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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip
Many thanks all. I have not studied this issue in depth and am taking the opportunity to ask what of the claims about 2012 might be true. It seems the fact that the solstice point will be in front of the milky way in 2012 has been extrapolated into false claims in some quarters. A main proponent of 2012 Mayan predictions, John Major Jenkins, has what looks to be an accurate explanation here.
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Robert Tulip |
I think, since Jenkins was one of the earlier authors making a link between Mayan "end of the age" sensationalism and the galactic alignment (his original book "Galactic Alignment" was published in 2002 and some essays predate that), many have mistaken his mention of the precessional movement across the galactic plane with a physical movement across the plane. I have yet to see where Jenkins makes the claim, the shift is physical. As a first impression I would consider Jenkins another sensationalist, but I confess, I have never read any of his books; only bits and pieces of his website. He like many of these "researchers" / authors believe ancient people were aware of and in some case had detailed knowledge of lunisolar precession.