Appearing in the middle two hours, independent researcher John Major Jenkins discussed what he sees happening in exactly two years based on the Mayan calendar, how that calendar was rediscovered and the various ways the 2012 idea has been interpreted. The Mayan Long Count calendar was developed around 2100 years ago in Izapa, Mexico, using data calculated over hundreds of years, he detailed. The reason why they chose the end date in 2012 was to “target the rare alignment with the solstice sun with the Milky Way galaxy,” though it is a misnomer to think of this as the end of their calendar, he said. The other big misconception is the ‘doomsday’ interpretation, first expressed in a book by Michael Coe in the 1960s, and more recently picked up by the media, and in movies like Roland Emmerich’s 2012, Jenkins continued. We in the West tend to associate endings with Armageddon, but that is not the mindset of the Maya who thought in terms of cycles, he explained. Jenkins also talked about his research at Tortuguero, where ancient inscriptions referenced the 2012 date, as well as some of the historiography associated with the Maya & 2012, including the Harmonic Convergence, and the works of Jose Arguelles, and Carl Calleman. Lunar Eclipse & Dreaming

2012 IS NEAR

Doomsday & The Paranormal on Coast to Coast AM Date: 03-11-2010 Host: George Noory Guest: Jeff Danelek Last hour guest, paranormal researcher Jeff Danelek talked about his study of 2012 and doomsday prophecies. The idea of the Mayan calendar end date being doomsday is mostly a western confabulation, he commented. He also discussed ghosts, and other paranormal topics.

In the first half of the show, George spoke with author and astrological consultant Bruce Scofield about Mayan astrology. Scofield described the Maya as “expert observers” of the sky, able to accurately predict eclipses and the movement of planets. For the Maya there was no distinction between astronomy and astrology, he added. Venus was very important in Mayan thought, Scofield explained, noting how they derived a special numerical relationship of 5-to-8 from watching the planet’s passage between Earth and the Sun. Scofield touched on the Mayan calendar and 2012 as well. According to Scofield, the calendar does not end at 2012, but is more “like an odometer turning over in a car.” He pointed out that there are Mayan inscriptions with numbers that go beyond 2012. Scofield thinks the Maya anchored the end point of their calendar to a time when the winter solstice would be passing through the galactic equator of the Milky Way. The Mayans thought this dark-band in the stars was a road or portal to the underworld, he added.

In the first half of the show, George spoke with author and astrological consultant Bruce Scofield about Mayan astrology. Scofield described the Maya as “expert observers” of the sky, able to accurately predict eclipses and the movement of planets. For the Maya there was no distinction between astronomy and astrology, he added. Venus was very important in Mayan thought, Scofield explained, noting how they derived a special numerical relationship of 5-to-8 from watching the planet’s passage between Earth and the Sun. Scofield touched on the Mayan calendar and 2012 as well. According to Scofield, the calendar does not end at 2012, but is more “like an odometer turning over in a car.” He pointed out that there are Mayan inscriptions with numbers that go beyond 2012. Scofield thinks the Maya anchored the end point of their calendar to a time when the winter solstice would be passing through the galactic equator of the Milky Way. The Mayans thought this dark-band in the stars was a road or portal to the underworld, he added.

Author William Gladstone talked about the meaning of 2012 and Mayan prophecy, which he’s explored in his new novel The Twelve. The book incorporates some elements from his own life, such as a profound near-death experience.

Starting in the 2nd hour, authority on Nostradamus & the occult, John Hogue shared predictions for 2010, which he called a “wild card year in prophecy.” Back in November, he wrote that the new year would start with “record blizzards and cold snaps.” 2010 will see a spike in extreme weather, quakes, and natural disasters, “almost as if Mother Nature had declared war on us,” he warned. While the hurricane season will be light, he said there could be two large ones, possibly on the level of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and Hawaii will also be visited by tropical storms and hurricanes. In 2010, an economic crisis will arise from the oil industry with prices going too high, predicted Hogue, and China will begin a 5-year plan to divorce itself economically from the United States. By the end of this year, we’re going to see some kind of inflationary crisis in the world, he added. Looking further down the road, “we’re heading for civil war or revolution in the 2020s,” and by the mid 2020s the US will have reformed and rewritten the constitution, Hogue declared. According to his studies of Nostradamus’ prophecies, the seer did not single out the year 2012 in his quatrains, though the years 2009, 2013, and some dates in the 2020s do figure in his writings. State of the Union Analysis Appearing during the first half-hour, analyst John M. Curtis spoke about Pres. Obama’s State of the Union speech. The President is a formidable politician/communicator on the level of Kennedy and Reagan, and with this speech reasserted his leadership, he commented.

Starting in the 2nd hour, authority on Nostradamus & the occult, John Hogue shared predictions for 2010, which he called a “wild card year in prophecy.” Back in November, he wrote that the new year would start with “record blizzards and cold snaps.” 2010 will see a spike in extreme weather, quakes, and natural disasters, “almost as if Mother Nature had declared war on us,” he warned. While the hurricane season will be light, he said there could be two large ones, possibly on the level of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and Hawaii will also be visited by tropical storms and hurricanes. In 2010, an economic crisis will arise from the oil industry with prices going too high, predicted Hogue, and China will begin a 5-year plan to divorce itself economically from the United States. By the end of this year, we’re going to see some kind of inflationary crisis in the world, he added. Looking further down the road, “we’re heading for civil war or revolution in the 2020s,” and by the mid 2020s the US will have reformed and rewritten the constitution, Hogue declared. According to his studies of Nostradamus’ prophecies, the seer did not single out the year 2012 in his quatrains, though the years 2009, 2013, and some dates in the 2020s do figure in his writings. State of the Union Analysis Appearing during the first half-hour, analyst John M. Curtis spoke about Pres. Obama’s State of the Union speech. The President is a formidable politician/communicator on the level of Kennedy and Reagan, and with this speech reasserted his leadership, he commented.