12-21-2012 - Where will you be at the End of the Maya Calendar?

I'll be traveling down to southern Mexico to witness the light show at Mayan Chichen Itza Kukulkan

El Castillo is a "time temple" that sheds light on the Mayan astronomical system An impressive 78 feet tall, the temple's name means "castle" in Spanish. El Castillo was actually a huge solar calendar. If you did the math, you would find that the 91 steps on each side, times 4 for each side and each season, plus 1 for the crowning platform adds up to 365 -- one step for each day of the solar year. During the equinoxes, the shadow pattern of the pyramid's steps would show a serpent climbing up the steps in March, and down the steps in September. It's an incredible sight!
The famous Maya Long Count calendar began on August 11, 3114 B.C and will end exactly 26,000 years later on December 21st, 2012 A.D. On that date the Sun rises to conjunct the intersection of the Milky Way and the plane of the ecliptic. This cosmic cross is considered to be an embodiment of the Sacred Tree, The Tree of Life, a tree remembered in all the world's spiritual tradition.

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Unfortunately, I'm not going to be the only one there. But if you happen, my dear ipeace friends, to be in Chichen Itza on that date, I'll be the guy in the tye-dye handing out the magic mushrooms!

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Comment by bodhi on February 21, 2009 at 5:44am
oh man, my last trip to Chichen Itza my friends and I bribed the lone guard and climbed the 91 steps up El Castillo in the dark carrying our large Djembes strapped to our back. All64 TINY steps.It's a winder we didn't kill ourselves in the effort! When we got to the top we ingested the mushrooms we received from the villagers and waited quietly until dawn. At the first light we began raging on the drums and proceeded to wake the whole jungle up! Howler monkeys, parrots, jaguars. It was an amazing experience. Of course we stayed at the top of El Castillo for the rest of the day because no-one trusted their ~perceptions~ to walk down those 91 TINY steps!
:^)
Comment by Kristi on February 21, 2009 at 5:12am
I believe all things exist in thought first. Therefore, 2012 is a designation in our DNA when our bodies explode. Haha. May need some Salvia Divinorum to go with those Liberty heads!
Comment by Kristi on February 21, 2009 at 5:10am
Save me some Brother. I went to a burner event. A guy walks around singing "Mushroom Smoothies!" Now who can say no to such generosity? O the memories!

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