2012 Doomsday prediction
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The Orion Nebula, as captured by the Spitzer and Hubble Space
Telescopes using false-color imaging. Patrick Geryl's Orion
Prophecy is among the many books that suggest the Earth is on the
verge of an apocalypse.
The 2012 Doomsday Prediction is a present-day cultural tradition
proposing that cataclysmic and apocalyptic events will occur in the
year 2012. This idea has been disseminated by numerous books,
internet sites and by documentaries airing on the History Channel
since 2006. The forecast is based primarily on what is claimed to
be the end-date of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, which is
presented as lasting 5,125 years and as terminating on December 21,
2012, and incorporates warnings from climate experts and other
environmental scientists that the Earth has reached a "tipping
point" that could generate mass extinctions, as well as
interpretations of assorted legends, scriptures and prophecies (for
typical titles, see Dissemination below).
In addition, some proponents of the doomsday premise argue
ancient Mayan astronomers were aware of a rare alignment of the
Earth, Sun and center of the Milky Way on the December solstice in
2012. According to this belief, the alignment is tied to the
precession of the equinoxes and signals a transition from one world
age to another. A New Age interpretation of this transition posits
that, during this time, the planet and its inhabitants may undergo
a physical or spiritual transformation rather than an
apocalypse.[1]Most academic scholars of Mayan civilization dispute
the apocalyptic interpretation of the Long Count calendar end-date
and the precession-alignment interpretation, insisting that the
date 12/21/2012 simply marks a resetting of the calendar to Baktun
13.0.0.0.0.[2], rather as the units and tens columns of a car's
mileometer reset to zero each time a hundred miles are completed.
Experts on the ancient Maya tend to see the focus on 2012 as a
manifestation of Mayanism, a collection of New Age beliefs that
reinterpret and potentially distort ancient Mayan culture.
Some New Age interpretations emphasize a spiritual "shift in
consciousness" over physical change, with authors such as Daniel
Pinchbeck arguing that materialistic attitudes, rather than the
material world, are in jeopardy. Historian Richard G. Kyle notes
that predictions of the imminent end of the world have a very long
history, with hundreds of documented examples, some associated with
religious prophecies, others with astronomical events such as
comets or eclipses, and others with calendar events such as the
millennium.[3]Contents
[hide] 1 December 21, 2012
2 Prophecies
3 Precession-alignment theory
3.1 Criticism
4 "Planet X"/"Nibiru"
4.1 Criticism
5 2012 and Bosnian "Pyramids"
6 Dissemination
7 2012 doomsday in fiction
7.1 Literature
7.2 Comics
7.3 Music
7.4 Film
7.5 Television
7.6 Games
8 Notes
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
[edit] December 21, 2012The significance of this date in
Mayanism stems from the ending of the current baktun cycle of the
Maya calendar in 2012, which many believe (on the basis of much
ill-informed speculation[4]) will create a global "consciousness
shift" and the beginning of a new age. Speculation about this date
can be traced to the first edition of The Maya (1966) by Michael D.
Coe, in which he suggested the date of December 24, 2011, as one on
which the Maya believed "Armageddon would overtake the degenerate
peoples of the world and all creation."[5] This date became the
subject of speculation by Frank Waters, who devotes two chapters to
its interpretation, including discussion of an astrological chart
for this date and its association with Hopi prophecies in Mexico
Mystique: The Coming Sixth Age of Consciousness (1975). The
significance of the year 2012 (but not a specific day) was
mentioned briefly by Jos Argelles in The Transformative Vision
(1975).[6]Waters' book inspired further speculation by John Major
Jenkins in the mid-1980s, including revision of the date to one
corresponding with the winter solstice in 2012. Interpretations of
the date became the subject of further speculation by Jos Argelles
in The Mayan Factor (1987), promoted at the 1987 Harmonic
Convergence. It received further elaboration in the Novelty theory
of Terence McKenna. An astronomical conjunction of the black hole
at the center of the Milky Way galaxy with the winter solstice Sun
on December 21, 2012, referred to by John Major Jenkins in Galactic
Alignment as having been predicted by the ancient Maya and others,
is a much-anticipated event in Mayanism. Although Jenkins suggests
that ancient Maya knowledge of this event was based on observations
of the "dark rift" in the Milky Way as seen from Earth, others
interpret it as evidence of knowledge imparted via ancient contact
with extraterrestrial intelligence. The relevance of modern "dark
rift" observations to Pre-Columbian and traditional Maya beliefs is
strongly debated, and many academic archaeologists have been
skeptical of all theories regarding extraterrestrial contact, but
it is clear that the promotion of Mayanism through interest in 2012
doomsday scenarios is contributing to the evolution of religious
syncretism in contemporary Maya communities. Psychonaut author
Daniel Pinchbeck popularized New Age concepts about this date,
linking it to beliefs about crop circles, alien abduction, and
personal revelations based on the use of entheogens and mediumship
in his 2006 book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl [7].
