NoNo effective doomsday prophecy is complete without the hint of global obliteration, fire and brimstone. Likewise, the Mayan prophecy has all the necessary components of an effective doomsday prediction designed to cause massive hysteria.
According to some experts, ancient Mayans predicted that the 21st of December 2012 would signal the end of a 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count in the Mayan calendar, and this will lead to the end of the world.
Experts estimate the system, which is made up of 394-year periods called baktuns, started counting at 3114 BC, and will have run through 13 baktuns, or 5,125 years, around December 21st 2012. Since 13 is a significant number for the maya and the end of the cycle would be a milestone, new age mystics have interpreted it to mark the end.
The exact manner of this Armageddon remains vague; as such, various theories have been posed as to how the earth will be destroyed. Some believe that a mysterious celestial object known as Planet X, or Nibiru, is returning to our solar system and will crash into earth killing everyone.
Others claim that a rapid “polar shift” — a sudden reversal of the Earth’s rotation, caused by flares from explosive storms on the surface of sun, will bring global destruction.
Some theories talk of planetary or galactic alignments, others say there will be a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic polarity.
Though not much is known of the Mayans- a Central American civilisation, which almost became extinct by the Spanish conquistadors. They are nonetheless respected for their mathematical and astronomical skills. Thus many believe they hold the secrets of the earth and are gifted in divination.
Some experts have pointed out that the Maya calendar has been misinterpreted, and the world is not coming to an end. However, believers still believe the “end is nigh” .
The end of world frenzy has gripped Russia, Ukraine, USA, Brazil and Mexico more than the rest of the world.
Omutnisk, Kirov region of Russia, saw a mad rush for supplies as people stock up on kerosene after newspaper article allegedly written by a Tibetan monk, confirmed the end of the world.
Other cities in Russia also saw a run out on salt, torches and thermos flasks.
The panic in Russia was so profound that the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had to address the situation.
“I don’t believe in the end of the world,” he stated before adding slightly perturbingly: “At least, not this year.
NASA has also debunked the Mayan doomsday prophecy by publishing a web video explaining why the world did not end on 21 Dec, 2012. The video was released on the 11th of Dec.
2012 in a bold move to show they are convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the world is not coming to an end on the 21st.
“If there was anything out there, like a planet headed for Earth, said NASA Astrobiologist David Morrison, it would already be one of the brightest objects in the sky,” he explains
“Everybody on Earth could see it. You don’t need to ask the government, just go out and look. It’s not there.”
As for rumours about solar flares and reports the sun is reaching the “max of its 11-year solar cycle,” well, that’s all true. But NASA calls it the “wimpiest cycle” of the past 50 years.
“The sun has been flaring for billions of years and it has never, once, destroyed the world.”
Even after logical ;explanations as to why the world would not end on the 21st, believers are still not convinced and are frantically looking for safe haven for themselves and loved ones.
In France, Pic de Bugarach, - apparently home to an extra-terrestrial mothership, believers have set camp so they can be taken to safety. Another safe harbour is Mount Rtanj set deep within the Serbia’s Carpathian Mountain.
Mount Rtanj is thought to house a ‘pyramidal’ structure left behind by alien visitors thousands of years ago that will emit a powerful force field at the moment of Armageddon, protecting those in its vicinity.
American believers are planning to hide out in hi-tech underground survival shelters. Manufacturers have seen a boom in business in preparation for solar flares, radiation, EMPs (electromagnetic pulses)
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