From the Author
I suspected something was up when I began to read about 2012 prophecies that had nothing to do with the Maya. People were writing books and articles about the end of the world on December 21 2012 and/or a 2012 awakening, but they were not referring to Mayan glyphs.
This was supposed to be a Mayan prophecy, right?
These people were saying that their predictions had to do with ancient Mayan prophecies but the authors weren't saying what those prophecies were, only some vague reference to either the end of the world or a 2012 awakening.
For example, I read about an economic forecast that predicted the world would end in October 2011 (if I remember correctly), and another book about some rogue planet that was supposed to be on a collision course with earth, at first sometime in, I believe, 2008, but then the author revised his calculations so this planet was going to hit, by coincidence, right on December 21, 2012.
Since I know that planets are bound by gravity to circle around our sun, I knew it was highly unlikely that a planet could be heading toward earth. A comet, yes. A meteor or an asteroid, sure. But a planet?
Then, I read about the end of the Mayan calendar as if to say that since the ancient Maya had ended their calendar on December 21, 2012, it meant that they believed the world would end on that date. Was this true? Did the Mayan calendar actually end on December 21, 2012? I wanted to find out.
Actually, I had first heard about this Mayan prophecy in a book by Frank Waters called Mexico Mystique. It was published in 1975. In it, Waters talked about a Mayan prophecy that would come to fruition in December 24, 2011 (not December 21, 2012). This book also included an astrological chart which was used to prove that December 24, 2011 would be an extremely stressful time with earth changes, but we would come through the difficulties.
I began to do some research and learned that Linda Schele, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and one of the people responsible for figuring out how to decipher the mysterious 13 Baktun Mayan glyphs, believed the date was December 23, 2012, not December 21st.
What was going on that there were different dates?
At the same time, among my circle of metaphysically oriented friends, the buzz had to do with the alignment of the earth and sun with the Galactic Center on December 21, 2012, which, since it was an event that had never occurred before (they believed), it had to portend the end of the world or hopefully a spiritual awakening, and if we just kept ourselves positive we could overcome everything, even something as ominous as the Galactic Alignment.
I think, for me, the last straw occurred when I saw a documentary on public television that said that not only had the ancient Maya but also Edgar Cayce and the Bible had all predicted the end of the world on December 21, 2012.
In the End of the World 2012 Book, I describe a girlfriend who also saw that same program. She knew that not only was I videotaping in the Yucatan where the Maya lived, but also that I was familiar with Edgar Cayce's psychic readings. She asked me if it was true that Cayce said the world was going to end on December 21, 2012.
Well, Edgar Cayce died in 1945. Therefore, he had made all of his trance readings before 1945. I reasoned that IF those psychic readings had said something about the world ending on December 21, 2012--or if there was going to be a huge spiritual awakening on that date--we would have heard about it by now. However, shortly thereafter, I met a number of people who swore that Edgar Cayce had predicted the end of the world on December 21, 2012. I needed to make sure and asked experts on the Cayce readings. Same thing with the Bible.
Furthermore, this is a Mayan prophecy, right? Why was I hearing so much about the December 21, 2012 date that had nothing to do with the Maya or a Mayan prophecy? Was it because authors were jumping on a 2012 bandwagon? Maybe they simply knew little about the actual Mayan prophecies but since someone asked them to write something,and gave them a tight deadline, they did their best to do just that.
While videotaping the movie, I learned how difficult it can be to get to the truth. Maybe this was the other authors' and filmmakers' experience as well. I had been bamboozled by something I had read and spent considerable footage and two trips to certain Mayan ruins to videotape something that was not actually there. I include this in the ebook.
My main concern was the increasing number of people that I was meeting or reading about who sincerely believed the world would end on December 21, 2012. This occurred in part because of a dynamic totally fictional Hollywood blockbuster type movie in which the ocean overwhelms the Himalayas in Tibet. Tibet? I read that one person believed this movie so much that she was preparing to euthanize her pets so that the poor animals would be saved the angst of suffering through the world's end.
I had already started to record video footage of interviews with people who were experts on the Maya, the decipherment of Mayan glyphs, were Mayan shamans, or who knew about the dread alignment of the sun and earth with the Galactic Center. I also talked with people familiar with the Cayce readings and the Bible.
In addition, I investigated if the world could actually end. Maybe fears about the world's end were totally unfounded.
As it often happens, it was taking me longer to get the project finished than I would have liked. At times I wanted to give up since the movie's "shelf life" was going to be short. After all my trouble, would anyone even see it? However, a Reuters News survey came out saying that worldwide about 10% of the population feared the world was ending because the Mayan calendar would be ending on December 21, 2012. Since the world's population is 7 billion, 10% is 700 million people. I decided that it was important to keep going since people needed to know the truth.
