Legend of 2012

Thursday, December 22, 2011 11:11 - 8 Comments

The Universal Meaning of 2012 and the Mayan Calendar. The Mythos, Astronomy and Sociology of 2012-MC

The day we realize it is not about nations,

and the whole world is one..

oh, that will be the grandest of days”

~ Gandhi

 

On the Universal Significance of

December 21st, 2012

 

World Centering and World Renewing

and

A Proposal for a Global Multi-Day Cultural Event !

 

The question about the year 2012 and in particular December 21st,

is not— what’s going to happen—

but rather what are we going to make happen !!

A Spanish version of this article is available.

 

THE LEGEND OF 2012

IS ALL ABOUT THE SOCIAL REALM!

The fabled year is upon us and the most awaited date in the history of humankind is exactly one year from the publication date of this article. Twenty-Twelve is shaping up to be an exceptional year from any angle you look. Here’s a snap shot of what’s looming for 2012.

• Growing global movement to purge governmental and economic systems of their corrupt and exploitive polices.
• Growing global movement to purge corporations of their corrupt and exploitive polices.
• Western Imperialists are chomping at the bit to attack Iran and overthrow the Syrian Regime.
• Not to mention ongoing US led wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen.
• Not to mention that Iraq and Libya have been savagely brutalized and in total chaos thanks to US imperialism.
• Not to mention covert operations in who knows how many countries.
• Growth of totalitarian State powers and out of control Governments. NDAA, SOPA etc.
• Countless localized ecological nightmares and urgent ecological conditions elsewhere.
• US Presidential Elections aka Parade of Goons (except Ron Paul).
• Solar maximum is expected to peak near end of 2012.
• Socio-economic chaos is expected to peak in 2012.
• World economy teeters on the edge of the abyss.
• Olympic Festival
• December 21st, 2012

Dark as the hour may appear, we exist in a dimension of greater opportunity,
freedom and possibility than has ever been.
~ Terrence McKenna

Based on the macro-trends in motion it does indeed look like the “end of the world” as we know it is upon us. The crystallization of the 99%/Occupy movement represents the leading edge of the emergent culture movement, aka the birth of a planetary culture. The great mythologist Joseph Campbell said that the next stage of human cultural evolution would be dependent upon the creation of the planetary mythos.

The planetary mythos is nothing less than the presently unfolding story of how humanity’s collective yearning for a better world is turned into reality via a collective movement to save the planet and her inhabitants from the clutches of the Current World System. It is the story of how we as a whole outgrew our straightjackets of tradition, fear, enthnocentrism, self-absorption and apathy to embrace the worldview of a cooperative Planetary Culture.

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”
~ Joseph Campbell

 

A Planetary Culture would be characterized by the following attributes.

• Direct democracy
• Ecological sensitivity
• Evidence based policies
• Gender balance-respect
• Diplomacy and cooperation
• Government transparency
• Incorruptible monetary system
• Cross cultural unity and respect
• Egalitarian socio-cultural philosophy
• Egalitarian lawmaking
• By egalitarian lawmaking I mean the enactment of rules, laws, and codes that do not favor any particular group or individual to the detriment or disadvantage of the rest.
• Demilitarization, disarmament and non-violence
• Clean and harm minimizing technologies and products
• Identification with the Planet as a whole i.e. Planetary/Global Citizens
• Acceptance of others customs and beliefs with the following exceptions;
• Militarism, coercion or force as a solution,
• The subjugation of women and minorities
• Slavery of any kind,
• Discrimination based on sexual orientation,
• Child sexual abuse,
• Religious proselytizing

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream.
A dream you dream together is reality”
~ John Lennon

It should be glaringly clear to all, but the most self-absorbed and isolated among us, that the Current World System is a menace to life, liberty, sanity and universal prosperity. And by universal prosperity I don’t mean that everyone should have the same standards of living. Natural inequality is a fact of life, but legalized criminality, organized predation and systematic exploitation is the socio-economic strategy of the “one percent” and not a fact of life.

