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Mayanism is a term coined to cover a non-codified eclectic collection of New Age beliefs, influenced in part by Pre-Columbian Maya mythology and some folk beliefs of the modern Maya peoples. New Age ( New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a Social Collective Phenomenon and a Spiritual Nature The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences Maya mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all those Mayan tales in which personified forces of nature deities and the heroes interacting with these play the main The Maya peoples constitute a diverse range of the Native American peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America. Adherents of this belief system are not to be confused with Mayanists, scholars who research the historical Maya civilization. Mayanist is a term which has been in widespread use from the late 19th century onwards to refer to scholars who have specialised in research and study of the Central American The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican Civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the Pre-Columbian Americas

The roots of Mayanism can be traced to the 16th century book Utopia by Sir Thomas More, who developed the concept of a utopia in the New World (an idea first explored by Christopher Columbus). De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained Utopia is a name for an ideal community taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional Island in the Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer However, it was most heavily influenced by the 19th century scholarship of Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, who made significant academic contributions (including re-discovery of the Popol Vuh), but towards the end of his career became convinced that the ancient Maya culture could be traced to the lost continent of Atlantis. Abbé Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (8 September 1814 &ndash 8 January 1874 was a noted French writer Ethnographer, Historian and For other uses see Popol Vuh (disambiguation The Popol Vuh ( K'iche' for "Council Book" or "Book of the Community" Atlantis (in Greek,, "island of Atlas " is the name of a Legendary Island, first mentioned in Plato 's dialogues For example, in 1857 Brasseur identified Votan as a Phoenician ruler who founded Palenque and in an article published in 1872 attributed mythological Mesoamerican cataclysms to an early version of pole shift theory. Votan is a Legendary or mythological figure mentioned in early European accounts of the Maya civilization. Phoenicia ( Phoenician: Phoenician nunsvg|12px|נ]]Phoenician nun Palenque ( Bàak' in Modern Maya) is a Maya archeological site near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas Brasseur's work, some of which was illustrated by the talented but highly inaccurate Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, influenced other works of pseudoscience and pseudohistory, such as the research of Augustus Le Plongeon, Ignatius L. Donnelly, and James Churchward. Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck ( March 16, 1766 ? &ndash April 30, 1875) was a French Antiquarian, cartographer Pseudoscience is defined as a body of knowledge methodology belief or practice that is claimed to be Scientific or made to appear scientific but does not adhere to the Pseudohistory is a term applied to texts which purport to be historical in nature but which depart from standard historiographical conventions in a way which undermines Augustus Le Plongeon (1825-1908 was a Photographer, Antiquarian and amateur Archaeologist. Ignatius Loyola Donnelly ( November 3, 1831 &ndash January 1, 1901) was a U James Churchward ( February 27, 1851 - January 4, 1936) is best known as a British born occult writer Le Plongeon and Donnelly in turn influenced the work of writers such as Madame Blavatsky and Rudolf Steiner, who brought misconceptions about the ancient Maya into early New Age circles. Elena Petrovna Gan (Елена Петровна Ган also Hélène, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire — May 8 1891 London) better Rudolf Steiner ( 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher literary scholar educator artist playwright

Contemporary Mayanism places less emphasis on contacts between the ancient Maya and lost lands than these early writers, alluding instead to possible contacts with extraterrestrial life. Lost lands are Continents, Islands or other regions believed by some to have existed during Prehistory, but to have since disappeared as a result of Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. Notions about extraterrestrial influence on the Maya can be traced to the book Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken, whose ancient astronaut theories were in turn influenced by the work of Peter Kolosimo and especially the team of Jacques Bergier and Louis Pauwels, authors of Le Matin des Magiciens. Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past is a book written in 1968 by Erich von Däniken. Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (b Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland, April 14 1935 is a controversial Swiss author best known for his books which present Ancient astronaut theories or paleocontact are various proposals that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth and that this contact Peter Kolosimo, Pseudonym of Pier Domenico Colosimo (1922-1984 was an Italian journalist and writer Jacques Bergier (born Yakov Mikhailovich Berger (Яков Михайлович Бéргер ( Odessa, August 8, 1912 - Paris, Louis Pauwels (born in Belgium, 2 August 1920 &ndash 28 January 1997) was a French journalist and Writer Le Matin des magiciens was a book written by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier in 1960 or in October 1959 These latter writers were inspired by the fantasy literature of H. P. Lovecraft[1] and publications by Charles Fort. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy Charles Hoy Fort ( 6 August, 1874 &ndash 3 May, 1932) was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena However, there remain elements of fascination with lost continents and lost civilizations, especially as popularized by speculative fiction by authors such as A. Merritt and the pseudoscientific nonfiction of authors such as Zecharia Sitchin and Graham Hancock. Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of Fiction Genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in Abraham Merritt ( January 20, 1884 &ndash August 21, 1943) who published under the byline A Zecharia Sitchin (born 1922 is an author of books promoting an Ancient astronaut theory of human origins Graham Hancock (born August 2 1950 is a British Writer and Journalist.

