The Mayan Calendar & 2012

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Legacy of Kukulcan win real Calendars & Cycles win real Cataclysm Scenario win real

Date:	12-21-06
Host:	George Noory
Guests:	Steve Alten, Nick Begich

Best-selling author Steve Alten(1) returned for a discussion on the Mayan Calendar's 2,000 year old prophecy which he explored in his novels Domain(2) and Resurrection(3).The Mayans believed that humanity undergoes five great cycles-- the last four ended in cataclysm, and the current cycle is due to end similarly on December 21st, 2012. Such knowledge was reportedly passed down to the Mayans through their leader/deity Kukulcan (known to the Aztecs as Quetzalcoatl).
Alten outlined the sophisticated workings of the Mayan calendar, which simultaneously rotated several different types of time systems. One of them-- the Long Count calendar, featured a 52 year cycle composed of Katuns-- which each last 20 years. The Katuns predict different types of events to occur during their time frames, and he noted that there have been interesting correspondences such as during Katun 5 which took place during the American Civil War.
According to the Dresden Codex, the Mayans foresaw a great flood as being the cataclysm that occurs at the end of the current great cycle. Alten reviewed possibilities of other calamities bringing an end to our civilization-- such as a solar flare, an asteroid hit, and the eruption of the Yellowstone caldera.

1. http://www.stevealten.com
2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312874766/ctoc
3. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312875584/ctoc

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Steve Alten shares several images to accompany his presentation, including this depiction of the Mayan Calendar. Click here(1) to view. 1. http://archive.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page1791.html?theme=light

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Bumper music from Thursday December 21, 2006

1.	Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival	2.	Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve	3.	Desert Rose Sting
4.	Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Chicago	5.	Dreams Fleetwood Mac	6.	Dreams The Cranberries
7.	Eye In The Sky Alan Parsons Project	8.	Faithfully Journey	9.	God Only Knows Beach Boys
10.	Inca Dance Cusco	11.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder	12.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder
13.	Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads	14.	Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Enya	15.	Peaceful Easy Feeling Eagles
16.	Red Skies The Fixx	17.	Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum	18.	We Didn't Start the Fire Billy Joel