The 2012 Story

Tak’alik Ab’aj.” http://www.alignment2012.com/Takalik48.html, 2008.

CHAPTER 5. THE 2012 EXPLOSION

1 Stray, Geoff. Beyond 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy. East Sussex: England, 2005, p. 14.

2 Gonzales, Patrisia, and Roberto Rodriguez. “The Mayan Worldview of the Universe.” Universal Press Syndicate. The Denver Post, January 2, 2000.

3 Ibid.

4 Jenkins, Maya Cosmogenesis 2012, pp. 327-328.

5 See Jenkins-Calleman exchange from early 2006. “Carl Calleman’s latest attack on the traditional Mayan Calendar end date, December 21, 2012.” http://www.alignment2012.com/eldersand2012-exchange.html.

6 Original version of the Web-circulated McFadden-Barrios interview, December 2002: http://Alignment2012.com/Barrios- McFadden.html.

7 Ibid.

8 Jenkins. “Maya Cosmogenesis: Cosmic Mother Gives Birth.” http://www.alignment2012.com/fap2.html, 1995.

9 Corrected McFadden-Barrios interview, on McFadden’s website. Chiron Communications: http://www.chiron- communications.com/communique%207-10.html.

10 Barrios Kanek, Gerardo, and Mercedes Barrios Longfellow. The Maya Cholqij: Gateway to Aligning with the Energies of the Earth. Williamsburg, MA: Tz’ikin Abaj, 2004. Cited in Joseph, Apocalypse 2012.

11 Original version, December 2002: http://Alignment2012.com/Barrios-McFadden.html.

12 “More About Larry Joseph.” http://lawrencejoseph.wetpaint.com/page/More+about+Larry+Joseph?t=anon.

13 Joseph, Lawrence. Apocalypse 2012, pp. 32-33.

14 Ibid., p. 40.

15 For more on Joseph’s book and others, see my “Fear and Lying in 2012-Land” in You Are Still Being Lied To, ed. by Russ Kick. New York: The Disinformation Company, 2009, pp. 357-366. See also Geoff Stray’s review of Apocalypse 2012 at http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/apoc.html.

16 Quoted from Joseph’s statement in 2012: Science or Superstition?, DVD. New York: The Disinformation Company, 2009.

17 Pawlowski, A. “Apocalypse in 2012? Date Spawns Theories, Film.” CNN.com/technology. January 27, 2009. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/27/2012.maya.calendar.theories/index.html? iref=newssearch. My comments on this piece of journalism at: http://Alignment2012.com/CNNinterviewerPawl owski.html.

18 Joseph, Lawrence. Apocalypse 2012, p. 114. See also his dire scenarios on pp. 8, 10, 126, 129, and 236.

19 Sitchin’s entire Earth Chronicles series includes titles such as Stairway to Heaven and The End of Days. We can observe Sitchin’s adoption of 2012 in his DVD called 2012: Will the Anunnaki Return? In it, “with a mass of evidence, [Sitchin] analyzes Mayan lore and ancient calendars, and guides the listener through biblical prophecies, to arrive at startling conclusions and precise predictions regarding the End of Days.” http://www.sitchin.com.

20 Grof, Stanislav. The Adventure of Self-Discovery. New York: State University of New York Press, 1988, pp. 15-18.

21 Geryl, Patrick. “How to Survive 2012.” http://www.howtosurvive2012.com/htm_night/h ome.htm.

22 The Horizon Project. http://www.thehorizonproject.com.

23 Ibid., in the profile pages.

24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Br- mi7b20. This is the teaser trailer for the first DVD in the series, “Bracing for Tomorrow.”

25 “Episodes.” http://www.thehorizonproject.com/episodes.cfm

26 http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=3KCXuhFkMfA. This is a ten-minute clip from “Bracing for Tomorrow.”

27 “What Is the Galactic Alignment?” http://alignment2012.com/whatisGA.htm.

28 Jenkins, John Major. Galactic Alignment. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2002, p. 282; Jenkins, “Six Misconceptions,” http://alignment2012.com/5misconceptions.html; Bouncing Bear interview with John Major Jenkins, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYbg3_GHZ5Y.

29 http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=3KCXuhFkMfA. “Bracing for Tomorrow.”

30 Ibid.

31 Henbest, Nigel, and Heather Couper. Guide to the Galaxy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. See also: http://solar-center.stanford.edu/FAQ/Qsolsysspeed.html.

32 Personal communication, February 2, 2009.

33 Jenkins, John Major. “How Not to Make a 2012 Documentary.” 2006. http://alignment2012.com/historychannel.html.

34 Scofield, Bruce, and Barry Orr. How to Practice Mayan Astrology. Rochester, VT: Bear & Company, 2007.

35 Jenkins, “Following Dreamspell.” http://Alignment2012.com/following.html.

36 Peter Meyer, “Lunar Calendars and Eclipse Finder.” http://www.hermetic.ch/lcef/lcef.htm.

37 Jenkins, John Major. “Izapa and the Galactic Alignment in 2012.” DVD. Denver, CO: Four Ahau Press, 2004.

38 Reviewed by Geoff Stray. http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/idiot.html.

39 Ibid.

40 Stray, Geoff. Beyond 2012, Lewes, East Sussex, UK: Vital Signs Publishing, 2005, p. 9.