Mayanism therefore has a complex history that draws from many different sources on the fringes of mainstream archaeology. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos It has gained growing attention through its influence on popular culture through pulp fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and more recently cinema, graphic novels, fantasy role-playing games (especially Dungeons & Dragons), and video games. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines Fantasy literature is Fantasy in written form Historically speaking the majority of fantasy works have been literature A Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. It has also drawn inspiration from the success of The Celestine Prophesy by James Redfield, a novel that refers to the fictional discovery of a Pre-Columbian self-help manuscript in South America. The Celestine Prophecy is a 1993 novel by James Redfield that discusses various Psychological and spiritual ideas which are rooted James Redfield, born March 19 1950, is an American author lecturer screenwriter and film producer Self-help or self-improvement refers to self-guided improvement—economically intellectually or emotionally—most frequently with a substantial psychological or spiritual

Mayanism has been promoted by specific publishing houses, most notably Inner Traditions - Bear & Company, which has produced a number of books on the theme of 2012 by authors such as José Argüelles, John Major Jenkins, Carl Johan Calleman, and Barbara Hand Clow. Inner Traditions - Bear & Company (or just Inner Traditions) is a Book publisher founded in 1975 and based in Rochester Vermont in the United José Argüelles (b January 24, 1939, Rochester, Minnesota) is the founder of Planet Art Network and the Foundation for the Law of Time New Age author Daniel Pinchbeck has also contributed to a growing interest in Mayanism. Daniel Pinchbeck, (born June 15, 1966) is an author and advocate of the use of psychedelic substances such as LSD, Psilocybin mushrooms

Contents

Basic beliefs

Since Mayanism is used to refer to a diverse collection of beliefs, it has no central doctrine. However, a basic premise is that the ancient Maya understood aspects of the human experience and human consciousness that remain poorly understood in Western culture. Western culture (sometimes equated with Western Civilization) are terms which are used to refer to Cultures of European origin This includes insights into cosmology and eschatology as well as lost knowledge of advanced technology and ecology that, when known, can be used to improve the human condition and create a future Utopia. Cosmology (from Greek grc κοσμολογία - grc κόσμος kosmos, "universe" and grc -λογία -logia) is study Eschatology (from the Greek, Eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of" is a part of Theology Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of However, as a New Age belief system, Mayanism scorns academic scholarship, giving preference to knowledge gained through revelation and prophesy and to traditional knowledge (or what is imagined to be traditional knowledge). Revelation is the act of revealing or disclosing (see etymology or in the theological perception making something obvious and clearly understood through active or passive communication Prophecy, generally describes the disclosing of Information that is not known to the Prophet by any ordinary means Traditional knowledge (TK indigenous knowledge (IK and local knowledge generally refer to the matured long-standing Traditions and practices of Mayanism literature frequently features beliefs and theories that ignore and reject physical evidence, facts, or knowledge, particularly when that evidence supports the academic Mayanist theories that contradict Mayanism's beliefs. As a result, the beliefs of Mayanism tend to be characterized by a combination of esotericism and syncretism, rather than being the result of either formal controlled field research or detailed scholarly research that has been based on a broad range of primary sources. Syncretism consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory beliefs often while melding practices of various schools of thought