Only one Mayan inscription, Tortuguero Monument 6, directly
mentions the end of the 13th baktun, which corresponds to 2012. It
has been defaced, though Mayan scholar David Stuart has attempted a
partial translation:
Tzuhtz-(a)j-oom u(y)-uxlajuun pik
(ta) Chan Ajaw ux(-te') Uniiw.
Uht-oom ...
Y-em(al) ... Bolon Yookte' K'uh ta ...
The Thirteenth 'Bak'tun" will be finished
(on) Four Ajaw, the Third of Uniiw (K'ank'in).
... will occur.
(It will be) the descent(?) of the Nine Support(?) God(s) to
the...[8]
[edit] PropheciesThe History Channel in its coverage of the 2012
Doomsday Prediction cites a number of prophecies that may, it
claims, relate to the present day.[9] For example, in the 1940s
members of the Hopi tribe allegedly warned that of a series of
global catastrophes would strike after nine omens were realized. A
third world war, geologic upheaval, hotter temperatures, drought
and famine would all contribute to the collapse of civilization.
This prediction was integrated into an older legend and is today
known as the Hopi Prophecy. Among the omens that presage the final
days are supposed to be a "spider web crisscrossing the earth" and
a "blue star".[10]Other prophecies considered by doomsday
proponents to be relevant to modern times include:
The Book of Revelation, by John of Patmos.
The Sibylline Books.
The Quatrains and what the History Channel has dubbed the 'Lost
Book of Nostradamus' (actually the Vaticinia Nostradami, a
misattributed version of a collection of prophetic papal emblems
from long before his time known as the Vaticinia de Summis
Pontificibus).
The Prophecy of the Popes, by Saint Malachy.
Terrence Mckenna's Timewave Zero interpretation of the I
Ching.
Two Medieval prophets dramatized in the History Channel program
2012: End of Days are Mother Shipton (a.k.a. Ursula Southeil) and
Myrddin Wyllt. Both were said to have envisioned an apocalypse
during the era of modern technological society. However, the
authorship of both prophecies is disputed by scholars, and the
original 1641 edition of Mother Shipton's prophecies says nothing
whatever about the End of the World[11] -- unlike the well-known
l862 spoof admitted to by one Charles Hindley[12] and widely
assumed to be the original, which included the now-famous
lines:
The world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty one.[13]
In The Orion Prophecy (2001), Patrick Geryl and Gino Ratinckx
allege that descendents of the utopian civilization Atlantis
settled along the Nile following the end of the last major ice age.
These Atlanteans survived a catastrophic flood and later encoded a
warning about a 2012 apocalypse in hieroglyphs. According to Geryl
and Ratinckx, this prophecy can be found inside the Sphinx, the
pyramids at Giza and the zodiacs in the Greco-Roman Dendera temple.
The authors cite a rare translation of the Egyptian Book of the
Dead by the French mathematician Albert Slosman, as well as
Slosmans book Le Grand Cataclysme (1976), as sources.[14]The
predictions for December 21, 2012 recall those made by psychic
Blossom Goodchild for October 14, 2008 in that they designate a
specific date and highlight many elements of New Age thought.
Although Goodchild claimed that communications from entities called
the "Federation of Light" prophesized the appearance of a massive
spacecraft over Alabama that would confirm assertions of
extraterrestrial life, this did not unfold as expected. However, it
became a significant phenomenon on the web and many believers claim
after the fact that something significant did happen. This seems
likely to be true also for 2012.
Terrence McKenna and Dennis McKenna wrote in their book The
Invisible Landscape that "evolution will accelerate and end in the
year 2012".[15][edit] Precession-alignment theoryIn the solar
system, gravity causes the sun and planets to share the same plane
of orbit. In the night sky, this plane is known as the ecliptic.
The twelve Zodiac constellations move along or near the ecliptic,
and over time, appear to recede counterclockwise one degree every
72 years - that is, from our perspective looking up from the
ground. This movement is attributed to a slight wobble in the
earth's axis as it spins. As a result, approximately every 2160
years, the constellation visible on the early morning of the spring
equinox changes. This signals the end of one astrological age
(currently the Age of Pisces) and the beginning of another (Age of
Aquarius). Over the course of 26,000 years, the precession of the
equinoxes makes one full circuit around the ecliptic.
This phenomenon underlies the principle of "galactic alignment",
a rarely occurring intersection of the earth, sun and galactic
equator. The next alignment is claimed (wrongly, according to Maya
scholars[16]) to coincide with the end of the Mayan Long Count
calendar, which is claimed (wrongly again[17]) to coincide with the
winter solstice of December 2012. Former software engineer John
Major Jenkins is credited with the premise that the classical
Mayans anticipated this conjunction and celebrated it as the
harbinger of a profound spiritual transition for mankind.
New Age proponents of the Precession-alignment theory argue
that, just as astrology uses the positions of stars and planets to
predict the future, the Mayans plotted their calendars with the
objective of preparing for significant world events.[18][edit]
CriticismMost university astronomers and other academics
specializing in Mayan studies reject the galactic alignment theory.
They argue that there is no evidence in the archaeological record
to demonstrate that the classical Mayan civilization attached any
apocalyptic significance to the completion of the 13 Bak'tun, and
that the Long Count calendar does not end on 13.0.0.0.0.[19]
Scholars such as Linda Schele and David Freidel[20] write that the
end of the current Mayan long count is not in fact due until day
13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.0.0.0.0
from the theoretical end of the previous world in 3114 BC (an 'end
of the world' totally unknown either to history or to
archeology)which, with each column equal to twenty times its
predecessor, lies some 41,341,049,999,999,999,999,999,994,879 years
in the future. University of Florida astronomer Susan Milbrath,
author of Star Gods of the Maya, is among those who have accused
2012 doomsday proponents of exploiting Mayan culture to advance
political or personal agendas.[21] Moreover, skeptics point out
that, since the nucleus of the Milky Way cannot be identified
without high-powered telescopes, the Mayans could not have been
aware of its location.[22] Critics suggest that fears about 2012
should be tempered by the fact that the alignment in question takes
place over a 36-year period, corresponding to the diameter of the
sun, with the most precise convergence having already occurred
without incident in 1998.[23][edit] "Planet X"/"Nibiru"Main
article: ZetaTalkAnother theory circulating on the web relates to a
large planetary object, sometimes claimed to be 20 times the size
of Jupiter, which is currently en route to pass by Earth.
Proponents claim that this object's passage will create a pole
shift and cause the end of civilization. This planet, variously
referred to as "Nibiru" (after a planet with a similar orbit in
Zecharia Sitchin's Earth Chronicles series), "Wormwood" (after a
passage from the Book of Revelation which describes a star named
Wormwood falling from the skies) or "Planet X" (the name
astronomers give to the hypothesis of a planet beyond Neptune), was
first predicted by self-proclaimed contactee Nancy Leider after she
founded the website ZetaTalk in 1995.[24] Leider had originally
claimed the object would pass by Earth in 2003; however, when that
failed to occur she shifted her date to 2010.[25] A number of
websites and other doomsday groups have however linked Leider's
planet to the 2012 date.[26][edit] CriticismMany believers in the
imminent approach of Planet X/Nibiru/Wormwood claim that NASA is
deliberately covering up visual evidence of its existence.[27]
However, astronomer and debunker Phil Plait has pointed out on his
website that such an object so close to Earth would be easily
visible to the naked eye, and would be creating noticeable effects
in the orbits of the outer planets.[28] Zecharia Sitchin himself
has criticised the association of this doomsday scenario with his
planet Nibiru, since he does not believe Nibiru will return in less
than 1000 years.[29] Also, the connection of this planet to the
Planet X hypothesis has been discredited, since Planet X, as
originally envisioned, was effectively disproved in 1993.[30][edit]
2012 and Bosnian "Pyramids"Semir Osmanagic (a.k.a. Semir
Osmanagich), the archaeologist reponsible for promoting the Bosnian
pyramids, referred to December 21, 2012 in the conclusion of his
book The World of the Maya. He suggests that that "Advancement of
DNA may raise us to a higher level" and concludes, "When the
'heavens open' and cosmic energy is allowed to flow throughout our
tiny Planet, will we be raised to a higher level by the
vibrations"[31]. This represents New Age thinking in the specific
context of Mayanism, a perspective that is also found in the work
of Graham Hancock, in which esoteric knowledge of 2012 was first
known by members of an ancient "lost civilization" before being
disseminated around the world. Academic archaeologists dismiss
these theories as examples of pseudoarchaeology and
pseudoscience.
