The Ultimate Catastrophe

[unknown edinterial]

in 2012 the earth will be subjected to a huge disaster. The cause: the magnetic field of the earth will reverse in an instant, resulting in catastrophic consequences for humanity. Immense earthquakes will flatten all buildings on earth; while continents will shift thousands of kilometres and an all-demolishing tidal wave will leave billions of dead people behind. In my book I scientifically reveal the millennia-old codes of the Maya and the Old Egyptians, which refer to this super-disaster.

[nrj]

Huh? Can you post some sources, please.

[unknown edinterial]

http://www.nasca.org.uk/Asian_disaster/2012/2012.html

[nrj]

So, the world will rock itself to death? Shit...

[nigeyboy]

So the world be destroyed because the earths magnetic polarity will reverse?

Well from what I have read and studied, the earths magnetic field has reversed its polarity regularly over the past few billion years (about every 200K to 250K years. Can you explain to me how the shift will cause the continents to shift 'thousands of kilometers'? Also, how will it generate a massive tsunami that will kill 'billions'?

The earths core is a fluid mass, and as such is constantly moving. The only real effect this will have is that compasses will point south, not north, and there will have to be some serious upgrading of navigation aids.

I consider myself open minded to most things, but i am sorry to say this seems some what sensationalist. :smokin:

[nrj]

No, not a pole shift. A magnetic reversal. I dont really know if it is the same, but I think it is two different things.

[HorrorReporter]

I reported on my site the other day about Tibetan monks convinced that alien life will stop the world from reducing itself to nuclear war in 2012...so there may be hope yet, my conspiracy believing friend


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All the news unfit to print

[stewey]

That wouldn't cause the end of the world, even if it did happen. It would take several centuries for it to happen, so 2012 would be out of the question.

[pandorasagebox]

2012 is also the projected time that the asteroid which is headed already for our little rock -- is supposed to either hit or miss us.... it was also in a premonition i had once...huh... :grin :

[stewey]

2012 is also the projected time that the asteroid which is headed already for our little rock -- is supposed to either hit or miss us.... it was also in a premonition i had once...huh... :grin :

most asteroids either hit or miss :smokin:

[DmoneyCustoms]

2012 i guess we will know when that time comes. To be honest people has predicted the end of civilization all the time throughout history they will give a year an say that is when civilization ends. Dont get me wrong the mayan ppl where smart.

So its just a waiting game now (who's Next In Line)


BTW their are two things I would like to say.

1 World Ends= the earth going to just crumble,
2 End of civilization=Hmmmm No more ppl, 2 totally different meanings

[Coolio]

bah, many prophecies pint to 2012..

[salvador]

Will this be before or after the Olympics?

[ER Chief]

i want to know. why 2012?

[nrj]

Because the Mayan calender ends at december 21:st, 2012.

[PsychicKid]

Yes but they never specifically predicted "the end". It could have some sort of meaning, but I doubt it's "the end" as so many doom-sayers preach.

[Protostar]

December 21,2012 is when the SOLAR SYSTEM changes. Since the Mayans used the universe to equate time, when it changes (the solar system) the time changes.
check out new images on http://www.hubblesite.org of galaxies far and wide and research other planets in our solar system. The "earth changes" are due to cosmic blasts to our n.hemisphere. When the solar system changes, all the worlds surrounging it go through "upheavles" (the cosmic blasts are from an unknown source) I think 12/21/12 has signifigance but to what degree is anyone's guess. You can believe the "worlds" scientists are busy w/ astrophysicists trying to figure it all out. But doomsday isn't in the equation, just a "new" day perhaps.

[ER Chief]

yes i know that december 12, 2012 marks the end of the mayan calender, but that can't possibly mean the end of civilization as we know it. life has to go on. everyone knows about 2012, but if everyone thought that would be the end, why would there be predictions about the future from many wise men about what will happen hundereds, even thousands of years from now?

[Gyhth]

December 21st, 2012 is not the end of the world. It is a day of a VERY rare event in space.



End of the Mayan Great Cycle: December 21st, 2012 A.D.
Scholars today are recognizing that Mayan mythology is intimately related to the celestial movements of stars, the Milky Way and certain constellations. The sources of Mayan mythology are found in the sky, and the timetable of Creation Day is pinpointed by the end date of the Mayan Great Cycle. My research into the nature of this date reveals that a rare celestial alignment culminates on it. Generally speaking, what occurs is an alignment between the galactic and solar planes. Specifically, the winter solstice sun will conjunct the Milky Way, which is the edge of our spinning galaxy as viewed from earth. Furthermore, the place where the sun meets the Milky Way is where the "dark-rift" in the Milky Way is - a black ridge along the Milky Way caused by interstellar dust clouds (See Diagram 1).

