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& REVIEWS So, for the sake of posterity and in the December solstice of 2012 occurs once B oO oO K Ss interests of scholarly enquiry, Cremo has every 25,800 years! Jenkins surmised that compiled this material into another book of the Maya, like many other ancient cultures, FORBIDDEN ARCHEOLOGY'S forbidding size: Forbidden Archeology's were aware of precessional cycles, but it was IMPACT Impact. It contains journal articles and tran- _ no coincidence that they marked this date. by Michael A. Cremo scripts of papers Cremo has delivered on the Indeed, as he discovered, it was central to Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing first book; reviews published in academic their cosmology, mythology and calendrics, USA, 1998 * and non-academic publications; Cremo's as was the idea of galactic centre as the ISBN: 0-89213-283-3 (569pp h responses to negative criticism, which jour- _ source of life. The Maya even had a glyph on PP C) . nals refused to print; selected correspon- to represent the black hole at galactic cen- Price: AUD$ nla; NZD$ n/a; £27.50; dence with scientists, philosophers and other — tre—the existence of which has only recent- NLGF n/a; USD$35.00; CAD$50.00 interested parties; and transcripts of radio ly been confirmed by astronomers. Available: Aust—Gemcraft, tel (03) 9888 and television interviews as well as Internet In his expansive new book, Maya 0111; UK/Europe—NEXUS offices; USA— exchanges about the book. This is an impor- Cosmogenesis 2012, Jenkins explains how Torchlight Publishing, Inc., 3046 Oakhurst tant sourcebook for what it shows of the the Maya revered the end-time as a zero Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034, tel 1888 — ‘knowledge filter’ in action. point, entered through galactic centre and 867 2458, www.torchlight.com involving an energy field-effect reversal and w books have attracted as much vehe- MAYA COSMOGENESIS 2012 rebirth into a new World Age. In explaining ment attack and glowing praise as by John Major Jenkins his thesis, he takes us on a heady trip Forbidden Archeology, written by Michael Publisher: Bear & Co., USA, 1998 through Maya shamanic rites, the origin and Cremo and Richard Thompson. This ISBN: 1-879181-48-7 (431 pp tpb) exhaustively researched 900-page book doc- Price: AUD$39.95; NZD$52.95; £14.99; M AY A uments the considerable anomalous evi- NLGf n/a; USD$20.00 dence for extreme human antiquity thathas Distributors: Aust—Gemcraff, tel (03) COSMOGENESIS been gathered over the last century or so but 9888 0111; NZ—Peaceful Living , tel (07) f suppressed by mainstream scientists because 574 8105; UK—Airlift Book Co., tel 0181 2 @) ? ; it conflicted with the prevailing paradigm ——_gQ4 0400; Europe—NEXUS office, tel +31 about our origins and history. (0)321 380558; USA—Bear & Company i The reactions to the 1993 release of this ishi - book, and to the 1996 NBC broadcast of the BEAR (eos) 920 686 1800 WE documentary Mysterious Origins of Man hy did the Maya choose the date of 21 (which featured Cremo), came from both December 2012 to mark the end-time mainstream and maverick scientists and his- of their long-count calendar? And why torians as well creationists, conspiracy theo- mark the (northern) winter solstice? rists, schoolteachers and ufologists. Some Studying the star charts, independent found the information threatening; others scholar/author John Major Jenkins noted considered it revelatory. The authors were that a very rare alignment in the precessional surprised at the variety and intensity of the cycle will occur on the December solstice in reactions, and Cremo suggests that the book —- 2012, when the sun conjuncts the centre of had struck "a sensitive spot at some deep our Milky Way galaxy. Seasonal align- level of the modern psyche". ments occur once every 6,450 years, but this So, for the sake of posterity and in the interests of scholarly enquiry, Cremo has compiled this material into another book of forbidding size: Forbidden Archeology's Impact. It contains journal articles and tran- scripts of papers Cremo has delivered on the first book; reviews published in academic and non-academic publications; Cremo's responses to negative criticism, which jour- nals refused to print; selected correspon- dence with scientists, philosophers and other interested parties; and transcripts of radio and television interviews as well as Internet exchanges about the book. This is an impor- tant sourcebook for what it shows of the ‘knowledge filter’ in action. December solstice of 2012 occurs once every 25,800 years! Jenkins surmised that the Maya, like many other ancient cultures, were aware of precessional cycles, but it was no coincidence that they marked this date. Indeed, as he discovered, it was central to their cosmology, mythology and calendrics, as was the idea of galactic centre as the source of life. The Maya even had a glyph to represent the black hole at galactic cen- tre—the existence of which has only recent- ly been confirmed by astronomers. In his expansive new book, Maya Cosmogenesis 2012, Jenkins explains how the Maya revered the end-time as a zero point, entered through galactic centre and involving an energy field-effect reversal and rebirth into a new World Age. In explaining his thesis, he takes us on a heady trip through Maya shamanic rites, the origin and MAYA Al COSMOGENESIS 2012 Py cement NEXUS - 79 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1998