Don Alejandro Cirillo Guatemalan Mayan Elder prophecies

When I read Mark Heley’s online article on Don Alejandro Cirillo prophecies for 2012, I was reminded of my interview of an American man who had been married to a Mayan woman for 10 years. I had asked the man if he knew of any predictions the Maya made for 2012. He replied that, although he was not allowed into the sacred observances of the Maya he lived among for 10 years while he was married to his Mayan wife, he did hear the Maya talking among themselves about “2000 and then a little bit” in reference to predictions of upcoming earth changes. I wrote about my experience with this man in my book When We Were Gods. I interviewed him in 1999.

Interestingly, Don Alejandro Cirillo, who is a revered elected leader of the Mayan Council of Elders of Guatemala and a thirteenth-generation Quiche priest, also refers to a vague “some time that is coming soon” rather than to a definite date such as December 21, 2012 in making his prophecies of earth changes. In fact, according to Heley’s article, Cirillo does not have strong feelings about events specifically occurring on December 21, 2012 at all. Furthermore, he does not believe that this date is necessariy the accurate date for the end date of the Mayan calendar.

He does say that we need to prepare ourselves of a time of major earth changes, such as earthquakes and floods, and characterized by a number of days in which the sun will be darkened. He suggests that we remain indoors during this unusual time when the sun is darkened and in anticipation to have stored food and water on hand. After this time of the sun’s darkening, there will be a new world.

On October 26th, I will be speaking at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on “Do Mayan Shamans believe the world will end in 2012?” The event starts at 7:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Edgar Cayce Forum.