This is a feature of the Milky Way anyone can see on a clear midsummer's night, away from the light pollution of industrial society. At dawn on the winter solstice of A.D. 2012, the sun will be right in this dark-rift, and the orientation is such that the Milky Way rims the horizon at all points around. Thus, the Milky Way "sits" on the earth, touching it at all points around, opening up the cosmic sky portal. The galactic and solar planes are thus aligned. "Sky portal" is just a term to describe the "opened sky" scenario apparent when the Milky Way rims the horizon. This is not to be confused with the "dark-rift" itself.

In Mayan myth, the winter solstice sun corresponds to the deity One Hunahpu, also known as First Father. The Mayan Sacred Book, the Popol Vuh, is all about setting the stage so that the Hero Twins' father (One Hunahpu) can be reborn, thus beginning a new World Age. The dark rift has many mythic identities: it is the Black Road; it is the xibalba be (the Road to the Underworld); it is a crevice in the branches of the cosmic tree (the Milky Way); it is the mouth of the Cosmic Monster (often portrayed as a frog, jaguar or snake with tree-like features); it is the birth canal of the Cosmic Mother.

Overall, the dark-rift is best understood as the birth canal of the Cosmic Mother, who we may call First Mother, to complement First Father. In this way we can trace how these various metaphors are found in Mayan Creation Mythology. And the date of this alignment is, again, the end date of the 13-baktun Great Cycle - a cycle of approximately 5125 years. This all suggests that the ancient Maya were aware of the impending alignment and considered it to be of such importance to be a major transition point, the Creation of a new World Age. In mythological terms, this event is about the union of First Father with First Mother or, more accurately, the birth of First Father (the winter solstice sun - the new World Age ruler) from First Mother (the dark-rift in the Milky Way). The headline appropriate for the upcoming event is: "Cosmic Mother Gives Birth to The First God."

Source: http://www.saxakali.com/historymam7.htm

So basically, the world as we know it ends, but is reborn into a final age - the 5th age. We currently are in the 4th - the only one deemed to be "perfect" by the Mayan gods. What really happens, no one can really say, but it is possible that if the world does end on that day, it will simply be born anew without humanity as we know it, or it will be a time of enlightenment for humanity where we finally attain true wisdom and intellect and the world as we know it is gone simply because humanity changes what we do, or have done. It simply says "the world ends", it never says if it's a physical ending or simply our world becomming a new because of new ideas, new technology or a new found world peace. Personally I don't believe in this too much, but it is rather fun to sit back and think about it.

Sources:
http://www.experiencefestival.com/mayan_calendar
http://www.michielb.nl/maya/calendar.html
http://www.saxakali.com/historymam7.htm
http://www.armageddononline.net/mayan_calendar.php
http://www.armageddononline.net/mayan.php

[salvador]

I hope you're not talking about gamma ray bursts. These are believed to be the result of a star turning into a black hole. If a gamma ray burst occurred in our galaxy, that would be it... Extinction!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/leadingedge_20020530.shtml
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~ejb/faq.html

[nrj]

Yes but they never specifically predicted "the end". It could have some sort of meaning, but I doubt it's "the end" as so many doom-sayers preach. Yes, but the question was why people puts the end of the world at december 21, 2012. I agree, the mayans never predicted the end, but the change, but that has no relevance with the question.

[Defiant Noquisi]

Thanks for the info Gyhth. I'm always interested in Mayan calendar research. This makes for a different angle when talking about it.

[Defiant Noquisi]

I have merged the "2012" thread into this one since they are of the same topic. Please continue....

[stewey]

I hope you're not talking about gamma ray bursts. These are believed to be the result of a star turning into a black hole. If a gamma ray burst occurred in our galaxy, that would be it... Extinction!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/leadingedge_20020530.shtml
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~ejb/faq.html

Nope. While a GRB hitting Earth would certainly kill us all, they are by no means that rare. They usually are detectable several times a day and happen to even come from our galaxy on occaison. For a GRB to cause a bad thing, recent calculations show it would need to originate within a hundred light years and the polarity of the star would have to be facing us. The odds of one hitting us head on are pretty slim (it'd be like shooting a marble into a dixie cup from several miles away).