Table Of ContentThe present world will end
on 22 December 2012
S o prophesied the Maya 5,000 years ago
– the mysterious people whose ruined
pyramids and temples in the depths of
the Central American rainforests are alive with
inscriptions that baffled scholars for centuries.
Who were the Maya? Where did they come
from and why did they suddenly disappear?
Will we suffer floods, volcanic eruptions and
chaos in 2012?
In this thrilling and controversial book,
Maurice Cotterell and Adrian Gilbert, co-
author of the world bestseller The Orion Mystery,
offer controversial answers that the establish-
ment ‘experts’ refuse to accept. Decoding the
complex Mayan astrological prophecies, they
tell of the catastrophes to come in and after
2012 - and present the following shattering
revelations:
the rise and fall of world ages and
civilizations coincides with sun-spot cycles
reduced sun-spot activity caused a decline in
Mayan fertility and the sudden death of
their civilization
the Egyptians and the survivors of the
flooding of Atlantis founded the ancient
civilizations of Central America
This revelatory and extraordinary book
shows that we are standing on the
threshold of a new world age. As we
approach the new millennium we simply
cannot afford to ignore its message.
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The Mayan Prophecies
Adrian G Gilbert, widely known from the BBC documentary The
Great Pyramid—Gateway to the Stars, is co-author of the bestseller
The Orion Mystery and has also written and published a number
of other books.
Maurice M Cotterell is an internationally acclaimed writer, engi-
neer, and independent scientist who has appeared on television
and in the press both nationally and internationally.
also by Adrian Gilbert
The Cosmic Wisdom Beyond Astrology
and with Robert Bauval
The Orion Mystery
also by Maurice Cotterell
Astrogenetics
The
Mayan
Prophecies
UNLOCKING THE SECRETS
OF A LOST CIVILIZATION
Adrian Gilbert
and
Maurice Cotterell
E L E M E N T
Shaftesbury, Dorset • Rockport, Massachusetts
Brisbane, Queensland
© Adrian Gilbert and Maurice Cotterell 1995
First published in Great Britain in 1995 by
Element Books Limited
Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8BP
Published in the USA in 1995 by
Element Books, Inc.
PO Box 830, Rockport, MA 01966
Published in Australia in 1995 by
Element Books Limited
for Jacaranda Wiley Limited
33 Park Road, Milton, Brisbane 4064
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Cover illustration by Mark Topham
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To the people of Mexico
Past
Present
and To come
Picture credits
Thanks must go to the sources below for permission to reproduce the following
illustrations:
2, 3, 4 Karl Taube. Aztec and Maya Myths, British Museum Press, 1993; 5, 6
B Harrison, Mysterious Regions, ABC; 7, 8, 9 Sylvanus Griswold Morley, An
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs, Dover Publications, NY; 10 Sandy Huff, The
Mayan Calendar Made Easy, 1984; 11 Jeff Mayo and Hans Eysenck, London
Institute of Psychiatry; 13 Moore (ed) The Atlas of the Solar System, Mitchell
Beazley; 14 Maurice Cotterell, Astrogenetics; 15 Iain Nicholson, The Sun, Mitchell
Beazley; 16, 18 Moore (ed), The Atlas of the Solar System, Mitchell Beazley; 19
Moore (ed), The Atlas of the Solar System, Mitchell Beazley; 20 © John Baldock; 35
John L Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Dover Publications; 42, 43 José
Diaz Bolio, Why the Rattlesnake in Mayan Civilization;.48, 49, 50, 51, 52 Adrian
Gilbert; 54 Pearson, Climate and Evolution, The Academic Press, 1978; 55, 56
Maurice Cotterell; 57 Iain Nicholson, The Sun, Mitchell Beazley; 58, 59 Ronald
Pearson, Climate and Evolution, The Academic Press, 1978; 61 John White, Pole
Shift, ARE Press; 62 Adrian Gilbert
Plates 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 29, 32, 38, 39, 40 © Deirdre Gilbert;
37 © Jim Henderson; 20, 21, 22, 22a, 23, 24 © Maurice Cotterell
Appendix illustrations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,
65, 66, 68, 71, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 © Maurice Cotterell; 9
Richard Knox, The Book of Time, David and Charles; 18 The Sun op. cit.; 24, 25
Price, Glickstein, Horton, Bailey, The Principles of Psychology, Rheinhart Winston,
1982; 32, 33 The Atlas of the Solar System op. cit.; 45 Philips Universal Atlas, Philip
and Son; 46 The Sun op. cit.; 55, 56, 57 An Introduction to Mayan Hieroglyphs op.
cit.; 67 after Hartung, Evan Hadingham, Early Man and the Cosmos, Heinemann;
47, 48, 69, 70, 80 Ronald Pearson, Climate and Evolution, The Academic Press, 1978;
70 H H Lamb, Climate, Past, Present and Future, Methuen & Co.; 72, 73 Pole Shift
op. cit.
Appendix plates: 1, 2 after Hartung, Evan Hadingham, Early Man and the Cosmos,
Heinemann; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 © Maurice Cotterell
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