December 21, 2012

The significance of this date in Mayanism stems from the ending of the current baktun cycle of the Maya calendar in 2012, which many believe will create a global "consciousness shift" and the beginning of a new age. A baktun is 20 katun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. The Maya calendar is a system of distinct Calendars and Almanacs used by the Maya civilization of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and by 2012 ( MMXII) will be a Leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This concept was introduced by New Age spiritual leader José Argüelles in his book The Mayan Factor (1987) and promoted at the 1987 Harmonic Convergence. New Age ( New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a Social Collective Phenomenon and a Spiritual Nature José Argüelles (b January 24, 1939, Rochester, Minnesota) is the founder of Planet Art Network and the Foundation for the Law of Time The Harmonic Convergence is the name given to a world-wide esoteric-religious event which took place on August 16 and August 17, 1987. The astronomical conjunction of the black hole at the center of the galaxy with the winter solstice Sun on December 21, 2012, referred to by John Major Jenkins in Galactic Alignment as having been predicted by the ancient Maya and others, is a much-anticipated event in Mayanism. Conjunction is a term used in Positional astronomy and Astrology. A black hole is a theoretical region of space in which the Gravitational field is so powerful that nothing not even Electromagnetic radiation (e Solstices occur twice a year when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most oriented toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. Galactic Alignment The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mesoamerican, Egyptian, and Vedic Traditions is a Non-fiction Although Jenkins suggests that ancient Maya knowledge of this event was based on observations of the "dark rift" in the Milky Way as seen from Earth, others see it as evidence of knowledge imparted via ancient contact with extraterrestrial intelligence (ancient astronaut theories). Ancient astronaut theories or paleocontact are various proposals that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth and that this contact The relevance of modern "dark rift" observations to Pre-Columbian and traditional Maya beliefs is strongly debated, and academic archaeologists reject all theories regarding extraterrestrial contact, but it is clear that the promotion of Mayanism through interest in 2012 is contributing to the evolution of religious syncretism in contemporary Maya communities. Syncretism consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory beliefs often while melding practices of various schools of thought

Mayanism and shamanism

Shamanism has become a significant component of Mayanism, in part due to the scholarly interpretation of ancient Maya rulers as shamans and the popularity of Carlos Castaneda, whose books described his apprenticeship to a Yaqui sorcerer. Carlos Castaneda (December 25 1925 – April 27 1998 was a Peruvian born American author The "Yoeme" or Yaqui are a Native American tribe who originally lived in the valley of the Río Yaqui in the northern Mexican state of A magician is a person skilled in the mysterious and hidden art of magic, the ability to attain objectives acquire knowledge or perform works of wonder using Supernatural Although the Yaqui are indigenous to the Sonoran Desert region of northern Mexico and southern Arizona, far from the Maya region, Mayanism often conflates the concept of Toltec (Castaneda) with the Toltec who interacted with the ancient Maya. The Sonoran Desert (sometimes called the Gila Desert after the Gila River or the Low Desert in opposition to the higher Mojave Desert) is The term " Toltec " is used in the works of writer Carlos Castaneda to denote a person who has achieved a high state of spiritual awareness Toltec-style Vessel 1jpg|thumb|250px|right|A rather expressive orange-ware clay vessel in the Toltec style

One of many themes in Mayanism related to shamanism is the use of entheogens to induce altered states of consciousness and thereby gain insight and wisdom. An entheogen, in the strictest sense is a Psychoactive substance used in a religious or shamanic (or entheogenic) context An altered state of consciousness, (ASC also named altered state of mind is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking Beta wave state The most common medicinal plant used by the ancient Maya was tobacco (Nicotiana), which was ingested by smoking or drinking an infusion. Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Nicotiana refers to a Genus of Herbs and Shrubs of the Nightshade family ( Solanaceae) indigenous to The use of a number of psychotropic substances is well documented in the culture of ancient Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica or Meso-America (Mesoamérica is a Region extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, defined These include various mushrooms that contain psilocybin, the morning glory, (Ipomoea and Rivea corymbosa), the moonflower (Datura spp. Psilocybin (IPA /saɪləˈsaɪbɪn/ (also known as psilocybine) is a psychedelic Indole of the Tryptamine family found in Psilocybin Morning glory is a common name for over 1000 Species of Flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, belonging to the following genera "Ipomoea" is also a track by the Ethereal wave band Love Spirals Downwards, and a short story by John Rackham published by Ace Books in Rivea corymbosa (common synonym Turbina corymbosa) is a species of Morning glory, native throughout Latin America from Mexico Datura is a Genus of 12-15 species of vespertine Flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. ), the water lily (Nymphaea), cohoba (Anandenanthera spp. Nymphaea is a Genus of Aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. ), and the cane toad (Bufo marinus), a source of bufotenin, However, the importance of entheogens by the ancient Maya has been inferred primarily through the study of iconography rather than direct archaeological evidence. Bufotenin (also known as bufotenine) is a Tryptamine related to the Neurotransmitter Serotonin. Iconography is the branch of Art history which studies the identification description and the interpretation of the content of images This includes representations of the administration of substances by enema in ancient Maya art. An enema (plural enemata or enemas) is the procedure of introducing liquids into the Rectum and colon via the Anus.

