"By far the best and most authoritative guide to the 2012 phenomenon. I doubt it will be followed by anything better." -Richard Smoley, "Quest" magazine "One of the most popular author in the 2012 category, [John Major Jenkins] helped usher in this craze." -Lisa Miller, "Newsweek" "As much as Jenkins has made a place for himself in the 2012 discussion through his independent research on the Maya and precession, he has made an even greater impact by applying academic rigor to the theories of his contemporaries and exposing...their inconsistencies with established Mayanist scholarship." -Benjamin Anastas, "The New York Times Magazine" "The most global and erudite voice of a swelling chorus of Galactic Center theorists. By framing the subject in the context of the Primordial Tradition, he raises it to a new level of seriousness and of reassurance." -Joscelyn Godwin, Colgate University "A fascinating journey through the history of the ancient Maya...