Bad enough that the Christmas
shopping is still not done, some people are preparing for the end of the world
later this week …!
Some New Age spiritualists are
convinced that this Friday – 21st December 2012 – will be the
“doomsday” as foretold by the Mayan Calendar.
The precise manner of Armageddon
remains vague, ranging from a catastrophic celestial collision between Earth
and the mythical planet Nibiru (also known as Planet X), a disastrous crash
with a comet, or the annihilation of civilisation by a giant solar storm.
But it’s the Mayan Calendar that is
featuring here. Their calendar, the so-called long count cycle has a 5,126 year
cycle. The Mayan Calendar is divided into bak’tuns – 144,000 day cycles. And the
last cycle on the calendar is fast approaching …
Some people are already preparing. From
Italy come reports of a lawyer who plans to ride out Armageddon in a bunker
built under his villa.
In parts of Russia, the shelves
were emptied of fuel, matches, sugar and candles, supposedly in anticipation of
something worse than winter in Russia.
The French government’s sect
watchdog ‘Miviludes’ has an eye on the idyllic mountain village of Bugarach …
in case doomsday cults arrive, after word got around it will be the only place
left standing.
But for every person who takes the
predictions seriously, many more find it harmless fun. And for some it’s seen
as a business opportunity. Dedicated websites flog dried food, gas masks and
other cheerless items.
Brewers have also chipped in with a
range of apocalypse-themed beers.
I know it’s only Tuesday, but Friday is not far away … Cheers to that!
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