False beliefs of the Mayan prophecy end of the world not entirely a grassroots movement

Long count calendar date corresponding to the mythical Mayan creation date of August 11, 3114 BC. This image is in the public domain, because its copyright has expired.

Lorenzo DiTommaso, professor of religion at Concordia University in Montreal, says that because of the grassroots nature of the Mayan apocalypse predictions, believers in the world’s end on December 21, 2012, will not have a leader to express their dissatisfaction that what they were told did not come to pass.

An online article by LiveScience says that:

Rationalizing and attempting to explain away failure is common among failed doomsday groups, said Lorenzo DiTommaso, a professor of religion at Concordia University in Montreal. In some cases, groups even claim that their prayers saved the world.

The Mayan apocalypse is likely to be different, if only because the Internet is bursting with dozens of contradictory prophecies about the day, DiTommaso told LiveScience.

After Mayan Apolacalypse Failure, Believers May Suffer

In my humble opinion, the belief in the end of the world was not only a grassroots movement fanned by contradictory Internet prophecies but was also touted by the conventional media. One of the reasons I wrote the End of the World 2012 EBook and Book, and made the End of the World 2012 Movie was because of a very convincing public television documentary on the 2012 Mayan prophecy that had upset a friend of mine. I set out to find the truth.

In addition, there were many, many books written by, for the most part, “new age” authors that appeared to be full of “scientific evidence,” when, in fact, if a person was to actually research the  Mayan calendar online in blogs by expert epigraphers or read books by Mayan experts, one would discover that many of the books had holes in their scientific evidence.

Perhaps those disgruntled believers actually do have leaders to show dissatisfaction with in these authors that wrote about fanciful events that were not the actual 2012 Mayan prophecies.

Survey says 12 percent of Americans fear the end of the world on December 21, 2012

The IPSOS survey commissioned by Reuters News  says that 20% of people in China, 13% in Russia, and 9% in Canada agree strongly or somewhat with the statement that  “the Mayan calendar, which some say ‘ends’ in 2012, marks the end of the world.” The results were released in May 2012.

When I first saw these statistics, I was still working on editing my End of the World 2012 Movie. The results of the survey spurred me on to continue with the movie and also write an ebook and book on the topic.

Carol Chapman, author of End of the World 2012 EBook

Free End of the World 2012 EBook on Amazon now

End of the World 2012 EBook

The End of the World 2012 EBook is available on Amazon for free as a Kindle download from Wednesday, November 28th, to Sunday, December 2nd, 2012. It’s available right now!

The End of the World 2012 EBook, is the memoir of author and filmmaker Carol Chapman to discover the truth about the 2012 Mayan prophecies.

Concerned with rampant end of the world fears fanned by misleading reports, Chapman uncovers the truth surrounding this mysterious 2012 date. She examines expert sources to determine if the Mayan calendar does actually end on December 21, 2012 and even includes recent archeological discoveries released in April and June of 2012.

The Land of the ancient Maya

The Yucatan Peninsula showing the location of Mayan ruins sites

As you can see from the map of the Yucatan Peninsula on the right, there are Mayan ruin sites in the Mexican states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco (where Tabasco Sauce comes from), and Chiapas.

There are also Mayan ruins in the countries of Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras.

Of course, the ancient Maya–the ones who wrote the Mayan prophecies and made the Mayan calendar–did not think of the area as the map looks today with separate Mexican states and separate countries.

For them, it was all the land where they lived with different centers of power where large populations lived. These are today’s Mayan ruins sites.

And today, even though this land is separated into different countries and different Mexican states, it is still the land where the Maya live–the modern-day Maya who are the descendants of the ancient Maya.

The Maya have lived in this area for thousands of years.

Carol Chapman, director/producer of the End of the World 2012 Movie and the Yucatan Travel Movie

End of the World 2012 Movie super discounted on Amazon this weekend

Wow! The End of the World 2012 Movie is really discounted on Amazon, by $5.00. It’s gone from $17.99 to only $14.99.

End of the World 2012 Movie, Book, and EBook now available!

The End of the World 2012 Movie, Book, and EBook Cover

I’m so excited, because my End of the World 2012 Movie, paperback book, and ebook Kindle are now available on Amazon.

I’ve worked long and diligently in making the movie, book, and ebook, starting with shooting footage in the Yucatan and interviewing Mayan shamans in 2009. Then, over the next couple of years interviewing experts on the Maya, the Mayan Calendar and the Mayan prophecies. And finally, I am happy that I was able to include recent discoveries in April and June 2012.

This has been a project that has meant a lot to me. In fact, I felt the information in the 2012 movie would be so helpful to others that I also made it into a book and an ebook Kindle by adding behind the scenes descriptions of the making the movie and more information about the people I interviewed.

Now, I’m looking forward to the movie, book, and ebook being of great help to people who are looking for the truth about 2012.

Mayan ruin shows dates beyond December 21, 2012

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.

The Mayan Haab Calendar month of K’ank’in can mean “skeleton”

I just found a Mayan calendar website, called The Mayan Calendar, that says that K’ank’in (also known as Uniiw, the month in which the December 21, 2012 Mayan Long Count date occurs), means not only “yellow sun” but also “ribs” and “skeleton.” Hm, it is beginning to sound a bit ominous after all.

A discussion of the Mayan Calendar as it relates to the 2012 prophecy will be part of my lecture called, “Do Mayan Shamans believe the world will end in 2012?” I will be speaking at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26th. The event is sponsored by The Edgar Cayce Forum.

Is 3rd Uniiw in the Mayan Haab calendar (the date corresponding to our December 12, 2012) a portent of doom?

We no longer think of the number ten when we say December. I wonder if the ancient Maya, when they said the day was the 3rd of Uniiw, also called K’ank’in, did not know that Uniiw meant “the yellow sun.” Was it just the name of a month to them as December is to us?

Or did the ancient Maya believe that the day was influenced by the meaning of the month it was in? If so, a day in the yellow sun month sounds like an OK month to me.

According to a very informative Wikipedia article entitled, Haab, in their Haab calendar, the ancient Maya do have a month named Tzek, which means “death,” and another month, “Ch’en” that means, “black storm.” I would think that if December 21, 2012, corresponded to the Mayan month of Tzek or Ch’en, there would be more cause for alarm. However, a date in the month of “Yellow sun” does not seem very ominous to me.

During my talk on October 26th at 7:30 p.m. for the Edgar Cayce Forum at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, Virginia, I will include information gathered during interviews with Mayan Elders. The lecture is called: Do Mayan Shamans believe the world will end in 2012?

December 21, 2012 falls on the 3rd day of the month of Uniiw in the Mayan year-long calendar known as the Haab

By the way, in referring to yesterday’s post on the Haab Mayan calendar date of December 21, 2012, the month of Uniiw (or K’ank’in) means “yellow sun” in the ancient Mayan language.

In the same way, December, in our calendrical system, means “ten,” because December was the 10th month of the year in the original Roman calendar until two more winter months of January and February were added.

I will be speaking on the topic of “Do Mayan Shamans believe the world will end in 2012?” at the Edgar Cayce Forum on October 26th at 7:30 p.m. at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach.