ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Patrick takes Alex on a trip through history, as we look at the Mayan Long Count calendar and why some people thought the world would end in 2012. We discuss who the Maya are, how their various calendars work, and how the 2012 "doomsday" myth morphed over the years. Both Alex and Patrick express, frankly, rage at trying to pin down exactly what some New Age leaders were trying to say would happen in 2012. We've got blood rituals, we've got universal telepathy, we've got the poles flipping.
Theme song is “Satellites” by Swenny.
Links:
- Matthew Restall & Amara Solari: 2012 and the End of the World: The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse
- Robert K. Sitler: The 2012 Phenomenon
- Michael Coe: The Maya
- Frank Waters: Mexico Mystique: The Coming Sixth World of Culture
- The McKenna Brothers: The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching
- José Argüelles and the Harmonic Convergence
- Late Night Radio and the 2012 Phenomenon
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