I’ve been thinking about that poll, the one done by IPSOS for Reuters News. They surveyed 16,262 people in 21 countries and found out that:
One in ten (10%) respondents in 21 countries agree ‘the Mayan calendar, which some say ‘ends’ in 2012, marks the end of the world’ – 2% strongly agree, 8% somewhat agree.
One in seven (14%) global citizens believe end of the world is coming in their lifetime
So, today I looked up the population of the earth and it was 6,840,507,003 in 2010 (and steadily rising so it’s more now) according to the World Bank.
That means that 10% of approximately 7 billion people or 700 million people worldwide believe that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012 and therefore the world will end.
Even if you just take the 2% that, according to the IPSOS survey, “strongly agree,” you’re still talking about 140 million people.
That’s a lot of people believing the world is going to end this year!
A whole lot of people.
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On the evening of Thursday, May 31, I spoke in Toronto, Canada on: Do Mayan Shamans Believe the World Will End on December 21, 2012?
I felt afraid that maybe no one was really interested in the 2012 Mayan prophecy anymore since 2012 has arrived and nothing’s happened. But, I guess, because December 21, 2012 is still in the future, more people turned up than I expected. In fact, we had a full house.
When the slide with the actual Mayan prophecy came up in my PowerPoint presentation, one girl even ran up to the front and took a picture with her cell phone! I guess people really want to know what exactly the ancient Maya had to say about December 21, 2012.
Near the end, I felt worried that the presentation might go longer than advertised. (There had been some technical glitches that slowed things down at the beginning. )Therefore, I said to the audience that I could just tell them what my next videotaped interview said instead of playing the video. (My PPT presentation had videotaped interviews embedded in it.)
“No!” they shouted, with a disbelieving laugh as if I had to be kidding, “We want to see it!” So, I played it.
I felt happy that I could present information they wanted!
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I had an experience while speaking in British Columbia in April, of a person who believes that the 2012 Mayan prophecy means that the end of the world will come on December 21, 2012. This person is one of the 10% worldwide, surveyed by Ipsos, who believe that the Mayan calender ends on December 21, 2012, which means that the world will end on December 21, 2012.
I referred to the Ipsos (Reuters News) poll yesterday on this blog. According to that poll:
“One in ten (10%) respondents in 21 countries agree ‘the Mayan calendar, which some say ‘ends’ in 2012, marks the end of the world’ – 2% strongly agree, 8% somewhat agree.”
One in Seven (14%) Global Citizens Believe End of the World is Coming in Their Lifetime, One in Ten Believe Mayan Prophecy is True (10%), Fear World Will End in 2012 (8%)
OK, so here’s my experience.
In British Columbia, we stayed at a hotel that serves a delightful complimentary breakfast that includes scrambled eggs, oatmeal porridge, and many bakery items. We also appreciate the helpful and friendly service in supplying this wonderful breakfast by the young woman who serves us.
Because of the fine selection on their “continental menu” and the wonderful service, we have stayed at this hotel many times. As a result, we have deepened our acquaintance with the young woman who serves us. Therefore, since I knew someone who had a condominium for sale in the area, I mentioned this to the young woman just in case she was looking or she knew someone who was looking for a condo to buy.
To my surprise, she replied that she couldn’t take on a huge commitment such as buying a home, because the world was going to end on Decmeber 21, 2012. I could have left the topic at that, but because we have come to know this woman over the years, I care for her and do not want her to live in fear. She also has two children and I don’t want young people to be frightened. This was no longer about the condo. It was now about her and her feelings of fear.
Therefore, I told her that I had travelled to Yucatan five times, that I had interviewed Mayan shamans and experts on the Maya, that I give presentations showing that the Mayan calendar does not end on December 21, 2012, and that, based on my research, the Mayan prophecy did not say that the world was going to end on December 21, 2012.
She let me say what I had to say, but I could see she still believed the world was going to end on December 21, 2012.
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According to a global research company Ipsos on behalf of Reuters News, 22% of the people in the United States agree with the statement that the world will end in their lifetime. Only 6% in France agree with the statement.
Furthermore, China is in the lead with 20% of their population agreeing with the statement that “the Mayan calendar, which some say ‘ends’ in 2012, marks the end of the world,” and Germany is tied with Indonesia at the bottom of the list with only 4% agreeing with the statement that the world will end in 2012, The United States at 12% and Canada at 9% are in the middle.
The poll also notes that fears over the end of the world due to the end of the Mayan calendar have led to heightened anxiety throughout the world.
Continue readingThese beliefs appear to translate into worry, as a similar proportion (8%) of global citizens agrees – 2% strongly, 6% somewhat – that they ‘have been experiencing anxiety or fear because the world is going to end in 2012.’ Most (92%) disagree with the statement (80% strongly, 12% somewhat). Those in Russia (14%) appear to have the highest level of anxiety, followed by Poland (13%), China (12%), Turkey (11%) and Japan (11%). Those in Great Britain (4%) are least likely to agree, followed by 5% in Germany, Australia and Canada.
