2012 is sometimes claimed to be a great year of spiritual transformation (or apocalypse). Many esoteric sources interpret the completion of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Maya calendar (which occurs on December 21 by the most widely held correlation) to mean there will be a major change in world order.
Accordingly, several eclectic authors claim that a major, world-changing event will take place in 2012:
The 1995 book The Mayan Prophecies linked the Maya calendar with long-period sunspot cycles.
The book 2012: Mayan Year of Destiny claims the Maya may have been instructed in their wisdom by discarnate entities from Orion and the Pleiades. Contact was maintained through shamanic rituals conducted in accordance with the movements of planets and stars. However, some Mayan priests living and working in Guatemala assert that there is no legitimacy to this theory.
The 1997 book The Bible Code claims that, according to certain algorithms of the Bible code, a meteor, asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth.
The book The Nostradamus Code speaks of a series of natural disasters caused by a comet (possibly as above) that will allow the third Antichrist to disperse his troops around the globe under the guise of aid in preparation for a possible nuclear war, although in the strictest sense it is unspecific as to nuclear war or some other natural or man caused destruction.
The book The Orion Prophecy claims that the Earth's magnetic field will reverse.
The 2005 book Beyond 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy by Geoff Stray reviews several theories, prophecies and predictions concerning 2012 and finds where authors have used faulty information or have bent the truth to fit their theories.
The 2006 book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck discusses theories of a possible global awakening to psychic connection by the year 2012, creating a noosphere.
The 2007 book Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End by Lawrence Joseph does not make any specific new predictions, but it reviews a number of 2012 predictions made by various sources, and presents arguments for the possible existence of dangerous positive feedback loops involving solar storms, Earth's magnetic field, cosmic rays, hurricanes, global warming, earthquakes, and supervolcanoes that may be on the verge of erupting.
Other prophecies and apocalyptic writings and hypotheses for this year include:
Terence McKenna's mathematical novelty theory suggests a point of singularity in which humankind will go through a great shift in consciousness.
Some proponents of a peak oil catastrophe place major events in 2012. Richard C. Duncan's book The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road To The Olduvai Gorge claims that the Olduvai cliff will begin and permanent blackouts will occur worldwide. Several studies predict a peak in oil production in or around 2012. [13][14][15]
Some alien-enthusiasts (e.g. Riley Martin), along with some new-agers, believe 2012 to correspond approximately with the return of alien %26quot;watchers%26quot; or %26quot;caretakers%26quot; who might have helped the first human civilizations with developing their technology and may have been waiting for us to reach a higher level of technological and/or social advancement. Beliefs range from the extra-terrestrials having benevolent purposes 鈥?such as to help human society evolve 鈥?to malevolent purposes 鈥?such as enslavement of mankind and/or manipulation.
There is a Hindu following indicating the appearance of an Avatar (God in human form) with God-like powers who will herald a new age. A website to this effect appears at: End of the World 2012.
Do you think the world willl end in 2012 ??
no.
Do you think the world willl end in 2012 ??
Did it end in 2000?
The bible says that after the return of Christ, He will reign here on this Earth for the next 1000 years. So it will not end soon. However the %26quot;endtime%26quot; era refered to in the Bible is now. The end of human government as we know it will occur very soon.
my teacher told us that same story that the world will end in 2012, according to what he had read on the news paper.. accrdg to the news paper, the earth will loose its orbit (excuse me for my grammar, i think the word 'loose' is inapproriate... i cant think of another word for that).
whether its true or not... we'll see in 2012.
let's pray that it wont happen.
I don't believe in that.It's all human guesses.
Why did people actually believe the end will be in the year 2000 when the Mayan calendar already had it at 2012?Someone is impatient.
Yeah, I'm pretty cynical about this one. I would have to read all of the stuff you cite to draw a well formed opinion that it is all crap. What I know is people will go to extreme lengths to piece together extraneous %26quot;facts%26quot; in order to sell a book. I find the 2012 thing interesting but, what of it. How many times throughout history has the end of time been predicted? John, who wrote 'Revelations' thought that it was all going to end in his lifetime. You know, Armageddon. Every few years you hear of some group of enlightened individuals heading to a mountain top or locking themselves in a cave or committing suicide because they have a theory that the world is going to end. It will one day, and either we won't see it coming or real bonifide scientists will warn us in advance.
Absolutly Not!!!!!
No one knows the day or the hour.....
We are experiencing a taste of the beginning of the so called %26quot;End Times%26quot;...
but as far as the world ending in 2012?? Not so.
no...because many of times people have said the world was going to end before, and has it yet...NO!! of course when someone says the worlds going to end you are curious...but fear not cause its not going to happen! in the bible god says %26quot;it will come like a theif in the nigh.%26quot; No one will be able to just predict it of the top of their heads!!!!
I got my hands on a book called Apocalypse 2012 by Laurence E. Joseph who was on the Montel Williams show. It was eye opening to say the least and much of what he had to say was confirmed while I wandered around the internet. I don't know what the end will consist of but from what I've found so far changes are coming.