By virtue of its definition it is the destiny of a Planetary Culture to abolish the horrors and stupefying inequalities perpetrated by the owners of the Current World System (CWS). There is no bright future in store for the Earth and her inhabitants unless the CWS is dismantled and transformed. The ongoing breakdown of the CWS and the emergence of a Planetary Culture is precisely what the Legend of 2012 is all about. An old epoch(culture) is coming to a close and a new one(culture) is dawning.

The ancient Mesoamericans responsible for the much maligned and misunderstood Maya Meso-American Calendrical (MMAC) system made no predictions about what would happen at the end of the Maya Long Count cycle that ends on December 21st, 2012. They did not need to. Implicit in the closing of a cycle is the notion of transition.

Transition implies the extraordinary changes that concur with such times. The wisdom of calendrical science or the study of cycles with regards to cyclical transition can be summed up in the following axiom of calendrical science.

The approach of, and the entrance into cyclical renewal is always marked by signifying changes and the changes are proportional to the magnitude of the cycle in question. ~ RS   I will elaborate on the concept further down.

As we begin the year 2012 and approach the fabled date of December 21st, 2012 four key questions loom large.

• Why did the ancient Mesoamericans celebrate the end of a major cycle?
• How would the ancient Mesoamericans celebrate the end of a major cycle?
• Why is December 21st 2012 the best candidate for the end date of the Long Count cycle?
• Why is the end of a calendrical cycle relevant to non-followers of Maya-Meso-American Calendrics (MMAC)?

 

In this article I will attempt to answer those four questions and I will also propose a celebratory format for December 21st 2012 as based on the ancient Mesoamerican tradition of the New Fire Ceremony. The primary purpose of this article is show why the December 21st, 2012 event is of universal significance and why we should all make preparations to celebrate and/or observe in whatever manner each person deems appropriate.

It does not matter if you do not understand even the basics of the Maya-Meso-American Calendrical system (MMAC). What matters is that the overarching zeitgeist be understood. Zeitgeist is German for “spirit of the times”. And just what is the zeitgeist of 2012? To understand the fundamental zeitgeist of 2012 we need only look to the ritual observance of the winter solstice by nature based philosophies and spiritualities.

In the northern hemisphere the winter solstice falls on December 21st or 22nd and in the southern hemisphere it falls on June 20th or 21st. The solstices where of supreme importance to most, if not all non-Judeo-Christian and pre-Christian cultures of the world’s temperate latitudes because it meant that the sun was “returning”(cyclical renewal).

And that meant that the growing season would soon arrive and that meant food and warmer days. In the tropical latitudes cultures would be more apt to celebrate the start of the rainy season for the same reason or the increased availability of food. In our day and age certain segments of the population take the availability of food for granted.

The underlying theme in whatever the latitude is cyclical renewal of the life cycle. The time between the winter solstice and the spring equinox is equivalent to birth and emergence. Spring equinox to summer solstice is equivalent to the exuberant growth from birth to physical maturity. Summer solstice to fall equinox is parallel to the mental-emotional maturation of middle age and the fall to winter period corresponds to whole systems decline and death. The solstice signifies rebirth.

Those of you familiar with December 21st, 2012 might question and say; but the December 21st, 2012 date is about the end of cycle that is over 5000 years long. That is correct, in fact its 5125.36 years to be exact. But the question remains; how is such a long cycle related to the yearly life cycle of renewal. To adequately answer the last question I will now address key question number 1 or why did the ancient Mesoamericans celebrate the end of major cycles.

 

World Renewing

According to the ethnographic work of David Carrasco ancient Mesoamerican cultures where concerned with 3 overriding cosmological quests; worldmaking, worldrenewing and worldcentering. This article is concerned foremost with the aspect of worldrenewing and to a slightly lesser degree the aspect of worldcentering. Ancient Mesoamerican cultures tracked upwards of 20 different calendrical cycles.