[edit] DisseminationInterest in the 2012 Doomsday Prediction has
spread in recent years as a result of several programs airing on
the History Channel (which has recently had a major role in
propagating myths of this type -- see, for example, The Lost Book
of Nostradamus), plus a groundswell of internet sites and blogs,
and numerous books on the subject. George Noory, main host of Coast
to Coast AM, believes something significant will happen in 2012,
and in recent years it has been a common theme on the
show.[32]Books that refer to the 2012 Doomsday Prediction include
Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization's End
(2007) by Lawrence E. Joseph, How to Survive 2012: Tactics and
Survival Places for the Coming Pole Shift (2008) by Patrick Geryl.
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (2007) by Daniel Pinchbeck, Death
from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End (2008) by
Philip Plait, A Vision for 2012: Planning for Extraordinary Change
(2008) by John Peterson, A Guide to the End of the World (2002) by
Bill McGuire, The Orion Prophecy (2001) by Patrick Geryl and Gino
Ratinckx, 2013 Oracle: Ancient Keys to the 2012 Awakening The
Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies and Possibilities (2008)
by Gregg Braden, (2006), Serpent of Light (2007) by Drunvalo
Melchizedek, and The Maya End Times: A spiritual adventure to the
heart of the Maya prophecies for 2012 (2008) by Patricia Mercier. A
movie called 2012, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring John
Cusack, is scheduled for release in 2009. It is the latest action
film premised on the world ending in the early 21stcentury.
Emmerich has experience in directing apocalyptic movies: he
directed Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow.
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Main article: 2012 in fiction[edit] Literature Decipher (2001)
by Stel Pavlou depicts the discovery of Atlantis and a polar shift
being caused by solar flare activity.
Domain (2002) and Resurrection (2000) by author Steve Alten: A
fictional series that tells the events of the Gabriel twins after
discovering the mystery behind 2012.
2012: The War for Souls by author Whitley Strieber (2007) is a
fictional novel about three parallel earths and the occurrences
leading up to December 21, 2012 in each as the walls between them
begin to thin and allow passage through gateways to the others. A
film adaptation is proposed, produced by Michael Bay. [33]
[edit] Comics The Invisibles ("The Invisible Kingdom,"
19992000): The Invisibles' "fictional" universe expands into the
meta-context of the "higher universe," possibly our own.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki: In the 6th part of
this manga, the protagonists Jolyne Kujo, Hermes, Emporio, Anasui
and Weather Report have to stop the villain Enrico Pucci from
erasing the universe. Pucci obtains the stand Stairway to Heaven,
which has the power of rewriting the universe, and tries to use the
stand to create the perfect world for his master Dio. All these
events occur in 2012, with the current universe ending near the
completion of the thirteenth cycle of the Mayan calendar.
[edit] Music "A Certain Shade of Green," a song from the Incubus
album S.C.I.E.N.C.E., references 2012 in the following lines: Are
you gonna stand around till 2012 A.D.? / What are you waiting for,
a certain shade of green?. December 21, 2012 also appears to be the
date when the video for the song "Warning" is supposed to take
place.
The Hed PE song "I.F.O." (to be found on their self-titled
album), which is about UFO sightings and governmental conspiracies
to cover them up, references the year 2012: "Prepare to meet your
maker in the skies over the pyramids / Check Stonehenge / Go ask
the Mayans / 2012 soon come / I will be waitin' sayin' I told you
so / When the skies are ripped open / And the mothership lands on
your cynical ass".
Stones Throw Records artist Dudley Perkins released his LP,
entitled 'Expressions (2012 A.U.)', in 2006
The instrumental song "December 21, 2012" by Frodus, which
appears as a B-side to their best-selling 7" vinyl single of their
Devo cover "Explosions" (Released 1997).
