The 2012 Story

showmanship and exploitation

timeline

See also specific authors and works; specific issues

260-day tzolkin calendar

Tzolkin (Jenkins)

Unequal Protection (Hartmann)

Uranus

Valenti, Jack

Valladares, Mark

Van Stone, Mark

Velasquez, Efrain Bamaca

Venus cycles

Villoldo, Alberto

Voices of the First Day (Lawlor)

von Dechend, Hertha

von Humbolt, Alexander

Voyage Around the World (Careri)

Waldeck, Jean-Frederic Maximilien de

Warren, Kay

Wasiutynski, Jeremi

“Water, Mountain, Sky” (Aveni)

Waters, Frank

Watts, Alan

Webb, James

Weidner, Jay

What the Bleep!

Whitehead, Alfred North

Whorf, Benjamin

Wikman, Monika

Wilber, Ken

Wilcock, David

World Age doctrine

acceleration of time with restriction of consciousness

13-Baktun cycle and

Creation Myth (Popol Vuh) and

cycle of time in

Heaven and Hell periods

Izapan ballcourt symbolism

in Izapan civilization

lack of reference to end of world

precession in

succession of ages

transformation of humanity at cycle endings

World Cataclysm in 2012 (Geryl)

Ximenez, Francisco

Yaxkin, Aluna Joy

Year Bearers

year drift formula

Zap, Jonathan

zero date

Zerzan, John

Zinn, Howard

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My heartfelt thanks go to Mitch Horowitz and Gabrielle Moss at Tarcher, for embracing the need for this book, working hard on a turbocharged schedule, and for helping fine-tune the clear expression of my ideas. Thanks also to Brianna Yamashita for helping to lasso important publicity opportunities and events. Books don’t manifest themselves without the help of designers, editors, proofreaders, and innumerable others. My gratitude is extended to everyone involved. Thanks are due to Jim Reed for help with graphics; to Michael Grofe, Larraine Tennison, and Robert Palmer for reading and commenting on various sections of the evolving book; and to Robert Sitler for graciously giving permission to reproduce the Maya comments on 2012 he collected on his field trips. The multidimensional help and humor from my friend Curt Joy are always appreciated. Thank you to Barb MacLeod for permission to use her Cycle 7 drawing; to Francis Robicsek; to Jacquelyn Sundstrand in the Special Collections Department of the University of Nevada, Reno; to Coleman Barks for the excerpt from Rumi’s “Sheba’ s Throne”; and to Stan Grof for kind words and support. Geoff Stray’s eagle-eye analyses of so many 2012 manifestations have been incredibly helpful—one could not ask for a better colleague. My sincere love and gratitude goes to my extended family and especially to my wife, Ellen, for patiently enduring the time-consuming creative demands of this book and the many ongoing challenges of my career. Finally, I offer my deep respect and humble thanks to the ancient Maya nik wak’inel (those who “gazed into the center”), and to the modem Maya leaders and spiritual guides who preserve and practice the essential teachings.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Major Jenkins is a pioneer of the modern 2012 movement. The author of nine previous books on the subject, he has worked to clarify misconceptions and is credited with showing how a rare “galactic alignment” underlies the 2012 cycle-ending date, and is a concept deeply embedded within Maya traditions. As a visiting scholar, Jenkins has taught classes at the Institute of Maya Studies in Miami, the Esalen Institute, Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and many other venues both nationally and abroad. He is the director of The Center for 2012 Studies and moderates the Update2012.com social networking information portal. He lives in Colorado.

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