Cycles that measure anywhere from 13 days to 394 years and beyond. Their preoccupation with cycles stemmed from the discovery that cyclical ending and renewal are accompanied by moods, themes, and real world events indicative of decline and renewal. In other words cyclical closure and renewal are more than just apt metaphors to indicate the ending and restart points of whatever cycle they were tracking.

Cyclical ending and renewal were expected to be accompanied by real events and socio-political themes indicative of termination and renewal. The ability to anticipate such junctures in time has clear value depending upon what one expects to accomplish. By anticipating the start of the rainy season the farmer knows when to plant his crops to better his chances of a successful harvest.

It was the goal of Mesoamerican cultures to harmonize their lives according to the ebb and flow of the cycles they tracked. By doing so they maximized effort and minimized energy expenditures. Its the ability to know if you are going to encounter a tail or head wind. Going with the tail wind maximizes effort while avoiding the headwind conserves energy. The all encompassing wisdom of worldrenewing can be summed up by the already mentioned axiom of cyclical transition.

The approach of, and the entrance into cyclical renewal is always marked by signifying changes and the changes are proportional to the magnitude of the cycle in question.

For example Ice age cycles bring long lasting, widespread and intense cold for much of the planet. The solar cycle brings intense cold for proportionately smaller regions of the planet and for shorter periods of time. The day cycle brings warmth during the day and coolness at night.

The transitional changes of each cycle are proportionate to the length of the cycle in question. The short gestational cycle of a mouse develops a smallish organism. The longer gestational cycle of a human being creates a medium sized creature and that of whale develops a super sized one. So too do the cycles of time as mapped by the ancient Mesoamericans bring with their respective closure and restart junctures, events of proportionate magnitude. This understanding brings us to the second question and that is; how did the ancient Mesoamericans celebrate the beginning of a new cycle?

 

The New Fire Ceremony

The completion of the 52 year Calendar Round cycle was accompanied by the most highly celebrated and anticipated ritual event in all of Mesoamerica—the New Fire Ceremony. It was at the end of every 52 years that the two principal timepieces of Mesoamerican calendrics completed their weave of time. The 260 day tzolkin cycle and the 365 day solar cycle are offset by 105 days and it takes precisely 52 years for the same day on the tzolkin cycle to once again coincide with the same day on the solar cycle.

The New Fire ceremony was enacted over a 13 day period and it consisted of various purification and renewal rites involving the person, the home and the village or city. Renewal also extended into the economic realm whereby all debts were forgiven.

Formal closure of the cycle was signified when all fires of ceremonial and domestic use were extinguished, and formal renewal of the cycle was symbolized by rekindling the fires. The New Fire Ceremony was pinpointed by an astronomical event involving the zenithal passage of the Pleiades at midnight. The event was also accompanied by human sacrifice, but I will spare you the details of the sacrificial aspect.

Though, I will say more about the astronomical event because it speaks directly to December 21st, 2012. This last detail bring us to question number 3 and that is why is December 21st, 2012 the best candidate for the end date of the Long Count cycle. That is an important question because the date has been challenged by some.

 

The Why of December 21st, 2012

Correlating the end date of the Maya Long Count cycle with the Gregorian calendar was accomplished by the work of 3 archeologists and that body of work is known as the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation or GMT for short. Most MMAC scholars are in accord with the GMT correlation. A separate correlation account by Floyd Lounsbury puts the end date on December 23rd 2012—not much of a difference.

The next academic challenge of note is by Geraldo Aldana who says that the end date may be off by as much as 60 days. We can dismiss Carl Calleman’s October 28th 2011 end date without much ado. Given the slight amount discord there are still several reasons as to why the December 21st date is most likely the correct date and if it isn’t then there is one good reason as to why we should make it so.

First of all calendrics is a work in progress. All cycles equate to less than a whole number. For example the year cycle is approximately 5 hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds longer than 365 days so every 4 years the Gregorian calendar system adds a day so that its dates remain synced to the solstices and equinoxes. But that does not fix the problem entirely because adding a full day every 4 years accumulates an error of 11.25 minutes every 4 years.

