that date by 60 days shouldn’t make any difference to those who are making serious preparations.
This is not the first time the “GMT correlation” has been questioned, but it remains very widely accepted by academics. It is however a good excuse for Discovery.com to continue their mission opposing the concept of a 2012 doomsday, which has no scientific basis. What they are missing is the implication that, seeing as the Mayans believed the previous Long Counts ended in catastrophe, they probably thought this one would end in a similar manner.
Author Ian O’Neill doesn’t make a lot of sense when under a sub-heading of It’s Just a Numerical Coincidence he says: Now, purely as a consequence of the Long Count’s numerical value, many Mayan scholars agree that the calendar will “run out” after 5,126 years. The calendar ends on a certain date, yet O’Neill is trying to tell us that it is a coincidence due to the nature of numbers?
Media Blackout for 2012
September 15, 2010
Over at the December212012.info blog, the unnamed author speculates that media outlets are no longer publishing 2012 pieces due to some kind of blackout. The facts presented are:
- he/she is no longer receiving interview requests, except for those from high school students
- an episode, “Cathrea/Stewart”, of Wife Swap USA was dropped because it featured 2012ers
Many attributed this lack of media attention to the coming events of 2012 as a sign of disinterest and/or disbelief, which has been perpetrated by the federal government. Through a well-orchestrated diversionary plan, and in an attempt to dispel fear and prevent panic, the powers that by have offered up their own NASA sponsors scientists to debunk the theories, prophecies and predictions surrounding 2012. Despite their best efforts, their plans have not proven as successful as they had hoped and the media warnings about 2012 were continuing. In a last ditch effort to divert the publics attention away from the coming events, it appears that the government has now encouraged and perhaps instituted a media blackout on the entire subject.
Another NASA Expert Debunks 2012
June 1, 2010
It isn’t hard to debunk 2012 – there is no scientific evidence that anything bad will happen. However, if you visit a psychic and he/she tells you a double-decker bus will knock you down next week, would you avoid such buses, even though the evidence that it will really happen is lacking?
And given all the disinformation and plain made-up stories about 2012 out there, it is easy to pick on those easier to discredit – such as Nibiru and the “galactic alignment”. A recently released video has Dr. David Morrison from the NASA Lunar Science Institute (Ph.D. in astronomy) debunking the entire 2012 meme. Given that he is an expert on defending our planet from asteroids and comets, it is interesting that this 2012 possibility is not covered…
The video is entertaining, and promotions for the 2012 movie receive appropriate chuckles from the academic (?) audience.
Enjoy:
PETA Asks Survivalists to Consider Vegan Products
May 25, 2010
Today PETA have issued a press release, explaining how they have sent a letter to Vivos owner Robert Vicino urging him to serve only vegan food in his network of underground 2012 survival mega-bunkers. This follows reports that Vivos has nearly completed construction of a fully stocked bunker somewhere under the Mohave Desert, and PETA points out that “vegans are fitter and trimmer, on average, than meat-eaters and less threatened by leading killers such as heart attacks and cancer.”
“Whether you live in an underground bunker or a penthouse suite, the best way to ensure that you’ll still be around next year is to ditch meat and go vegan,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “By maintaining a vegan diet, the bunkered survivors would be in better shape to adapt to their post-apocalyptic world and would help put an end to the doomsday scenarios that animals on factory farms and in slaughterhouses face every day.”
Editor Opinion: The focus of the letter is that vegetarians tend to be healthier and live longer. People buying bunker berths are unlikely to change their eating preferences if they have not already. More than most in the Western world, they have thought much about their longevity, and how to make great efforts to extend it.
In recent times there has been much discussion regarding the inefficiencies of meat production, yet PETA has failed to address the angle that would most appeal to post-apocalyptic survivalists. Where even growing staple crops might prove to be a difficult task, survivors are unlikely to waste their supplies of grain on cattle. And even if they did farm animals, factory farming post-2012 would also be unlikely. It seems unlikely that PETA have investigated this any deeper than a publicity grab.
WSJ – 2012 Will Be Televised
April 19, 2010
Humorist Joe Queenan has written a piece for the Wall Street Journal, mocking the 2012 meme and the History Channel:
It was a 2008 History Channel documentary about the Mayan Calendar that first drew the public’s attention to the fact that Dec. 21, 2012 will probably be the last day in human history—meaning that 2011 will be the last year any of us will need to do any Christmas shopping. Watching that program again this week, I noted, nervously, that Dec. 21, 2012 is the date arrived at independently by both the ancient Mayans and the I Ching, and that the Welsh sorcerer Merlin is also on board with the belief that human civilization will end late in 2012. The Mayans and the I Ching guys could have had their numbers wrong, but Merlin’s verdict kind of sealed it for me.
Happily, some Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse buffs believe that the magnetic disturbances erupting at both poles on that date do not mean that all civilization will disappear, but rather that we will move into a new and better phase of the great human drama. That’s why I can’t wait to see the documentaries that air on A&E, The History Channel, the Military Channel and the Discovery Channel in 2013. Things like “I Never Knew I Was Pregnant and Living Through Armageddon,” “When Extraordinarily Large Numbers of Rats Attack,” and “Secrets of the Post-Apocalyptic Hoarders.”
Given the numerous apocalyptic documentaries that have appeared on cable TV in recent times, Joe’s tongue-in-cheek titles might not seem so far-fetched two years from now. After they have covered every doomsday scenario, they’ll need to delve into more “human interest” angles.
A Timeline for the 2012 Meme
February 25, 2010
Ever wondered when and how the whole 2012 thing entered our consciousness? Here’s a (non-comprehensive) overview of how it all fell into place:
- Ancient Times – the Mayans (or some earlier civilization) created the Long Count calendar, which ends on Dec 21 2012
- 1897 - Joseph Goodman (Mark Twain’s first editor), published a paper proposing the 3114 BC start date
- 1937 - J. Eric Thompson publishes the GMT (Goodman Martinez Thompson) Correlation, confirming the 3114 BC start date, and therefore the Dec 21 2012 end date
- 1975 – several books are published that refer to 2012, including The Transformative Vision by José Argüelles and The Invisible Landscape by Terence McKenna
- 1996 - Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock first suggests the idea of 2012 being the End of the World in the form of a global cataclysm
- 1998 - Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 by John Major Jenkins introduces the concept of a Galactic Alignment
- 2000 – The launch of Survive 2012, the first website devoted to the 2012 doomsday scenario. Geoff Stray’s compendium of all things 2012, Diagnosis 2012, followed shortly after.
- 2006 - Decoding the Past: Mayan Doomsday Prophecy airs on the History Channel, the first of many similar documentaries
- 2006 - 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck
- 2006 – 2012 Forum website launched
- 2008 - Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilization’s End by Lawrence E. Joseph
- 2009 – The Hollywood blockbuster movie 2012 causes discussion of the topic everywhere from CNN to Playboy magazine
