The Calleman take on the Mayan Calendar is interesting to me, at least, in that he thinks the entire calendar tracks evolution, which, he believes, goes in cycles that the Mayans
somehow intuited.
IOW, the Mayan Calendar is not a doomsday scenario, in his view, but rather,
tracks evolution from the physical beginnings to the 'maturing' of human consciousness.
He believes that at each repeat of a cycle, more events are crowded into the same time frame, so, at the very end, time seems to speed up exponentially, and hierarchical institutions will not be able to keep pace and will crumble (which jibes somewhat with Peak Oil, it would seems to me).
AND, he says...we will move into a state of pure consciousness BEYOND TIME.
I don't know, though...maybe he's just a crank.
Anyway, happy Fifth Night!
Meg