In other words calendrical trackers are obliged to make field measurements to verify calculations. Over the course of time adjustments are made in order to account for the whole-number imprecision inherent in the cyclical movement of astronomical bodies.

The problem with the Long Count cycle is that we don’t have an official benchmark or scholastically agreed upon astronomical body against which to check our measurement. There is some question as to what the Long Count cycle was calibrated against if anything.

This is where the work of John Major Jenkins comes in. In his book the Galactic Alignment, Jenkins goes into great detail about the astronomical significance of December 21st 2012 and it just so happens that for the first time in 25,770.1 years the solstice sun of the northern hemisphere is lined up with the galactic plane and is a minor 5 to 6 degrees off the precise galactic center.

Based on the position of our solar system the sun will never line up with the precise galactic center.  December 21st, 2012 is as close as we get.   Twenty-five thousand, seven hundred and seventy point one years is our most precise calculation of the precessional cycle according to archeoastronomer Anthony Aveni. Most writers use the imprecise figures of 25,800, 25,920 or 26,000 when writing about the length of the precessional cycle, which is also known as the Platonic or Great Year.

Should the calendrical community decide to use the galactic alignment of 2012 as the astronomical marker of the Long Count cycle then they have every right to do so. The galactic alignment is a perfect astronomical marker of the precessional cycle and the Long Count cycle is approximately one fifth of a precessional cycle. Meaning that the Long Count cycle is an appropriate yardstick by which to measure the precessional cycle.

Now let’s suppose that somehow someone is able to unequivocally prove that the Long Count cycle ends on some date other than 12/21-2012. No problem we merely recalibrate the end of the Long Count cycle to end on the date the solstice sun conjuncts the galactic equator as it will on 12/21-2012, because it offers us an unequivocal and commensurate astronomical reference point.

We don’t have a better marker unless events on Planet Earth in relation to the sun’s incomplete traverse of the galactic equator suggest that we consider a different date. Otherwise the overwhelming momentum of the human-planetary condition and the Mayan calendar-2012 mythos seems to be saying that the end of 2012 will be a time of mega-historic proportions.

The galactic plane is an imaginary 1 degree wide line that is envisioned to run through the center of the galactic disc when viewed sideways. It will take the sun 36 years to traverse the 1 degree wide galactic plane. The sun entered the zone of alignment in 1980 and that means it will exit the galactic plane in 2016. Therefore the most precise solstice-sun-galactic centering took place on December 21st, 1998. Does this mean that we’ve missed the boat? No not all.

First of all let’s acknowledge that we have an excellent and unequivocal astronomical counterpart to the end of the Long Count cycle. The Long Count cycle is however only one fifth of a precessional cycle. Five Long count cycles are equal to 25,626.8 years. That’s only 143.3 years off the modern calculation ! A calculation made possible only by our super advanced measuring technologies.

In one view we are ending a cycle that is 5125.36 years long and from another perspective we are ending a cycle that is 25,770.1 years long! If we divide the precessional cycle by 4 so as to create 4 seasons of 6442.52 years then this is what the last Great Year looks like in terms of seasonal event markers. For ease of visualization I will round off numbers for this example.

Approximately 26,000 years ago the earth was in the frozen grasp of what is known as the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and that means that the last ice age cycle had peaked as measured by the extent of the ice sheets. Let’s call the LGM the winter solstice of the current Great Year. The official end of the last ice age was approximately 13,000 years ago and that event marks the summer solstice or the mid-point of the Great Year.

The birth of the imperial civilizational model happened around 6500 years ago or what would amount to the fall equinox of the current precessional cycle. We are now fast approaching the winter solstice of a new precessional cycle and we find ourselves in the midst of a human induced mass extinction event. Death is associated with the fall equinox to winter solstice time period by most if not all cultures of the temperate zones. To this day more people die in the winter than at any other time of the year.

By extinction event I am referring to the permanent death of thousands of species resulting from an unregulated and myopic human cultural process called growth at any and all costs. And it just so happens that the ongoing extinction event is occurring during the fall to winter epoch of the current Great Year. Let us also remember the horrific genocidal and mass murder rampages (wars) of the last 600 years.

