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outside people writing about the Mayan calendar sensationalise this date, but they do not know. The ones who know are the indigenous elders who are entrusted with keeping the tradition. "Humanity will continue," he con- tends, "but in a different way. Materia structures will change. From this we will have the opportunity to be more human." ¢ We are living in the most important era of the Mayan calendars and prophe- cies. All the prophecies of the world, al the traditions, are converging now. There is no time for games. The spiritual ideal of this era is action. ¢ Many powerful souls have reincar- nated in this era, with a lot of power. This is true on both sides, the light and the dark. High magic is at work on both sides. ¢ Things will change, but it is up to the people as to how difficult or easy it is for the changes to come about. * The economy now is a fiction. The first five-year stretch of transition—from August 1987 to August 1992—was the beginning of the destruction of the material world. We have progressed 10 years deeper into the transition phase by now, and many of the so-called sources of financial stability are in fact hollow. * The banks are weak. This is a delicate moment for them. They could crash globally if we don't pay attention. One critical period is October and November 2002. If the banks crash in these months, then we will be forced to rely on the land and our skills. The monetary systems will be in chaos, and we must then rely on our direct relationship with the Earth for our food and shelter. [The banks haven't crashed as of mid-January 2003, but this doesn't mean they won't in the future... Ed.] ¢ The North and South Poles are both breaking up. The level of the water in the oceans is going to rise. But at the same time land in the ocean, especially near Cuba, is also going to rise." come together in support of life and light. ed with simplicity and open-heartedness. Right now, each person and group is This is what leads to fusion—a key con- going his or her own way. The elder of cept for the World of the Fifth Sun. the mountains said there is hope if the Mr Barrios said the emerging era of people of the light can come together and __ the Fifth Sun will call attention to a much unite in some way. overlooked element. Whereas the four Reflecting on this, Mr Barrios traditional elements of earth, air, fire and explained: "We live in a world of polari- water have dominated various epochs in ty: day and night, man and woman, posi- the past, there will be a fifth element to tive and negative. Light and darkness reckon with in the time of the Fifth Sun: need each other. They are a balance. _ ether. Just now, the dark side is very strong and The dictionary defines ether [or very clear about what they want. They ether] as the rarefied element of the have their vision and their priorities Heavens. Ether is a medium. It perme- clearly held, and also their hierarchy. ates all space and transmits waves of They are working in many ways so that energy in a wide range of frequencies, we will be unable to connect with the from those of cellphones to human auras. spiral Fifth World in 2012. On the light What is "ethereal" is related to the side, everyone thinks they are the most regions beyond Earth: the Heavens. important, that their own understandings, Ether—the element of the Fifth Sun—is or their group's understandings, are the celestial and lacking in material sub- key. There's a diversity of cultures and _ stance, but is no less real than wood, opinions, so there is competition, diffu- stone or flesh. sion and no single focus." "Within the context of ether, there can As Mr Barrios sees it, the dark side _ be a fusion of the polarities," Mr Barrios works to block fusion through denial and said. "No more darkness or light in the materialism. It also works to destroy people, but an uplifted fusion. But right those who are working with the light to now, the realm of darkness is not get the Earth to a higher level. They like interested in this. They are organised to the energy of the old declining Fourth block it. They seek to unbalance the World, the materialism. They do not Earth and its environment so we will be want it to change. They do not want unready for the alignment in 2012. We fusion. They want to stay at this level, need to work together for peace and and they are afraid of the next level. balance with the other side. We need to The dark power of the declining Fourth take care of the Earth that feeds and World cannot be destroyed or overpow- shelters us. We need to put our entire ered. It's too strong and clear for that, mind and heart into pursuing unity and and that is the wrong strategy. The dark fusion now, to confront the other side can only be transformed when confront- and preserve life." & A Call for a Fusion As he met with audiences in Santa Fe, Mr Barrios told a story about the most recent Mayan New Year ceremonies in Guatemala. He said that one respected Mam elder, who lives all year in a soli- tary mountain cave, journeyed to Chichicastenango to speak with the peo- ple at the ceremony. The elder delivered a simple, direct message. He called for human beings to NEXUS = 61 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2003 www.nexusmagazine.com