INTRODUCTION

There’s a kind of doomsday feel to things right now - have you noticed? It’s not just that the Mayan calendar runs out on December 21st of next year. It’s not even the plethora of new warnings from astrophysicists, doctors and geologists about the possibly catastrophic events that are now known to be on the not-too-distant horizon. It has more to do with the zeitgeist, an undifferentiated sense that things can’t go on like they are forever.
And, of course, there are clues. Almost daily, items half-buried in news reports point to the Doom scenarios just lurking around the corner. Maybe you are too busy or too trapped in denial to notice them all, so this blog is here to help you keep track.

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Something to Worry About Today

Is this the last chance for hot tamales, mariachis and tequila?

The Mexican government is using the end of the Mayan calendar to promote last-chance visits to their country. The calendar ends after a 5,000 + year run on 21 December 2012, giving yet more substance to the Doomsday predictions of scientists, priests and nonegenarian numerologists from California. Eeerily, this seems to mesh with a prophesy by St Malachy in 1143, who said that the world would end during the reign of the 112th future pope. The present incumbent, Benedict XVI, is the 111th, and he's 83 years old.

A full breakdown of some of the events that might come to pass in 2012 can be found in our book, The Coffee Table Book of Doom. Click on the cover opposite to see more.

While there's still time.
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