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Did the Ancient Maya Disappear?

According to many researchers, the big mystery about the ancient Maya is that they appear to have disappeared from their cities which have now become ruins. Some believe they left their cities and simply walked into the jungle. Others, of a more esoteric bent such as Jose Arguelles, believe the ancient Maya were extraterrestrials who returned to their starry homeland.

In the third episode “Hunters of the Caribbean Sea” of the DVD Spirits of the Jaguar: The Definitive Portrait of the Land, Wildlife and Peoples of Central America, the writers of this DVD claim that the ancient Maya decreased in population due to wars fought over territory.

They had denuded the food-rich natural lands around them to such an extent that they were immersed in territorial wars over their dwindling natural resources. They had farmed lands to depletion and had cut down jungle to where they had no more undeveloped land to expand into.

Sound familiar?

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Precursors of the Maya

The DVD “Hunters of the Caribbean Sea,” which is the third episode of a BBC Atlas of the Natural World production entitled Sprits of the Jaguar: The Definitive Portrait of the Land, Wildlife and Peoples of Central America explores the Taino, the people who were in the Yucatan Caribbean lands when the Maya arrived.

Modern-day researchers believe the Taino came from South America, traveled in dugout canoes to the Caribbean Islands, and from there, to the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, now known as Riviera Maya.

I found this documentary interesting because of visiting Dzibulchultun, a Zona Archeologica, in the northern Yucatan Peninsula. The ruins there are supposed to date from a time before the prominence of the Maya and were likely made by peoples in Yucatan before the Maya arrived. Would these have been the Taino?

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The Natural History of the Maya’s Land

In the DVD Spirits of the Jaguar: The Definitive Portrait of the Land, Wildlife and Peoples of Central America, I learned that the Islands of the Caribbean originally came from the Pacific and drifted eastward until they were stopped by the Bahama Bank.

At that time, North and South America were not joined together. Where Central American now resides, there was open water. The islands that made the Caribbean Islands drifted through this space between the continents.

Land masses drifted in to the space between North and South America from the Pacific Ocean. These land masses became Central America. All of this happened millions of years ago.

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Ancient Maya DVD

I just learned from “The Lost Cities of the Maya,” a series of segments on informational DVDs called Secrets of Archaeology that the ancient Maya made their books from the bark of fig trees. The bark was flattened and folded like an accordion.

These are the books that the Bishop of Landa burned in the Yucatan town of Mani during a kind of Spanish Inquisition of the Americas. His aims was to wipe out the centuries of Maya culture and belief which he considered heretical.

By burning the books, he also destroyed the history of these people. Afterward, he regretted his actions and spent years rewriting the books based on his memories of what they contained.

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More from Jose Arguelles on 2012

As I said a couple of days ago, Jose Arguelles discusses the upcoming reset of the Mayan Long Count Calendar on December 23, 2012 in an article in The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies & Possibilities. He says that the ancient Maya were aware that we are in a galactic beam that started in 3113 BC.

He makes the analogy that this beam is like a wave approaching the shore. Since 1987 the wave has begun to crest. By 2012 the cresting wave will have broken and crashed into shore. At that time, we will no longer be in the vibrational beam which began in 3113 BC. As a result, we will begin a new evolutionary step.

He correlates the development of humanity with the Mayan Long Count Calendar with extends for 26,000 years or one cycle of the precession of the equinoxes–the time it takes the earth to make a complete circle against the distant stars. Evidently the beginning of your year falls in a slightly different place compared to the distant stars every year until it makes a whole circle.

The galactic beam which started in 3113 BC is one-fifth of this 26,000 year cycle. Arguelles shows how 26,000 years ago correlates with the beginning of humanity. Therefore, he believes that at the end of this cycle, we must experience an evolutionary change.

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Ancient Maya Walk Away

Why did the ancient Maya walk away from their cities leaving them to turn into ruins? I just watched an Emmy Award-winning DVD by Time Life called Lost Civilizations. “The Maya: The Blood of Kings” is one section among ten, which include the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, China, Rome, the Inca, Africa, the Aegean world and Tibet.

This very well-done audio-visual presentation says that the reason why the advanced ancient Mayan civilization perished is because the people lost faith in their rulers. However, although the story includes wonderful historical footage–even the discovery of the bones of Lord Pacal in Palenque–it does not adequately explain why the ancient Maya deserted their cities. They appear to have simply walked away.

Carol Chapman

Original Maya Were from Another World

According to Jose Arguelles, author of The Mayan Factor, the original Maya came to earth to map and chart the planet. In an article in The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies & Possibilities, Arguelles says that a Mayan man named Hunbatz Men came to the author and told him that the Earth is the seventh planet the ancient Maya had explored.

Evidently the extraterrestrial Maya came to earth during the Classic time of ancient Mayan civilization, from AD 400 to 830. Their purpose was to give us information showing that we are passing through a galactic beam that is generated by the core of the galaxy and influenced by our sun. We have been passing through this beam for 5,125 years–since 3113 BC.

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More Images for the Edgar Cayce Calendar

Here are three more thumbnails I may or may not use in the calendar pages of the 2009 Divine in Nature: with Inspirational Quotes from Edgar Cayce by Carol Chapman. I love these pictures:

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A.R.E. Visit

Today I visited some lovely people at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Had a great time!

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Photographs for Edgar Cayce Calendar

Today I’ve been working on the thumbnails that go on the calendar pages of the Divine in Nature: with Inspirational Quotes from Edgar Cayce 2009 Calendar. These images are excerpted from the full page photos accompanying each month of the calendar. I feel so happy with these beautiful images. Here are a sample of a few that I may or may not use:


Sea Lion	Sunflower	Azaleas

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