Not the end of the world!

As the new year opened I got to thinking, all these prophecies about the end of the world we have been told about over the past decade or so. Are they even the slightest bit true?

We must first look at the source or inspiration of these prophecies, the Mayan long count, this calendar stops on or around the winter solstice this year. Depending on your religion, if you have one, you would have heard one of hundreds of calamities that are going to happen over the coming year; or if you were looking you would have found them already and you would have prepared long ago. But these prophecies are based on a linear calendar the source of which is quite probably Roman, and the Mayan Civilization was a pagan civilization and their calendar is not linear its cyclical. Their calendar can be best seen as a set of three concentric wheels the largest being the long count on the outside with the other two set concentrically inside the large one so they interlock.

As a pagan myself I had to chuckle when I saw the calendar shown in this way on a program on one of the documentary channels I currently have access to, this view of the universe seems to be fairly universal to any faith that has more than a passing link to nature. This includes the Maya who saw that the whole universe is governed by cycles be it the season or the cycle of night and day, their religion only served as a way to explain why it happened, of course it was a rather bloody affair at times but I cannot really judge as all pre-Christian religions had some sort of blood sacrifice in there somewhere. Now as it happens the Maya calendar also links up to the dawning of the age of Aquarius (though why its after the age of Pisces is a mystery to me) this new age is supposed to be an age of enlightenment, spirituality  and great possibilities. This is something I honestly cannot say for sure will happen but something will have to give first for anything to come to fruition, The Long Count tells only of a great change that will come as the time of kings and centralized power comes to an end. Whether this change will be peaceful or not I again cannot say, Clairvoyance is not my strong suit but I do feel that in the coming years things will happen things are going to change and this excites me, I cannot wait to see what will happen I hope you feel the same.

What ever happens trust me we will survive and we will thrive and the world we all are a part of will do the same, though if some of the less crazed prophecies are to be believes there may be fewer of us as a species to go on to prosper.

I wish you all Brightest Blessings and best of luck in all you chose to do.
Steven