One in Seven (14%) Global Citizens Believe End of the World is Coming in Their Lifetime
If you are in Toronto, or traveling to Toronto for my events on Thursday and Saturday (May 31 and June 2), here is more information on the free event at Alternative Thinking.
Topic: Do Mayan Shamans Believe the World Will End on December 21, 2012?
Location: Alternative Thinking Bookstore, 758 Bathurst St., just below Bloor.
Date: Thursday, May 31
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Cost: Zero (0) Nothing
Description: This program will address three main points:
1. What are Yucatecan Mayan Shamans saying? includes research garnered through interviews with Daykeeper Hunbatz Men and a Mayan shaman performing a spring equinox ceremony at Chichen Itza
2. What are Guatemalan Mayan Shamans saying? results from an interview with Dr. Robert Sitler, author of The Living Maya: Ancient Wisdom in the Era of 2012 and Director of Latin American Studies at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, who has visited and studied the Maya for 30 years.
3. The original December 21, 2012 Maya Prophecy
If you are in the area and can make it, I look forward to seeing you there.
I will have books to sell there.
For further information, please click here.
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While searching Mayan ruins in Guatemala, Archeologists have found mathematical calculations on the walls of a room showing dates into the future beyond the December 21, 2012 date. Therefore, the Mayan Long Count Calendar does not end on December 21, 2012.
Astronomical records were key to the Mayan calendar, which has received attention recently because of doomsday warnings that it predicts the end of the world this December. Experts say the calendar makes no such prediction. The new finding provides a bit of backup: the calculations include a time span longer than 6,000 years, meaning it could extend well beyond 2012.
Mayans never thought the world would end in 2012, new research shows
I feel happy to see this since it will add to the two Mayan Long Count Calendar dates I already know about that are beyond the December 21, 2012 date, which I will be presenting in Toronto on Thursday, May 31 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Alternative Thinking on 758 Bathurst St.
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As we wait to line up with the Milky Way’s Galactic Center on December 21, 2012, the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center waits for a dense gas cloud, three times the diameter of the earth, to fall into its center.
Or anyway, the light from this dense gas cloud on the verge of falling into the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center started beaming toward us 27,000 years ago.
Who knows what’s happening at the Galactic Center right now! It will take 27,000 years to find out.
Nonetheless, it’s fun learning about what WAS happening at the Galactic Center 27,000 years ago in this brief, information-packed article at Nature. By the way, the Galactic Center is in the constellation of Sagittarius and hence is called, Sgr A.
Continue readingHere we report the presence of a dense gas cloud approximately three times the mass of Earth that is falling into the accretion zone of Sgr A*.
A Gas Cloud on the Way to the Supermassive Black Hole in the Galactic Center
In the midst of conjecture and fantasy about the Mayan 2012 end of the world prophecy, real scientific observation has detected an asteroid that is moving toward earth and will pass closer to earth than satellites in orbit in 2029 and 2036.
That’s pretty darn close!
And, it makes me just a wee bit nervous that since the asteroid has only a diameter of 690-1080 feet (210-330 meters) and is 17 years away from its close encounter with earth, there’s a chance that as it gets closer, the original calculations might need to be revised and that it might actually collide with our beloved blue planet!
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Here’s an excerpt from a long scientific-sounding post on NASA’s Near Earth Object Program website:
Researchers at NASA/JPL, Caltech, and Arecibo Observatory have released the results of radar observations of the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis, along with an in-depth analysis of its motion. The research will affect how and when scientists measure, predict, or consider modifying the asteroid’s motion. The paper has been accepted for publication in the science journal “Icarus” and was presented at the AAS/DPS conference in Orlando, Florida in October of 2007. The Apophis study was led by Jon Giorgini, a senior analyst in JPL’s Solar System Dynamics group and member of the radar team that observed Apophis.
The analysis of Apophis previews situations likely to be encountered with NEAs yet to be discovered: a close approach that is not dangerous (like Apophis in 2029) nonetheless close enough to obscure the proximity and the danger of a later approach (like Apophis in 2036) by amplifying trajectory prediction uncertainties caused by difficult-to-observe physical characteristics interacting with solar radiation as well as other factors.
I am excited, because I’m really close to getting the first edit of my 2012 end of the world movie complete. I just added the Hunbatz Men interview about Stele One and the December 21, 2012 date in Coba, Mexico.
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I am continuing to work on the 2012 End of the World Movie. I’m just at the part where I talk about previous end of the world scenarios and I mention the Piri Reis map, which, according to Charles Hapgood, illustrates some of the Antarctica Continent, with details of the landmass under the ice such as flowing rivers. The following excerpt is from Wikipedia.
Continue readingHapgood suggests that the Antarctic section of the map was copied at an incorrect scale to the rest of the map and resulted in the distortion and enlargement of the continent on several ancient maps. This would explain why there is no waterway between South America and Antarctica. He suggests several points of continuity between the Piri Reis Map and modern maps of the continent below the ice sheets. Since the Antarctic continent was not officially sighted until 1820 and its full coastline was not known until much later; this claim, if true, would require major revisions to the history of exploration, settlement, evolution, and technological advancements of the time.