How To Survive 2012

How to Say Hello in Mayan

Jessica — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:23:37 +0000

In a previous post about the Mayan hammock, I mentioned that the authentic hammocks are made and can be purchased in the Yucatan peninsula and nearby states. I even encouraged my readers to visit these places of rich culture, history, and art of the ancient Maya civilization. Today, the remnants of this ancient civilization have [...]

What Does the Mayan Calendar Say about 2012?

Jessica — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000

The end of the world subject matter has been a universal topic throughout the world from several decades ago up to the present time. You have probably read different prophecies on what is going to happen to our world in the future. Whether through scientific, religious, or cultural aspect, the looming end of the world [...]

How Did Nostradamus Predict the End of the World?

Jessica — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:16:22 +0000

Many have predicted the impending end of the world, and one of them is the great Nostradamus. Michel de Nostredame, more popularly known as Nostradamus, was an established apothecary before he was known for his hundreds of prophecies. It was in year 1555 when the first installment of his phenomenal work “The Prophecies” was published. [...]

How to Speak Mayan

Jessica — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:01:37 +0000

Thousands of years ago, the Maya civilization was one of the most flourished empires in the entire present-day America. The Mayans contributed so much on the world’s history of arts and culture, mathematics, and astronomy. But, although the empire has long been gone, the remnants of its majesty still live on. The amazing stone carvings, [...]

How to Read the Mayan Long Count Calendar

Jessica — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:30:18 +0000

The people of the Maya civilization had been recognized in ancient history until the present-day millennium due to their immense contribution in math and astronomy. Their society once flourished in the present-day location of Southern Mexico, where the Yucatan peninsula is situated, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador, and artifacts of the ancient Maya civilization [...]

How Is the End of the World Going to Happen?

Jessica — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:07:35 +0000

The year 2012 has finally loomed upon us and so are the hearsays about the impending end of the world. Even the doomsday believers have started counting the remaining days before December 21, 2012, the apocalypse as predicted by the Mayans. Many believe that a credible source of evidence is the Mayan calendar, but no [...]

How to Make a Mayan Hammock

Jessica — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:26:39 +0000

A Mayan hammock is one of the most popular hammock styles in the world. The art of weaving a Mayan hammock was known worldwide because each piece is hand-woven and natural fibers are used as raw materials. Historical researches reveal that Mayan hammocks have long existed thousands of years ago as part of the Maya [...]

How Many Predictions of the End of the World Are There? Would Numbers Even Matter?

Jessica — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:04:41 +0000

The beginning of year 2012 gives us so much to look forward to—New Year’s resolutions, travel plans, career change—and the list goes on. But we cannot conceal the truth that aside from the new beginnings we intend to map out in our lives, we cannot set aside the December 21, 2012 scare—the impending doomsday. I [...]

How Was the Mayan Political State Organized?

Jessica — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:17:22 +0000

The Mayans played a significant role to the colossal development of world history through to their contributions on written language, animism, irrigation systems, arts and architecture, ceremonials (bloodletting), math, astronomy, and complex calendars. They made up a portion of the total inhabitants during the pre-Columbian America 300 BCE- 900 CE. They belonged to the lowland [...]

Nostradamus Predictions for the End of the World

Jessica — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:05:24 +0000

“In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, While the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb The third big war will begin when the big city is burning.” The above-mentioned quote is just one of the thousand quatrains written by the great French astrologer and [...]