Table Of Content“This book is a fascinating and scholarly exploration ofancient cosmologies,
which focuses on the relationships between the spiritual destiny ofmankind
and the solstitial position ofthe sun and the centre ofour galaxy.
The great changes we are witnessing today are shown to be mysteriously
coordinated with cosmic movements that we wrongly thought
the Ancients knew little or nothing about.”
Robert Bolton,coauthor of The Order of the Ages
“Archeoastronomy,art,and ancient gnosis from world traditions break
through the limits ofthe zodiac to embrace the Galactic Center in a
rediscovered vision ofevolutionary cosmology.
Extensive and intriguing research.”
Christine Rhone,coauthor of Twelve-Tribe Nations
and translator ofSacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks
“Jenkins provides the ‘alignment generation’with a galactic portal to pass
through,giving all humankind an opportunity for spiritual renewal by
recognizing the astounding significance ofthe galactic alignment of2012.
Galactic Alignmentis the definitive source book for understanding the
historical significance ofimportant astronomical events,and how many
cultures ofthe past—and right up to modern times—wove this astronomical
information into their sacred architecture and spiritual beliefsystems.”
Willard Van De Bogart,CEO ofThe Portal Market
“John Major Jenkins is the most global and erudite voice ofa swelling
chorus ofGalactic Center theorists.By framing the subject in the
context ofthe Primordial Tradition,he raises it to a
new level ofseriousness,and ofreassurance.”
Joscelyn Godwin,author of The Theosophical
Enlightenmentand Arktos:The Polar Myth
GALACTIC
ALIGNMENT
The Transformation of Consciousness
According to Mayan, Egyptian,
and Vedic Traditions
JOHN MAJOR JENKINS
Bear & Company
Rochester,Vermont
Bear & Company
One Park Street
Rochester,Vermont 05767
www.InnerTraditions.com
Bear & Company is a division of Inner Traditions International
Copyright © 2002 by John Major Jenkins
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by
any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,or by any infor-
mation storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jenkins,John Major.
Galactic alignment :the transformation of consciousness according to
Mayan,Egyptian,and Vedic traditions / John Major Jenkins.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ebook ISBN 978-1-591438-10-6
print ISBN 978-1-879181-84-7
1. Maya cosmology.2. Maya astronomy.3. Maya calendar.4.
Cosmology,Egyptian.5. Hindu cosmology. I.Title.
F1435.3.R3 J45 2002
529’.329784152—dc21
2002006139
Printed and bound in the United States at Lake Book Mfg.,Inc.
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Text design by Priscilla Baker
This book was typeset in Caslon,with Caslon Antique and Agenda as display typefaces
Permissions and Acknowledgments
The author gratefully acknowledges the following authors for the use of their images from
the following sources:
Frontispiece:Athanasius Kircher’s Turris Babel,Amsterdam,1679.
Figures 1.1,1.3,18.1,and 19.1:photographs by John Major Jenkins.
Figures 3.1 and 3.2 :adapted from A Forest ofKings by David Freidel and Linda Schele.
Figure 3.4:Miguel Angel Vergara’s Chichen Itza:Astronomical Light and Shadow Phenom-
ena ofthe Great Pyramid,Centro de Investigacion Maya,Haltun-Ha,Nolo,Yucatan.
Figure 3.5 (left side):adapted fromCode ofKings by Linda Schele and Peter Mathews.
Figures 4.2 and 7.1:drawn by Christine Rhone.
Figure 4.2: photograph courtesy of Archive Press Communications,Boulder,Colorado
(www.ArchivePress.com).
Figures 5.1,5.7,and the left portion of Fig.23.2:courtesy of Darlene,from A Monument
to the End ofTime by Jay Weidner and Vincent Bridges.
Figure 5.8:photograph of the cross in Urcos,Peru,was taken by Jay Weidner.
Figure 7.2:adapted from Jean Richer’s Sacred Geography ofthe Ancient Greeks.
Figures 8.1 and 8.2:Maarten Vermaseran’s Corpus Inscriptionum et monumentorum religio-
nis mithriacae.The Hague:Martinus Nijhoff,Volume 1,1956,where they are designated
Figure 810 (London) and Figure 650 (Nersae).Used with kind permission from Kluwer
Academic Publishers,and they cannot be reprinted or used without express written per-
mission of the publisher.
Figure 9.3:R.A.Schwaller de Lubicz’s Sacred Science(Rochester,Vt.:Inner Traditions),
page 97.
Figure 10.1: photograph of Jnanavatar Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri that appears on the
cover of his book The Holy Science is used with the kind permission of Self-Realization
Fellowship,Los Angeles,California.
Figure 10.3:used by permission of Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet,with the important clarifi-
cation that the model of the Matrimandir in this photograph, explained in detail in
Norelli-Bachelet’s book The New Way,was done according to the Mother’s original plan
and differs entirely from what has been made the centerpiece in the Auroville rendition.
Figure 14.1:adapted from a Flammarion diagram used in Hamlet’s Mill by Giorgio de
Santillana and Hertha von Dechend.
Figure 18.7:adapted from a photograph by C.Prahl on the Michigan Technological Uni-
versity Volcanoes website (www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/tacana/).
Figures 19.2,19.3 (adapted),19.4,and 19.7:Sydney David Markman’s Colonial Architec-
ture ofAntigua,Guatemala,used by permission of The American Philosophical Library.
Part 5:artwork by Virgil Finlay.
Thanks to Jim Reed for encouraging (and participating in) the first Izapa expedition,to
Geovany Mendoza in Antigua for telling us of the portada of La Concepcion, and to
Moira Timms for feedback on the Egypt chapter.Special thanks to Jeanie Levitan,Can-
non Labrie,Jon Graham,and everyone at Inner Traditions who have contributed to the
manifestation of this book.
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To the memory of my father,
William Barnum Jenkins, Sr.
(1936–2002)
This book is dedicated to all those who know that to desire
more of everything is to have less than nothing.
Contents
Introduction: Galaxia Nuncius
(A Message from the Galaxy) 1
PART ONE
Mayan Cosmology and Calendrics
1.Search and Research 6
2.Reconstructing Ancient Mayan Cosmology 16
3.Recent Discoveries 32
PART TWO
Ancient Gnosis in Europe, Egypt, and Persia
4.Sacred Cartography in the British Isles 46
5.The Apocalypse Cross at Hendaye 59
6.Islamic Astrology and the Lunar Dragon 74
7.Mount Olympus and the Fall of Troy 86
8.The Galactic Mysteries of Mithraism 102
9.Abydos and the Sphinx:Egyptian Alignment Eras 113
PART THREE
Vedic India and the Primordial Tradition
10.Vishnunabhi and the True Anchor of the Vedic Yugas 126
11.Coomaraswamy and Guénon Point the Way 141
12.The Sundoor at World’s End and the Clashing Cliffs 149
13.Sagittarius and the Metaphysics of Transcendence 164
14.Galactic Alignment and the Primordial Tradition 176
PART FOUR
Unwinding and Rewinding History
15.The Geography of Precession 182
16.The United States of the Virgin 190
17.Circles of Water:The Galaxy in South America 199
18.Izapan Galactic Cosmology and the Ley-Line Grid 210
19.The Portal of Spiritual Conception 222
PART FIVE
Science and the End of an Illusion
20.Reiserian Cosmecology:Galactic Alignments
and Evolution 238
21.Timing Parameters of the Alignment:
1998,2012,2220,2240 249
22.Cosmogenesis or Catastrophe? 257
23.The Galactic Chakra System 262
24.The End of an Illusion 269
Notes 271
Bibliography 284
Index 294
