2012: The Mayan Prophecies Part Three

Hello Everyone! Before I continue with the discussion I started concerning the 2012 prophecies, I'd like to take a moment to do some house cleaning...
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Previously, I laid out various trains of thought concerning what may, or may not, happen in December of this year.  The Mayans, somewhat now famously, made predictions for future times in their writings, which are related to their cyclic view of time. As I previously stated, one of their works history has preserved is known as the Chilam Bilam, a collection of nine writings which were compiled, actually, after the Spanish had conquered the Mayan civilization. For purposes of identification, though  this is the name ggenerally give to the texts, it is actually called "U Tzol Than Ah Kinoob" (the interpretation (of visions) of the priests), with Chilam Bilam, a holy man of God, as the principal prophet. These writings were based on earlier texts and remembrances the Mayans had from the times prior to their subjugation.
 The Chilam Balam prophecy describes one, and only one, episode in world events, an explanation of conditions and proceedings to take place at the end of the age. This is why the Chilam Bilam is so relavent to our discussion. Again, according to the Mayan Long Count calendar,  our current "age" ends on the fateful day, December 21, 2012, though there is some discussion as to the accuracy of this date.
There are a few distinct prophecies some scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts use to indicate gloom and doom for the world and humanity at large which are specific to this date. One such narrative speaks about "tying up the bundles" of the 13 katuns (the length of the age). This prophecy, effectively, predicts an end to the world.
" “In the final days of misfortune, in the final days of tying up the bundle of the thirteen (baktuns) on 4 Ahau, then the end of the world shall come and the katun of our fathers will ascend on high.” 
This seems to be fairly straight forward, but there's more:
“Presently the Baktun thirteen shall come sailing . . . bringing the ornaments of which I have spoken from your ancestors. Then the god will come to visit his little ones. Perhaps ‘after death’ will be the subject of his discourse.”
This does seem to indicate an end to the world as we know it...but "as we know it"  could well be the key here to the hope that only the present order of the world, not the world itself or it's inhabitants, will perish. The Mayans may have believed that after the "end", the world would continue on in a vastly altered manner, or, be made anew in some way. The prophecy continues:
“These valleys of the earth shall come to an end. For those katuns there shall be no priests, and no one who believes in his government without having doubts.”
Being that the line states that the subsequent katuns, or time periods, will have no priests and that no one will believe in government, then it follows that someone must be here to fulfill those statements.

I will be laying out more of this "optimistic" viewpoint when we discuss some of the alternate theories. Next time, though, we'll continue to explore why some believe that we will indeed face a major catastrophe when the December bell tolls.

Until then and as always, may you be loved, and mostly, at peace!