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—James J. Hurtak, Ph.D., Founder and President of the Academy for Future Science, an international NGO in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council

Introduction

You’ve heard of the enigmatic date of December 21, 2012, or you wouldn’t have picked up this book. You may even have heard that on this date the world will come to an end. Who decided this and why? Images of volcanoes, floods, and giant storms have swamped the bookshelves relating to coming events of this date. Is this really what is foretold, and why should you believe it?

To answer these questions let your mind journey back 2,000 years to the Yucatán peninsula. A civilization is flourishing in the jungle, as highly developed as the most advanced Western civilization of the time. This is the empire of the Maya. They live in urban communities with plazas and marketplaces overshadowed by commanding step pyramids and imposing palaces. Hieroglyphic writing graces steles, monuments telling of the victories and history of their society. Along with written language and developed mathematics, the Maya have done what no other culture of their time has done: created a calendar that covers the span of 5,126 years with nearly the same accuracy as the atomic clock of today.

At a time when London was a lonely Roman outpost amidst Celtic warlords, when Europeans still believed the sun revolved around the earth, the Maya had made tremendous astronomical advances. Without telescopes or modern equipment they deciphered the night sky. They understood advanced astronomical concepts; tracked the movements of stars, planets, and the Milky Way galaxy; charted celestial alignments and calculated celestial events over epic spans of time. Without any way of confirming it, they knew through calculation that a full cycle through the precession of the equinoxes took approximately 26,000 years!

One way the Maya used their astronomical calculations was to observe repeating cycles and make predictions. Many of the predictions recorded in early codices, or books of knowledge, are only now unfolding and are being confirmed by today’s NASA science.

The date of 2012 comes from modern interpretation of the Maya Long Count calendar. Beliefs about what will happen in this time frame range from catastrophe to transformation and evolution into a higher spiritual reality. Some predictions are foretold in Mayan holy books such as the Popol Vuh and Chilam Balam. However, current understanding of the books of the Maya are colored by our own cultural biases. No one can speak for the Maya except the Maya Elders, and only a few of the Elders are talking at this time.

The year 2012 has become the focus of many end-of-the-world predictions. These predictions eerily match many of the trends of the times we’re in. This book will explain the predictions, the controversies, and the hope of the changing of the ages. Shall we take a journey back to the times of the Maya?

How to Use This Book

This book is divided into six parts. Each part provides vital insights preparing you for the next part. Consider you are starting on a journey into the land and mind of the Maya. Let your imagination embrace the many concepts you will encounter.

Part 1, “The Timekeepers,” introduces you to the history, beliefs, and sacred texts of the Maya. It takes you through the development of their math and astronomy and into the creation of the calendars. It provides the essential foundation for understanding how the predictions work and why they’re so intricate and exact.

Part 2, “Cosmic Treasure Hunt,” takes you into the mystical workings of the Mayan calendars, through the movements of celestial alignments, and into the codes within the Mayan pyramids. It provides the answers to why December 21, 2012, is the end date, what astronomical changes could happen, and what the significance of a changing age is.

Part 3, “Predications of 2012,” takes you into the predictions themselves. What will happen in 2012? Will the world end? The actual calendar