It was only in the last century when those who think themselves to be the most civilized of the world butchered each other to the tune of hundreds of millions of dead. In the last 600 years death and destruction have been prevalent worldwide themes.

The imperial civilizational model is built upon the ruthless and rampant exploitation of everything it can get its hands on and warfare is its life blood. The fruit of such a model stands rotting before us as testimony to its utter failure to account for anything more than economic growth at any and all costs. The costs are after all externalized to be shouldered by the 99 percent—bailouts anyone?

The Current World System is designed to serve the tiniest minority (far less than 1%) of earth’s population. They are a very capable, but insensitive and deranged subculture of the human family that is not fit to address the demands of the current planetary-human condition. In fact it is the social, environmental and economic policies of the “one percent” that have landed us in such a catastrophic mess.

The only solution to the Current World System is a Planetary Culture who uses its collective resources to improve society, maintain ecological balance, develop solutions and minimize suffering. The Current World System does the exact opposite, so why would we want to salvage it? Our destiny, if we have one, can only be to dismantle and transform the current system.

The only other alternative is look the other way and let the Current World System lead us down an ever widening path of death and destruction. The human-planetary condition coupled with a once in a precessional cycle solstice-sun galactic alignment event is the very meaning of worldrenewing. A old culture (evolutionary cycle) is dying and a new culture (evolutionary cycle) is yearning to emerge.

We are confronted with every literal and figurative sign post (peak everything) that we have arrived at a turning point of global and epic proportions!

The Current World System will do everything within its power to reconfigure itself under a new guise, but we will not settle for anything less than its opposite. We are talking about a transitional process of indeterminate length to eventually bring about the changes that we so direly need to go forward with any kind optimistic outlook. December 21st, 2012 marks only a new beginning and it is not to be confused with some supernatural, magical or physically cataclysmic event as many 2012 writers have presented. As if we need more cataclysms than are already present!  I mean if we can come together on the scale that I and others are proposing then that could indeed qualify as a supernatural and magical event!

A segment of our over privileged instant gratification culture has imagined a “quik-n-ez” new age transition. They too are in for a rude awakening. There is much work to be done, but that’s all right. There are after all several billion pairs of hands ready, willing and able to contribute what they can to the creation of a new world culture.

 

 Section 2: Event Schematic and Timeline for 12/21- 2012 and the days leading up to 12/21-2012

 

Planning for December 21st, 2012

Given the monumental conditions surrounding 12/21-2012 it would only be appropriate to set aside more than one day for an event that comes around only once every 25,770.1 years. I am proposing that organizers plan for a 13 day event in the tradition of the New Fire Ceremony. Aside from a day-night cycle the next complete unit of time as based on MMAC is the 13 day cycle known by traditionalist MMAC followers as the trecena, meaning 13 in Spanish.

In the process of using a more universal language to establish MMAC as a body of science I use the term tone cycle to denote the 13 day Tzolkin subcycle. The 13 days of the tone cycle may be seen as the 13 steps of an evolving construction process. Reality is what is under construction.

As we might expect the tone cycle is characterized by the same properties that characterize the much larger cycles we’ve been discussing. We therefore align our activities to coincide with the qualities of each day. The first day of a tone cycle has unifying or attractive powers. That is the day we come together to enact whatever series of observances and events the organizers of each event propose to do.

The 13th or last day of a tone cycle is characterized by transitional qualities, closure, and a significant ramp down in energetic motion. There is one slight problem with the 13 day proposal. There are two prominent, but differing accounts of when the 13 day cycle starts and stops.

There are those who follow what is known as the “traditional’ tzolkin count and there are those who follow the Arguellen Account (AA) of the tzolkin. And there are perhaps 2 or 3 other much smaller camps who follow other non-synchronized counts. It is unlikely that the calendrical community will resolve the issue of multiple tzolkin counts by 12/21-2012 so I propose that each organizing entity adopt either, the timing sequence they are most familiar with or the one they resonate with the most.

