Martin Armstrong
It is clear from a understanding of the Maya and their divination of TIME, that December 21st, 2012 will not be the end of the world but rather a new beginning. Indeed, the Mayans recognized that we are approaching the End of a World Age. The Mayan ideas were NOT the expectation of the end of the world, but rather a transition from one cycle to the next much as is depicted by the image of the Roman god Janus with one face looking backward at the past and the other looking forward at the future. True, the Hopi Indians also saw this same period as a New World Age. However, they were most likely influenced by the Maya.