Then, I learned that new archaeological discoveries had been released in April and June 2012. Now I felt happy that I was finishing the project later than expected, because I could include these discoveries in the book.
Originally, I intended to just make a movie. However, when I learned that the movie would only be available on Amazon.com, basically in the USA, and not in any other country, I made a Kindle EBook that would be available immediately and would be available to everybody in the world who could read English. I also decided to make a paperback.
Kindle ebooks and paperbacks on Amazon are available worldwide. The Reuters News survey mentioned above had said that whereas 12% of Americans believed the world would end, 20% of the people surveyed in China believed the world would end on December 21, 2012. That's a lot of people.I knew that many people in China can read English, and I hoped they would find the paperback and/or Kindle EBook and ease their concerns.
My purpose, from the beginning to the end of this project, has been to find out the truth about the Mayan prophecies, the Mayan Calendar, and the Galactic alignment, and to share it with others.
So far, the feedback I'm receiving from people who have either seen the movie, (no longer available), or read the book or ebook is that they appreciate getting the "correct facts about the Maya Long Count Calendar" and thank me for a "truthful perspective on 2012."
In addition, many people really like the interviews with the amateur astronomers about the alignment of the earth and sun with the Galactic Center.
Plus, not surprisingly, there's a number of people who are especially interested in the description of travel destinations in the Mayan state of Yucatan. They enjoy learning about the Pyramid of Kukulkan Equinox celebration at Chichen Itza, Mayan glyphs in Coba, the Chixculub comet impact that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, as well as the legend about the feathered serpent in Uxmal.
From the Back Cover
Confused about 2012?
Do you need a straight, simple explanation of the December 21, 2012 Mayan Prophecies?
This book is for you!
Independent documentary filmmaker Carol Chapman sets out to find the truth about 2012. This book is a memoir of her quest. It contains the same topics as her End of the World 2012 Movie and also background information on the people she interviewed plus behind the scenes descriptions of making the movie.
She travels to Yucatan where she interviews Mayan shamans including Daykeeper Hunbatz Men. She also talks with exerts on the Mayan prophecies such as the Director of Latin American Studies at Stetson University Dr. Robert K. Sitler.In this intriguing book you will:- Discover the origin of the December 21, 2012 date
- Uncover Mayan end of the world prophecies
- Consult with astronomers about the Galactic Center alignment
- Share a Vedic astrologer's knowledge about a 2012 awakening
- Unearth 2012 predictions from psychic Edgar Cayce
- Learn if the Mayan calendar really ends on December 21, 2012
Because this book was completed in October 2012, it contains the latest on the 2012 prophecy, including new archaeological discoveries released in April and June of 2012.
While in Yucatan, Carol attends the famous Chichen Itza Equinox Serpent Event and also a Mayan Shamanic Ceremony. She visits Mayan ruins in Coba, Chichen Iza, Tulum, Uxmal, and Palenque. The book contains 30 photographs including places she visits.
End your confusion! Get the End of the World 2012 Book, EBook, and Movie! About the Author
Carol Chapman is an inspirational speaker, a new age metaphysical author, a nature photographer, and an independent filmmaker.
In addition to the End of the World 2012 Book, her books include:- Have Your Heart's Desire
- Arrival of the Gods in Egypt
- When We Were Gods
- The Golden Ones, which is the original version of When We Were Gods
She is also the director/producer/writer of a couple of movies:- End of the World 2012 Movie
- Yucatan Travel: Cancun to Chichen Itza
A keynote speaker at weekend spiritual retreats, her seminars are not only informative and transformational but also fun and entertaining. She speaks on Atlantis, reincarnation, twin souls, nature spirits, dreams, ancient mysteries, spiritual enlightenment, the Maya and the Yucatan.
She enjoys sharing her information through online media, book signings, and radio interviews. She has been interviewed on the Maria Shaw show and Coast-to-Coast AM (Art Bell and George Noory).
Formerly a photojournalist under contract to NASA, she has had photographs and articles published around the world. In addition to authoring Have Your Heart's Desire she also provided the cover photograph.
While a photojournalist with NASA, her life changed when she dreamed about a stranger she would marry. She is literally married to the man of her dreams. They enjoy sailing and traveling.
She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Prescott College in Arizona and studied photography and filmmaking at Ryerson U. in Toronto. She was born in Toronto and moved to the U.S. as an adult.
You can find more information about her on her writer/speaker website CarolEChapman.com and her blog site at CarolChapmanLive.com. She's also on Facebook.com/CarolChapman8 and Twitter @CarolChapman8. 
