Will the world end on 21st December 2012?

By: Elsabe Smit

Will the world end on 21st December 2012? If not, what will happen?

My intuition has always told me that date is the end of time, but not the end of the world. I did not have much more knowledge, but then read a very informative book called Maya Prophecy by Ronald L Bonewitz.

This book explains that the Maya prophecy is actually not a prophecy as we know it, but rather a calendar. So what is so particular about this calendar and the date of 21st December 2012?

Let me give some background. The Maya believed that time binds the various dimensions of the Universe together. They believed that time can be measured, that time does not stand still, and that time flows away from the past into the future.

The Maya also believed that time is circular and cyclical, and that events are repeated in different cycles.

The Maya used three different calendars. The first is the Long Count Calendar. This calendar was used to record past events and predict future events. It starts again more or less every 5 000 years.