The Anaal Nathrakh song "Timewave Zero" is about the apparent
end of the world on December 21, 2012. The lyrics are translated as
"The 21st Of December, 2012, The time will come"
The A Day To Remember song "Fast Forward to 2012" refers to the
world ending in 2012 as a warning for friends to do something to
prepare.
British nu-rave outfit Klaxons sing about apocalyptic horsemen
in their song "Four Horsemen Of 2012" from the 2007 album Myths of
the Near Future.
The song "2012 Demise of the 5th Sun" by the melodic death metal
band Scar Symmetry is a reference to the year 2012. "For the lines
on the fractal wave / Fit the course of history / They're created
to work as one till the end / When the winter solstice comes /
Actualizing the prophecy / The demise in 2012 realized"
The Testament song "3 Days in Darkness", off of The Gathering
album is a song about 2012, and speaks of the earth being swallowed
in molten fire.
Heavy metal band Burnt By The Sun's two albums both deal with
prophecies concerning the year 2012.
"2012" is the name of the 2005 album by the experimental rock
band Old Time Relijun, and several songs make references to ancient
Mayan culture, such as "Burial Mound" and "The King of Lost
Light."
On the band Hella's album There's No 666 in Outer Space there is
a track called "2012 and Countless" in which the only words are
"There's no 666 in Outer Space" repeated.
Metal band Ewigkeit's album Radio Ixtlan has a track entitled
"Live at Palenque 2012" referencing both the Mayan calendar date
and the site at which the Temple of Inscriptions where it is
carved.
Canibus mentions the year 2012 and December 21, 2012 on his Poet
Laureate Infinity vocals and on his 2007 album For Whom the Beat
Tolls.
Industrial metal band Hanzel und Gretyl's fifth album is called
2012: Zwanzig Zwlf referencing the belief that the world will end
in this year, as foretold in the Mesoamerican Long Count
calendar.
On DJ Muggs & Sick Jacken's album Legend of the Mask and the
Assassin, they "prophetize" armageddon and other catastrophic
events occurring in "2012 (feat. Cynic)."
[edit] Film I Am Legend, set in this year.
2012, based on significance of Mesoamerican Long Count
calendar.
Death Race references this year as the year when the U.S.
economy falls.
The Fallen:2012, based on a world transformed by the 2012
Doomsday prediction
[edit] Television Doctor Who
"Dalek," 2005: A Dalek breaks loose under the Utah salt plains,
and plans to kill every living thing on Earth.
Futurama
Xmas Story," 1999: The War of 2012 occurs, during which
talk-show host Conan O'Brien lost his "freakishly long legs."
The X-Files ("The Truth," 2002): On December 22, Aliens begin
colonization of Earth.
[edit] Games Shadowrun: With the sixth Mayan world beginning,
magic returns to the world in an event called "The Awakening."
Escape 2012: The player's mission is to escape from alien
captivity.
In DarkMatter, a campaign setting for the Alternity and D20
Modern roleplaying games, the institute that the protagonists
belong to believe that 2012 will be the end of the world.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl is set in this year
Psychic Force 2012 is set during this year.
In Universe at War: Earth Assault, the Hierarchy invasion on
Earth begins.
An in-game document from The Secret World contains the date 2012
circled and underlined but the significance of this is yet
unknown.
Events of Mega Man III, Mega Man's Soccer, Wily and Right's
RockBoard and Mega Man V are set in this year.
One of the puzzles later on in La Mulana (A freeware PC game
based on many of the older MSX games released) states you need to
'walk the end year of the Aztec's Fifth Age.' The player must then
light only the torches of the gates that correspond to the numbers
in the year '2012'.
The setting of Assassin's Creed is September, 2012. At the end
of the game is a barcode with reference "21122012" for 21 December
2012.
[edit] Notes1. ^ Benjamin Anastas "The Final Days". New York
Times Magazine 7/1/07.
2. ^ Ibid; G. Jeffrey MacDonald "Does Maya calendar predict 2012
apocalypse?" USA Today 3/27/07.
3. ^ Richard Kyle (1998). The Last Days are Here Again. Baker
Books. ISBN 9780801058097.
