Jenkins brings to light the mysteries of ancient Mesoamerican cosmology, and shows that the end-date of the Maya Long Count calendar on December 21, 2012, marks the rare alignment of our solar system with the Galactic Center.

Author - John Jenkins

Background.

Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 was the culmination of four years of intense research and writing. It was Jenkins seventh book since 1989. The Center of Mayan Time (1995) explored some early perspectives, but was only a preliminary work. Many essays and articles were written between 1995 and late 1996, and these became the main chapters of the book. The Izapa Cosmos study emerged during an intense three-month investigation that culminated in the completion of a self-standing monograph, Izapa Cosmos, in early November 1996. Material that became chapter 24 was written in February 1997. Chapters 17, 23 and 25, and the Introduction, were written between August and November of 1997. The copy-editing process with Joan Parisi Wilcox took place in January and February of 1998. Terence McKenna wrote his foreword in January of 1998 and the book was more or less complete by mid-March, when he traveled to Merida to speak at the Maya Calendar Congress. There are almost 200 diagrams (originally 240) in the book. Several were done with the artistic finesse of Jenkins wife, Ellie. The book was printed in late May 1998.