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John Major Jenkins (born 1964)[1] is an American author and "independent researcher", best known for his works that theorize certain astronomical and esoteric connections of the calendar systems used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. His writings are particularly associated with 2012 millenarianism and the development of Mayanism in contempary and popular culture, as an outgrowth from the New Age milieu. He is one of the principal people who have promoted the idea that the ancient Maya calendar ends on 21 December 2012 and this portends major changes for the Earth.[2] [3] [4]

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Alternative view of cosmology

Jenkins considers secular, scientific approaches to cosmology a byproduct of limited thinking:

Modern profane science is the degenerate descendant of an ancient sacred science that long ago perceived and embraced many dimensions of reality, including supra-sensory realms that lead into a higher integrative consciousness that is not anti-intellect, but transcends the intellect and is within reach of all human beings. These realms, according to Guénon and others, were more open to human beings in the remote past and were preserved as part of an ancient Primordial Tradition. [5]

Publications

  • Journey to the Mayan Underworld (Four Ahau Press, Boulder, CO: 1989)
  • Mirror in the Sky (Four Ahau Press, 1991)
  • Tzolkin: Visionary Perspectives and Calendar Studies (Borderland Sciences Research Foundation, Garberville, CA: 1992/1994)
  • Mayan Sacred Science (Four Ahau Press, Boulder, CO: 1994)
  • Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 (Bear & Company, Santa Fe, NM: 1998)
  • Galactic Alignment: The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mayan, Egyptian, and Vedic Traditions (Inner Traditions International (Rochester, VT) 2002)
  • Pyramid of Fire, co-authored with Marty Matz, Bear & Company, 2004

Appearances

Jenkins was also featured speaking in the film 2012: Science or Superstition, a documentary describing how much of what we're hearing is science and how much is superstition.[6] [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) .
  2. ^ Dudek, Duane (April. 18, 2009). "Did the ancient Mayans predict the end of the world?". Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/43132752.html. Retrieved 2009-04-28. 
  3. ^ ANASTAS, BENJAMIN (July 1, 2007). "The Final Days". The New York Times. pp. 4–6. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E6D71E3FF932A35754C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=4. Retrieved 2009-04-28. 
  4. ^ GARNER, DWIGHT (February 5, 2009). "The End Is Near! Now the Good News: It Could Be Groovy". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/books/06book.html. Retrieved 2009-04-28. 
  5. ^ http://alignment2012.com/chapter3.html
  6. ^ http://www.2012dvd.com/ 2012: Science or Superstition Film
  7. ^ http://www.2012dvd.com/expert.html List of experts in film 2012: Science or Superstition

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