Okay people, hey there again :D
So I’m gonna start with where the 2012 end of the world thing all came from. This blog will not be written from a religious view at all, or from a sceptical, it’s-all-bullshit way either. I reckon it could actually happen (not to mention ridiculously fun and terrifying) and I’m kinda hoping it does too! I’ve got my countdown all up there and my bucket list on my wall and up to about 30 things to do so far already – it’s gunna be my new years resolution to get it all done in the 12 months I got left :D
So I’m gonna start with where the 2012 end of the world thing all came from. This blog will not be written from a religious view at all, or from a sceptical, it’s-all-bullshit way either. I reckon it could actually happen (not to mention ridiculously fun and terrifying) and I’m kinda hoping it does too! I’ve got my countdown all up there and my bucket list on my wall and up to about 30 things to do so far already – it’s gunna be my new years resolution to get it all done in the 12 months I got left :D
Alright, basically it all started with the Mayan calendar stopping completely on a day calculated to be the 21/12/12. Now the Mayans were able to predict every solar and lunar eclipse to within seconds. EVERY. Solar and lunar eclipse.
From the sceptic’s view, they argue that the Mayans were a primitive civilisation, and the fact that they believed that human sacrifice powered the sun means that they couldn’t be right about the end of the calendar. However, they didn’t simply ‘run out of rocks to write on’ as many people tell me when I’ve asked for their opinions. 2012, on the Mayan calendar actually marks a b’ak’tun, which is the end of a time period. In Mayan literature there is mention of world ages, and it is said we are living in the fourth world – this particular book mention the death and age of the previous (third) world after thirteen b’ak’tuns. So apparently the fourth world, which is us, will also end when it reaches the completion of thirteen b’ak’tuns, which is the Mayan date of 13.0.0.0.0, or our 21/12/12
From the sceptic’s view, they argue that the Mayans were a primitive civilisation, and the fact that they believed that human sacrifice powered the sun means that they couldn’t be right about the end of the calendar. However, they didn’t simply ‘run out of rocks to write on’ as many people tell me when I’ve asked for their opinions. 2012, on the Mayan calendar actually marks a b’ak’tun, which is the end of a time period. In Mayan literature there is mention of world ages, and it is said we are living in the fourth world – this particular book mention the death and age of the previous (third) world after thirteen b’ak’tuns. So apparently the fourth world, which is us, will also end when it reaches the completion of thirteen b’ak’tuns, which is the Mayan date of 13.0.0.0.0, or our 21/12/12
Hmm, so there is an old inscription referencing the b’ak’tun 13 – it’s been translated but it was defaced so something’s couldn’t be.
tzuhtzjo:m uy-u:xlaju:n pik
chan ajaw u:x uni:w
uhto:m il[?]
ye'ni/ye:n bolon yokte'
ta chak joyaj
tzuhtzjo:m uy-u:xlaju:n pik
chan ajaw u:x uni:w
uhto:m il[?]
ye'ni/ye:n bolon yokte'
ta chak joyaj
It will be completed the 13th b'ak'tun.
It is 4 Ajaw 3 K'ank'in
and it will happen a 'seeing'[?].
It is the display of B'olon-Yokte'
in a great "investiture".[29]
And so yeah, B’olon-Yokte’ is a god of war, conflict and the underworld and from what I gather, he is represented in an artwork involved in a sacrifice to end all years. I’ll keep researching and updating on what I already know, but I gotta run for now :D
Thanks all, let me know what you think about it too – if ya too shy for a comment, feel free to pm me, I don’t bite often!
~Grimm (355 days to go)
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