Mayan Calendar Theory
Contradictory to what most people are being told by the media and many websites, the Mayans never predicted, prophesized or said that the end of their calendar meant the end of the world. The end of their calendar did have a very important significance though.
The Science Behind It
The believed “End Of The World” date is when one of the Mayan calendars ,called the Long Count Calendar, finishes in December 21st -23rd 2012. The cycle of this calendar began August 13th 3114 BC (0.0.0.0.1.) and ends its thirteenth Baktun in December 21st – 23rd 2012 (13.0.0.0.0) giving it an age of around 5,126 years old.
Their calendar is extremely accurate, even more accurate then the calendar system we use today. Some worry that if this calendar, which has proven itself to be astronomically precise over millions of years, stops in 2012 then history itself will stop. However, this Mayan calendar does not stop in 2012; it renews and starts at 0.0.0.0.1 again.
The date of its renewal coincides with a winter solstice where the sun will align with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in 26,000 years. Others say that this galactic alignment will cause catastrophic changes to our earth and thus the end of the calendar predicts the end of the world. As of now there isn’t any scientific proof that the galactic alignment will cause any type of damage to earth.
A lot of the hype about the end of the world being on December 21st -23rd2012 came from a book called “The Maya” which was published in 1966. In the book, the author wrote:
“There is a suggestion . . . that Armageddon would overtake the degenerate peoples of the world and all creation on the final day of the thirteenth [baktun]. Thus … our present universe … [would] be annihilated on December 23, 2012, when the Great Cycle of the Long Count reaches completion”
Yet, academic research on the Mayans doesn’t show any sign that their civilization attached apocalyptic significance to 2012. On the contrary the end of their calendar was celebrated.
For them, the galactic alignment was an anticipated event that meant the starting of a new era where the world will be reborn again. Interestingly the beginning of the long count calendar occurred when mankind began writing, and the first cities and nations appeared. What could the beginning of the next long count calendar hold for us?
The topic in very interesting.
ResponderEliminarMy question is:
What changes can to cause the galactic alignment in the earth?
(Angie Arredondo)
Mayan civilization has been one of the civilizations that left more contributions to our civilization, its accuracy makes it different from other cultures and their calendar was the basis for our calendar. (Manuela Velasquez R)
ResponderEliminarIt is interesting that the Mayan prophecy of the end of world December 23, 2012, according to researchers is not true, because the end of their calendar has already taken place. (Manuela Velasquez R)
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ResponderEliminaris true, what the studies about the calendar maya is based in seven books but three were saved by a parent and four burned.(harlinson javier ocampog)
ResponderEliminaraccording to the science says these prophecies are possible? (julian ruíz)
ResponderEliminarits interesting that all prophecies are gone to the same date, but i think that its just fanatism
ResponderEliminar(jose m pareja)
This is very subjective as to provide certainty of something.
ResponderEliminar(Stefanya Ruiz)
I used to believe that the end of the world will be in the 2012 by the maya calendary, but right now i realized of the confusion: really the world´s ending is not in 2012, the situation is that the calendary restart in this date.
ResponderEliminar(Yary Meliza Mosquera)
according to an engineer from NASA's Jet Propulsion it is unlikely that the Mayan prophecies are true, are written according to the apocalyptic end of the world as the writings that appear in the Bible (jorge arias)
ResponderEliminarthe Mayan calendar ends in December 2012, there arises the idea that in those days the world ends (juan daniel rios)
ResponderEliminarThe end of the world is one of the most controversial topics at this time, people today are more concerned when the world will end by living life. Do you agree with the prophecies of each of the cultures?. Do you believe that the prophecies were invented for mankind to be afraid and clung to a belief.?
ResponderEliminar(Karen Stave Quesada .the world of warcraft)
Of all topic about the world"s end the part more interesting for me was to learn a little more about that really raises culture Maya . To know that they never predicted the end of the world for 2012, if not one date of its renewal becouse for the first time in 26000 years the sun will align with the center of the Milky Way, which will bring change but not necessarily the end of the world.
ResponderEliminarValentina Restrepo Tabares
I don't wanna think about that. It's really scary think that maya calendar is telling us the truth and the world gonna ends in that date. On December 22 i will spend all the day in my house praying for nothing of that cames true, jajajaja.
ResponderEliminarAlejandra Valencia