The Complete Idiot's Guide to 2012 - Dr. Synthia Andrews Nd [83]
Similarities
If we look at the similarities of the three, we see something more encouraging. Each has been inspired by the mathematics and astronomy of the Mayans. Each offers a unique and valuable insight into the puzzle. They are all teachers of change, promoting new ways of seeing the world. They all inspire people to find higher and better parts of themselves. In essence, they’re all part of the changing paradigm.
Elder Input
The Mayan Elders do not seem to solidly support any one theory. Instead, they express unhappiness with people usurping Mayan knowledge, interpreting it from a nontraditional perspective, and speaking for the Mayan Elders. A more respectful approach might be to use the research to open the door for Mayan voices to fill the arena. We’ll talk more about this in the next chapter.
At the time of the Spanish invasion of the 1500s, the use of the Long Count calendar was already interrupted. Consequently there isn’t any one person or group holding complete continuity with the past, and the Mayan Day Keepers don’t have an exact end or start date for the Long Count calendar. The Elders today have mostly accepted the GMT correlation and the end date of approximately December 21, 2012. They do not necessarily accept the interpretations of what will happen.
Carlos Barrios speaks out against Argüelles and also against anthropologists and others who “study the Mayan calendars and misread the signs.” He seems most disturbed by the focus on the end of the calendar as being a time of destruction. He and other Elders look at this as a time of transformation into the fifth age.
Skeptics’ Corner
There are several problems with 2012 predictions. First of all, many do not come with dates, or are vague and can’t be interpreted until after the fact. Second, if a prediction does come with a date and/or specific correlation, if it turns out wrong, the date of the prediction is often simply changed. Finally, what is the purpose of a prediction? If it’s going to be useful, it has to provide warnings before the fact. Many predictions, such as the Bible Code (see Chapter 12) and those of Nostradamus, cannot be interpreted until afterward, so are they useful?
Criticism of Nostradamus
The Nostradamus quatrains are wide open to skepticism. Although followers of the quatrains are adamant that they are accurate and important, they are so vague that they are useless for prediction. They are only recognizable after the fact, and then only with much twisting of meanings. English translations are poor quality and are often, it is said, translated to fit the event they are meant to portray.
Assessing Gordon Michael Scallion
The predictions of Gordon Michael Scallion (see Chapter 12), with some exception, have failed to come true. However, his map of earth changes is still selling; his followers say that free will has changed the timeline, causing some events to be averted and others to be delayed. Scallion is still speaking and writing, warning people of the earth changes to come.
As a partial hit, Scallion predicted that three earthquakes would strike Los Angeles, each one larger than the one before. The first happened on April 22, 1992, and measured 6+ on the Richter scale. The second happened on June 28, 1992, and was 7.5 on the Richter scale. The third was predicted to occur before December 1995 and would start the breaking up of the American landmass. It didn’t happen.
Codex Cues
Scallion had a hit when he predicted in the early 1970s that a “hum” would develop coming from deep within the earth. He said the hum would make people sick with flu-like symptoms, chest pains, and nausea. In fact, since 1977 in Britain, and the 1990s in the United States, a low-frequency, persistent hum has been heard. It has been causing people insomnia, nosebleeds, anxiety, irritability, and illness. In 1993, public outcry in Taos, New Mexico, a main site of the hum, became so great that a congressional research team was formed to