I went on a trip to the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala about 3 years ago, and we had this little mayan tour guide who was about 70 years old. He was a very strong believer in the mayan mythology and the associated timeline. 2012 was mentioned several times by him as an extremely significant date, although he never went so far as to say it would be the "End of the world." What he did say was that it was a year that would bring great change to the world, an "apocalypse" of sorts. I was confused by his use of the word apocalyse, as I have always associated it with the end of time or the end of days. He explained to me that apocalypse in the sense that he was using the word was only meant as a way to describe significant change in the world, not the ending of the world. He was extremely interesting, and we got into all kinds of discussions about crystal skulls and energy "ley" lines and so on. Apparently according to the mayans, Tikal was situated on the crossing point of several major energy lines on the planet. Cool stuff. AND Tikal is also the ruins you see in the Star Wars as the x-fighters go flying off to kill the deathstar. Theres a little bit of info you might not have known!
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