Talk:2012 phenomenon/mailing list

Just received an email from the list, part of which I copy below, some great downloads and kudos to this article:

Cambridge University Press is currently having a promotion offering free downloads of a number of their journals and publications, including IAU S278, so you may go to this web site and download all of the papers of interest to you, gratis.

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=IAU

I don't know how long this will last, but if you are interested in our "2012 Phenomenon" session or any of the other papers in the volume, feel free to download them while the promotion lasts. Our session has eight papers, which I am listing in alphabetical order:

Callaway, C. (2011). "Cosmogony and Prophecy: Maya Era Day Cosmology in the Context of the 2012 Prophecy." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7: 192-202. Campion, N. (2011). "The 2012 Mayan Calendar Prophecies in the Context of the Western Millenarian Tradition." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7: 249-254.

Carlson, J. B. (2011). "Lord of the Maya Creations on His Jaguar Throne: The Eternal Return of Elder Brother God L to Preside Over the 21 December 2012 Transformation." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7: 203-213.

Carlson, J. B. and M. Van Stone (2011). "The 2012 Phenomenon: Maya Calendar, Astronomy, and Apocalypticism in the Worlds of Scholarship and Global Popular Culture." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7: 178-185.

Grofe, M. J. (2011). "Measuring Deep Time: The Sidereal Year and the Tropical Year in Maya Inscriptions." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7: 214-230.

Hoopes, J. W. (2011). "A Critical History of 2012 Mythology." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7: 240-248.

MacLeod, B. (2011). "The God's Grand Costume Ball: A Classic Maya Prophecy for the Close of the Thirteenth Bak'tun." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7: 231-239.

Van Stone, M. (2011). "It's Not the End of the World: Emic Evidence for Local Diversity in the Maya Long Count." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7(186-191). I want to be clear that I am NOT suggesting that a new discussion of topics related to the "2012 phenomenon" and related aspects of the Maya calendar and prophecy be opened up on AZTLAN. Our three excellent list managers wisely decided, some time back, that these topics inflame the passions of a few listeros and should best be conducted in some other forum. I am only offering the papers from our session and other studies of Archaeoastronmy in the Americas for your information through this access window of opportunity.

Let me also say that the Wikipedia entry on "2012 phenomenon" was also just updated (by John Hoopes) to include these references.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

This Wikipedia entry offers a good place to start in approaching the subject, particularly if you haven't looked into it before.