4. ^ Schele, Linda and Freidel, David A Forest of Kings: The
Untold Story of the Ancient Maya (Morrow, 1990)
5. ^ Coe 1966
6. ^ Argelles 1975
7. ^ Pinchbeck 2006
8. ^ John Major Jenkins (2006). "Comments on the 2012 text on
Tortuguero Monument 6 and Bolon Yokte K'u".
http://alignment2012.com/bolon-yokte.html. Retrieved on
2009-04-09.
9. ^ Documentary program. 2012: End of Days. The History Channel
(2007).
10. ^ Waters (1963). Page 408."
11. ^ Mother Shipton's Prophecies (Mann, 1989)
12. ^ Notes and Queries, April 26th, 1873
13. ^ Harrison, W. H.: Mother Shipton Investigated, 1881
14. ^ Geoff Stray 1/30/02 "Review of The Orion Prophecy."
Diagnosis2012.com. Retrieved 2/15/09.
15. ^ Dennis McNally, A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of
the Grateful Dead, pp. 104-105
16. ^ Schele, Linda and Freidel, David A Forest of Kings: The
Untold Story of the Ancient Maya (Morrow, 1990)
17. ^ Schele, Linda and Freidel, David A Forest of Kings: The
Untold Story of the Ancient Maya (Morrow, 1990)
18. ^ For an in-depth look at this subject, see Coe, Michael D.
(1992). Breaking the Maya Code. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN
0-500-05061-9. OCLC 26605966; Miller, Mary; and Karl Taube (1993).
The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated
Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion. London: Thames and Hudson.
ISBN 0-500-05068-6. OCLC 27667317; and Pinchbeck, Daniel, 2007.
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. Tarcher Books. ISBN
1585424838.
19. ^ Milbrath, Susan (2000). Star Gods of the Maya. University
of Texas Press. ISBN 0292752261 Page 4
20. ^ Schele, L. and Freidel, D., A forest of Kings: The Untold
Stody of the Ancient Maya (Morrow, 1990)
21. ^ Ibid; "Does Maya calendar predict 2012 apocalypse?". Cited
above.
22. ^ "The Final Days". Cited above.
23. ^ Meeus, Jean (1997). "Ecliptic and galactic equator".
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels. Richmod, Va: Willmann-Bell. pp.
301-303. ISBN 9780943396514. OCLC 36126686.
24. ^ "Zetatalk". 204.
http://website.lineone.net/~brian_gillbanks/zetatalk.htm. Retrieved
on 2009-04-02.
25. ^ "ZetaTalk: GodlikeProduction Live". June 21, 2008.
http://zetatalk.com/index/zeta459.htm.
26. ^ "Underground 2012 Survival Bases Project Camelot Founders
Bill Ryan and Kerry Cassidy". yowusa.com. 2007.
http://www.yowusa.com/. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
27. ^ David Morrison (2008). "Armageddon from Planet Nibiru in
2012? Not so fast". discovery.com.
http://dsc.discovery.com/space/my-take/nibiru-armageddon-david=morrison.html.
Retrieved on 2009-04-02.
28. ^ Phil Plait (2003). "The Planet X Saga: Science".
badastronomy.com.
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planetx/science.html#orbits.
Retrieved on 2009-04-02. (this page relates to the initial supposed
2003 arrival, but holds just as well for 2012)
29. ^ Andy Lloyd. "Book reviews: The End of Days".
http://www.darkstar1.co.uk/theendofdays.html. Retrieved on
2008-02-13.
30. ^ Ken Croswell (1993-01-30). "Hopes Fade in Hunt for Planet
X". New Scientist: 18.
http://kencroswell.com/HopesFadeInHuntForPlanetX.html. Retrieved on
2008-07-27.
31. ^ Osmanagich 2005
32. ^ History Channel programs exploring the doomsday
predictions: 2012, End of Days (2006), Maya Doomsday (2007), The
Last Days on Earth (2008) Seven Signs of the Apocalypse (2008) and
Nostradamus 2012 (2008). Programs recounting past doomsdays: Comet
Catastrophe (2007), Noah's Great Flood (2008) and Journey to 10000
B.C (2008).
33. ^ "Michael Bay Confirmed for 2012". 2007-09-24.
http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=5922. Retrieved on
2008-07-11.
[edit] See also 2012
Ages of Man
Apocalypse
Mayan Calendar
Precession of the Equinoxes
2012 Conference
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