The all important goal is to recognize December 21st as the day the planet and its inhabitants embark upon a new 25, 770.1 year precessional journey as defined by the December solstice sun’s conjunction with the galactic plane and approximate center on the 32nd year of its 36 year traverse of the galactic plane.

 

Event Timeline using the AA-Tzolkin.

• Day 1: December 10, Kin 196; Yellow 1 Warrior Tone Cycle
• Day 2: December 11, Kin 197; Red 2 Earth
• Day 3: December 12, Kin 198; White 3 Mirror
• Day 4: December 13, Kin 199; Blue 4 Storm
• Day 5: December 14, Kin 200; Yellow 5 Sun
• Day 6: December 15, Kin 201; Red 6 Alligator
• Day 7: December 16, Kin 202; White 7 Wind
• Day 8: December 17, Kin 203; Blue 8 Night
• Day 9: December 18, Kin 204; Yellow 9 Seed
• Day 10: December 19, Kin 205; Red 10 Serpent
• Day 11: December 20, Kin 197; White 11 Worldbridger
• Day 12: December 21, Kin 207; Blue 12 Hand
• Day 13: December 22, Kin 208; Yellow 13 Star

In the so called ‘traditional” tzolkin count 12/21-2012 would coincide with kin 160 or the 4th day of the Red 1 Earth tone cycle.

I am partial to the tzolkin count I follow not out of faith or because it suits my subjective fancies, but because I have field tested all of the AA-Tzolkin’s premises using dozens of evidence based methods over the last 12 years. Further down I provide a breakdown of the coding to show just how perfectly the AA-Tzolkin syncs up with the thematics of 12/21-2012 and the overarching zeitgeist of closure and renewal.

Those interested in actualizing an event along the AA-Tzolkin’s dating format may contact me for more details on the thematic breakdown of each day. For more information on the AA-Tzolkin please see Would the Real Mayan Calendar Please Stand Up!

 

PROPOSED EVENT SCHEMA

New Earth 2012

An Art-Culture Festival and Ceremony to usher in a New Epoch !

An event…

• to recognize and further propel the emergence of a Planetary Culture !
• to draw the world’s attention to our most pressing collective needs and problems !
• to catalyze Global participation toward the co-creation of a better world !
• to inspire hope in action, co-creation and collaboration on a scale never before seen !

Program and Event Structure Suggestions for Organizers.
Please bear in mind that this proposal is designed to catalyze discussions on how to best promote, design and actualize 12/21-2012 events.

Theme: Planetary-Cultural Renewal, Social and Economic Reconciliation and Whole Systems Transformation. All event elements should attempt to model what is meant by a Planetary Culture.

Event Economic Model: Sharing and Gifting.
Contributors and providers may charge enough to cover their material costs. As in those providing food and other material support for event functions. It is suggested that we all donate our time and whatever resources we can to enable the realization of the event each person expects to participate in. Be it as an organizer, contributor, performer or presenter.

December 21st, 2012 event organizers should forego all commercialization of the event. The commercial world is a mundane aspect of our everyday life. What a novelty and blessing it would be to enter into a realm where kinship, sharing, celebration and awe is all we see and hear.

 

Cultural Presentations should include the following New Culture topics

• Holistic education.
• Story telling and myth making.
• Permaculture, sustainability and ecology.
• Full spectrum forgiveness and reconciliation.
• New economy, currencies and debt forgiveness.
• The Transition Town movement, community and movement building.
• Reform of existing political systems and discuss new socio-political organizational models.
• Earth-Nature based rituals and ceremonies to honor the old and welcome the new.
• Environmental sensitivity-restoration, the population bomb and limits to growth issues.
• Multilateral demilitarization and disarmament, and a cease fire demand to bring an end to all hostilities.
• Spiritual, philosophic and scientific presentations on themes relevant to the creation of a better world.

 

Music, Dance and Art presentations.
Artistic presentations with an emphasis on performance art and in particular interactive performance art.

