2012 not the end of days but beginning of new ones

just received this mail from axiom, producers of the ever-popular new agey prophet's conference, which i had the pleasure of attending in may of 2001. the e-mail is about mayan calendrics researcher carlos barrios who claims that the apocalyptic theories of 2012 (the allegedly projected date of "the end of the world" according to the mayan calendar) are horseshit—the world will not end, he says, but rather be born anew.

"Anthropologists visit the temple sites," Mr. Barrios says, "and read the steles and inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the signs correctly. It's just their imagination... Other people write about prophecy in the name of the Maya. They say that the world will end in December 2012. The Mayan elders are angry with this. The world will not end. It will be transformed. The indigenous have the calendars, and know how to accurately interpret it, not others."

this brought to mind, of course, terence mckenna's timewave zero, so i just figured i'd share it here with you. [additional resources: 1 | 2] and here's more on the subject of 2012 from norlonto.net (keep an eye out for their subliminal messages), and ever more from deoxy.org.

pretty interesting if you're into scary hippie mysticism and cult science. i know i am! ;)