Tagged with Mayan Studies

Since 1618, the human species has been living in its own artificial time, apart from the rest of the biosphere that continues to operate in the natural cycles. The dissonance between artificial and natural time has pushed mankind toward a new condition of being. 2012 bodes a return to natural time and an evolutionary upgrading of planetary life. (more)

Drunvalo Melchizedek's new video, The Maya of Eternal Time, claims to reveal new information about Mayan prophecies. But the video and his book are riddled with inaccuracies and seeming exaggerations. (more)

Commentators on this season’s crop circles have remarked upon the appearance of the so-called “Quetzalcoatl Headdress” and other Mayan glyphs and also on the continued predominance of planetary imagery -- including pointers to July’s multiple eclipses -- among the circles. As yet, no one has drawn a relationship between the upcoming total solar eclipse on July 22nd – the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the 21st century – and the Mayan Long Count end date of December 21, 2012.  (more)

Following a life-changing vision at age 14, atop the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, José Arguelles began a lifelong journey to discover the underlying mathematics and prophecies associated with the Mayan calendar.
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In Teotihuacán, Mexico, at the time of the Toltecs, pilgrims were invited to expand their awareness by leaping the "mouth" of Quetzalcoatl, a chasm of 15-20 feet, in the dark. Many would be scared and not jump. Some, though, would take this leap of faith. (more)

This is the year of Tezcatlipoca, the Lord of Darkness. This is the year the American bubble breaks and the veil is lifted. This New Moon in Capricorn marks a year ahead of profound, unavoidable consciousness shift on planet Earth. (more)

Prior to embracing the Mayan calendar, the author and art historian José Argüelles once espoused that a collective shift in consciousness would come in the form of a new archetypal language. The author and botanist Terence McKenna made similar connections. Is that language now in formation? (more)

What are we doing to prepare for life after 2012? (more)

Powerful entheogenic substances were clearly utilized by the shamans and skywatchers working in the ancient Mayan city of Izapa. The profound integration of celestial, psychological, ritual, and mythopoeic elements found at Izapa bespeaks the psychedelic influence. Could the use of hallucinogens explain how the ancient skywatchers became aware of the Galactic Center? And what mysteries does the Galactic Center contain? (more)