In the comment area below please list your suggestions and ideas regarding the honoring and celebration of 12/21-2012.

 

List your event and/or find events near you at UnifyEarth.com

UnifyEarth.com has created an online resource board for organizers to list their 12/21-2012 events. Daniel Pinchbeck is involved with UnifyEarth and he has written a good article on the subject. I recommend it as there is very little other information on the Unify Earth site at this time.

PLANETIZE THE MOVEMENT

Another World is possible, she is in her way.
On a quite day day, I can hear her breathing.

“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it.
To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it, to mock it with out art,
our music, our literature, our stubborness—our ability to tell stories.

Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe.
The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling—
their ideas, their version of history, their wars,
their weapons, their notion of inevitablity.

Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them.
Another World is possible, she is in her way. On a quite day day, I can hear her breathing.”
~ Arundhati Roy.

 

Section 3: Decoding 12/21-2012

The last segment of this article deals with a demonstration of the synchronic correspondences between 12/21-2012 and the AA-Tzolkin dates associated with it.  The material enters into a more esoteric domain of the 2012 Mayan Calendar mythos as based on the least understood part of the entire Maya-Meso-American Calendrical system— the Tzolkin cycle.

Those totally unfamiliar with the author’s work on Tzolkin Cosmology may want to first review some introductory information. You may find introductory articles on Tzolkin cosmology at the top of the Art and Science of Synchronicity section. There are two parts to section 3, but I have posted part 2 of section 3 on a different page so as to minimize the length of this post. Part two contains lots of numbers and unless you are familiar with AA-Tzolkin numerology or like numerology in general its content may prove tedious to the lay person.

Nevertheless it is the numerical analysis of Tzolkin cosmology that allows me to say that the AA-Tzolkin cycle code is nothing less than the numerical architecture of change and synchronicity clothed in the language of life’s forms and colors.

 

Part 1: Synchronic Correspondences between the AA-Tzolkin and 12/21-2012

The author’s preference for the AA-tzolkin is based on a 12 year study involving evidence based validation. The author is perhaps the only calendrical researcher to offer testable means by which to ascertain the universal validity of the Mesoamerican tzolkin cycle and in particular the AA-Tzolkin. That is a first within the calendrical research community. To further bolster the author’s case for why event organizers should choose the AA-tzolkin dating schema over the “traditional” tzolkin the following accounting is provided.

It is the author’s conviction that Jose Arguelles not only rediscovered the correct tzolkin sequence, but that he also provided the means by which to empirically validate it. Empirical validation would mean that it is a fact of nature and not a belief system. A large portion of the authors work deals with the many ways in which one may apply and validate Tzolkin cosmology.

The so called traditional Tzolkin is nowhere near testable as it exists and the empirical validation of one Tzolkin count automatically invalidates other existing counts as there can only be one correct Tzolkin cycle.

Synchronic correspondence refers to the day’s aspects (events, happenings, appearances, moods) and their match up with the day’s coding as per the specific attributes and qualities said to be present on a given day as per the AA-Tzolkin code. Unfailing correspondences over time means that we are tracking a persistent and universal phenomena that is consistent with the way the AA-Tzolkin models reality.

The example presented is but one example and one type of example, the sample provided herein is not presented as proof of AA-Tzolkin cosmology’s veracity. It is but one example in the case I am building.  Proof using the synchronic correspondence method of validation would require enough samples to demonstrate statistically that chance is not a factor. You may find dozens of examples of what I mean by synchronic correspondence here. Unfailing correspondences over sufficient lengths of time would give us the same certainty involved in knowing that the sun will rise tomorrow and the next day and so on.

 

[Note] For the sake of brevity and simplicity the remainder of Section 3 has been published on a separate page for those interested in the numerical, mythic and thematic decoding of December 21st 2012 as per the AA-Tzolkin code.  Section 3 is published on the author’s tumblr blog devoted entirely to examples of Tzolkin Cosmology as the Art and Science of Synchronicity.

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