While researching the 2012 end-date of the Maya Calendar, John Major Jenkins decoded the Maya's galactic cosmology. The Maya discovered that the pe...
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Dec 08, 2011
John Major Jenkins has written some excellent books about the Mayan culture. He's a lay researcher who's not been poisoned by academic protocols and restraints. This book represents some of his best work, and it gives a whole different view to what Mayan Long-Count Calendar is telling us. Most of all, the Maya discerned the cycles of time, and in those cycles they found seasons of destruction and seasons of recreation. This is a fascinating read that lays out how our solar system is crossing the
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Oct 22, 2008
Mom
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I bought this book in a bookstore in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas state in Mexico because visits to some of the indigenous villages and to Casa Balom had piqued my interest in the mythology and the beliefs of the Maya. This book speaks to the prediction of the Maya of the end of the 5th world which the author calculates will occur at the winter solstice in 2012. It incorporates astronomical discoveries of the Maya, demonstrates the connections to Mayan city sites, especially Izapan, t
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Jul 24, 2011
John
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The author of this book provides original insight as to the significance of the Mayan calendar end-date, 2012.12.21. If you want to understand the meaning of this end-date, I would recommend reading the book. I won't try to explain it here, but suffice it to say that the end-date has astronomical relevance. The ancient Mayan astronomy seems to be more mature than our western astronomy in some ways, even today.
Because this books is a partially academic exercise, and the author feels a More...
Because this books is a partially academic exercise, and the author feels a More...
Dec 18, 2010
Marissa
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excellent. for those of you that fear the end of the world you need to read this book. it explains how the world is not going to come to an end and that 23,000 year calendar just restarts itself on the 12/21/12 date and also that the date marks a 23,000 year cycle of a conjunction of the milky way, the sun and our planet. so no worries everyone! read it for more info, great book.
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Jan 28, 2009
Kevin
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Informative historical account of Mayan culture and Mayan myths. Also includes interesting information regarding archaeoastronomical alignments. However, the author is fairly dry in writing ability. The best part was Terence Mckenna's prologue/intro. Go Terence!!! (R.I.P. too).
Aug 20, 2011
Alana
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Yes, this is basically a text book and yes, I'm a big dork for reading it cover to cover... but this book taught me a lot about the Mayan calendar and their ancient beliefs. Absolutely worth the read if you're at all interested in astronomical processes.
Jan 13, 2009
A
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Really great book and quite academic which is nice given the range of speculation about 2012 end-date mythology. This places the theory within the context of cosmology and astronomy which is really a great way to learn about those topics as well.
Jan 07, 2010
Reiden
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When I first started reading this book I thought I would never be able to finish it. I would only recommend The Mayan Cosmogenesis to people who are thoroughly interested in ancient Mesoamerican civilization and their astronomical belief system. Having said this, by the time I reached the end, I had found many of Jenkins conclusions to be very intriguing.
"...the evolutionary heartbeat of humankind beats in rhythm with a higher, Galactic heartbeat, and it is our inner dialogue w More...
"...the evolutionary heartbeat of humankind beats in rhythm with a higher, Galactic heartbeat, and it is our inner dialogue w More...
Dec 05, 2009
Alan
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This book was ok, even though the book was interesting it took a while for me to read and to fully understand it and it still left me with some unanswered questions. This was a ok/good book. Not bad.
May 28, 2009
I didn't like it. I thought parts were interesting, but not very good reading. I didn't learn much.
Dec 16, 2009
danadickerson
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numbers can be used for spiritual and magical purposes far beyond modern comprehension.
Feb 17, 2008
Magdalena
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