Review: Fascinating Look at an Ancient Culture and Its Prophecies
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2012
Forget the doom and gloom that people have hung onto the Mayan calendar and the date December 21, 2012. Instead, delve into a serious study of the Mayan culture and the beliefs based in the Katun Prophecies. Learn, for example, why the calendar doesn't really stop at 2012 - but instead is only the end of a specific cycle. Gear up folks, 2013 will be arriving just fine.I learned a tremendous amount about a fascinating culture that believed in 256-year cycles, with each cycle broken down into thirteen 19.7 year periods called katuns. Each of these periods had a name and was associated with a specific prediction. Right now we're in the katun that runs from 1993 until 2012. The next katun will go to 2032.Whether you believe that the Mayan culture held the key to predicting the future or whether you think it's all out in left field, I think you'll enjoy the serious and scholarly approach taken by the author. I really enjoyed the read and if you have any interest at all in ancient cultures, think about picking up this book.