2012 and the Maya

[Uli]

Interesting article:
http://www.seri-worldwide.org/id435.html

"Anthropologists visit the temple sites and read the 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."

Not quite sure about the more esoteric stuff though:

At sunrise on December 21, 2012 for the first time in 26,000 years the Sun rises to conjunct the intersection of the Milky Way and the plane of the ecliptic. This cosmic cross is considered to be an embodiment of the Sacred Tree, The Tree of Life, a tree remembered in all the world's spiritual traditions.

Some observers say this alignment with the heart of the galaxy in 2012 will open a channel for cosmic energy to flow through the Earth, cleansing it and all that dwells upon it, raising all to a higher level of vibration.

[Rockula]

The world WILL end this year...unless, of course, it doesn't. In which case some nutter will tell us it's actually NEXT year.

[Nick]

I have read a little on this & always assumed it meant change & not the end of the world as such. There does seem to be the whiff of change in the air at the moment, what with the Arab Spring & the virtual collapse of the European economy. Perhaps at the end of the year we will see.

[Uli]

The Sun is not the paper I read, but I found this nice link. 
I saw that mountain Bugarach last year, nice place. But I don't think you'll survive "doomsday" there...

Thousands of "weirdos" believe Bugarach, south west France will be the only place they will survive if the world ends on December 21.

They say a nearby mountain contains a garage for UFOs that will whisk them to safety "in another dimension" while the rest of the planet perishes.

After one hippie died climbing the mountain earlier this year, Mr Delord quipped to the French media: “The end of the world came a bit earlier for him than he expected.”
 
Regional prefect Eric Freysselinard has now issued an order barring anyone from climbing the mountain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, on "Doomsday".
 
He said: “It will be closed off for three days before and two days after the world is supposed to end.”

...report also stressed that December 21, 2012, would be the 183rd time the world had been predicted to end in the last 2,000 years.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4648192/bugarach-bans-doomsday-followers-from-village.html#ixzz2CZClnl1Q

[EastKentTaff]

The world WILL end this year...unless, of course, it doesn't. In which case some nutter will tell us it's actually NEXT year.

"This year, next year, sometime never"  to quote our songsmith

[Rockula]

I saw that mountain Bugarach last year, nice place. But I don't think you'll survive "doomsday" there...

I've just been there. The Mayor is calling in the army to turf out all the illegally camping 'end-of-the worlders'. He claims it's on 'health and sanitation' grounds but the fact that he's arranging a big, expensive party for his rich friends is the more likely reason. 

[Uli]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20484590

Strange how they always talk about an "invasion" of nutters, hippies or whatever, but none of them has been caught on film (yet)...
Guess it won't be as bad as they think it'll be.

[Uli]

Push comes to apocalyptic shove:
http://skrufff.com/2012/12/push-comes-to-apocalyptic-shove-interview/

"Why does it have to be 21 December? I mean, that’s the shortest day, right? So as well as missing out on Christmas and the New Year, we’re not even going to be able to enjoy the benefits of the days getting a little longer and the nights drawing out. That’s a real bummer. Actually, in truth, I’m not even thinking about the date. It’s a load of tosh. It’s just a normal day.”