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The 2012 story : the myths, fallacies, and truth behind the most intriguing date in history / John Major Jenkins.
Penn Museum Library F1435.3.C14 J398 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, John Major.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maya calendar.
- Maya astronomy.
- Two thousand twelve, A.D.
- Physical Description:
- 482 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Twenty twelve
- Two thousand twelve
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2009]
- Summary:
- How the early Maya devised the calendar that gives us the cycle ending in 2012 and how it works.
- How the ancient calendar was rediscovered in modern times.
- How the 2012 idea has been interpreted-and misinterpreted-by traditional scholars, spiritual impresarios, and popular culture.
- What key controversies and enigmas surround the concept.
- How we can cut through all the noise about 2012 and gain true wisdom from Maya teachings about our present moment in history.
- Contents:
- Recovering a lost world
- The long career of the long count
- Seductive spells
- Breakthroughs or breakdown?
- The 2012 explosion
- Doubting scholars
- The galactic alignment theory : update
- 2012 and the big picture
- Sacred science and perennial philosophy
- The fulfillment of the Maya prophecy
- Ending the war on us
- The Maya Renaissance
- Restoring the big picture
- After the party.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [451]-463) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781585427666
- 1585427667
- OCLC:
- 426803782
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