Google marks 13th Baktun 21 December 2012

Google has marked the end of the '13th Baktun' as calculated by the Mayans, by replacing its usual logo with an image of a stone carving.

 

 Clicking on the image directs visitors to search results  for "End of the 13th Baktun".

The 13th Baktun is a measurement of time on the Long Count calendar.

Descendants of the Mayans have insisted the calendar continues to the 14th baktun and rather than being doom-laden, heralds a time of hope, renewal and change.
 

The event has attracted crowds to several sacred sites including Mayan ruins, the Egyptian pyramids and the sphinx, and Stonehenge.

Winter solstice at Chichen Itza

Twice a year, on the winter and summer solstices, as the sun sets over Chichen-Itza, the ensuing pattern of light and shade and light projects the likeness of the Plumed Serpent (Quetzalcoatl) onto the steps of the pyramid.

Carved illustration of the celestial serpent by Achim Frederic Kiel

On the winter solstice, It takes 34 minutes for the shadow to move from top to bottom along the north west edge of the pyramid, giving the appearance of a serpent slithering down the steps.  On 21 December 2012, the tail of the serpent is expected to point towards the Pleiades star cluster.

Movie premiere on 21 December 2012

The London premiere of the metaphysical movie 3 Magic Words will be held at the Odeon, Leicester Square on 21st December.

This date coincides with the winter solstice and is also associated with the end of an era in the Mayan Long Count calendar: as the calculations of this ancient culture were based on cycles, with each ending comes a new beginning.

The evening will feature a performance by Lucinda Drayton (“A Hundred Thousand Angels”) and the film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker Michael Perlin, co-producer Maura Hoffman, Theresa Ibis, founder of Indigo Bridge In Service (IBIS), Siddhar Yogi and musician Nandhi.

The event will also include a Global Meditation led by Sonya Sophia (Sophia School Of Living Arts), a World Peace Prayer conducted by Gudni Gudnason (Modern Mystery School) and the signing of the Declaration of Consciousness, which heralds a hoped-for global shift in consciousness.

Tickets and further information are available from: http://www.3magicwordslondonpremiere.com/

One Day on Earth 12 December 2012

Film-makers around the globe have been recording the human experience on 12.12.2012 to add their voices to the creative media project One Day on Earth.

 

Founded in 2008, the first event took place on 10.10.10. and the second on 11.11.11. The 10.10.10 collaboration was the first ever event to film simultaneous in every country of the world. The diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occurs in one day is gathered together in a unique global mosaic. https://twitter.com/onedayonearth

Australian PM jokes about "end of world"

Australian PM Julia Gillard has appeared on a broadcast for a radio breakfast show, joking about the "end of the world". The Mayan Long Count calendar points to a major world cycle drawing to a close on 21 December 2012, but the PM's tongue-in-cheek remarks met with mixed reactions.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/12/06/australia-prime-minister-end-of-world_n_2250649.html

12.12.12.

For over 500 years, December 12th has been celebrated in Mexico and throughout central and South America as the Feast Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. This aspect of Mother Mary symbolizes the Divine Feminine. This is a time to reconnect with the energy of Gaia, Mother Earth.  

In numerology, the digits of the date 12.12.2012 add up to the master number, 11.