Indigenous promoters

A growing number of individuals of indigenous Maya ancestry have emerged as advocates and supporters of Mayanism. These include the Yucatec author Hunbatz Men and the Quiché spiritual guide Alejandro Cirilo Pérez Oxlaj (also known as "Wandering Wolf"). Yucatec Maya ("Maaya T'aan" in the revised Orthography of the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala) is a Mayan language spoken in This page is about the Native American people for other uses the dish see Quiché (disambiguation. These individuals identify themselves as traditional shamans, but do also interact with, and refer to modern New Age phenomenal beliefs as in the lost continent of Atlantis, reverence for crystal skulls, and mediumship of extraterrestrial entities such as the Pleiadeans. New Age ( New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a Social Collective Phenomenon and a Spiritual Nature Atlantis (in Greek,, "island of Atlas " is the name of a Legendary Island, first mentioned in Plato 's dialogues The crystal skulls are a number of Human skull models fashioned from blocks of clear or milky quartz crystal rock claimed to be Pre-Columbian Mediumship is a practice in religious beliefs such as Spiritualism, Spiritism, Espiritismo, Candomblé, Louisiana Voodoo, and Pleiadeans (also spelled Pleiadian or Plejaran is the name given to what are said to be a group of Nordic alien extraterrestrials and "multidimensional spirit

Non-Maya elements

Despite its name, Mayanism tends to conflate traditions of many different indigenous groups of the Americas, including non-Maya groups such as the Hopi, the Aztecs, and the Incas. The Hopi are Native American people who primarily live on the 12635 km² (2531 Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political Sacred sites such as Machu Picchu, a royal estate of the Inca empire in Peru are a common destination for spiritual retreats that drawn upon themes from Mayanism. Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu "Old Peak" 'mɑtʃu 'piktʃu is a Pre-Columbian Inca site located 2400 meters (7875 ft above sea level The Inca Empire (or Inka Empire) was the largest empire in Pre-Columbian America. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. One of the oldest themes in Mayanism that dates to the 19th century, as emphasized in the artwork of Waldeck and the writings of Brasseur, Le Plongeon, Donnelly, and others, is the presumed relationship between the ancient Maya and ancient Egypt. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. (This is also a theme in pyramidology. Pyramidology is a term used sometimes disparagingly to refer to various pseudoscientific speculations regarding Pyramids most often the Great Pyramid ) However, the Classic period period (AD 200-900), during which the ancient Maya flourished, is much later in time than ancient Egyptian civilization. Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now

One of the non-Maya symbols frequently associated with Mayanism is Hunab Ku, a black-and-white design whose earliest documented appearance is in the Aztec Codex Magliabecchiano, where it appears (in yellow and black) in the upper left hand corner of p. Hunab Ku was the Supreme creator God of the Maya. Hunab Ku as God According to some early-colonial sources Hunab Ku meaning 'Sole Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political 5/2 of a facsimile of the Codex Magliabecchiano published by Zelia Nuttall as The Book of the Life of the Ancient Mexicans, Containing an Account of Their Rites and Superstitions, an Anonymous Hispano-Mexican Manuscript Preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy in 1903. Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall ( September 6, 1857 &ndash April 12, 1933) was an American Archaeologist and Anthropologist It is labeled as a "manta de agua de araña" ("spider water mantle") that was associated with the Festival of the Lip Plugs. The symbol was largely ignored until sometime after 1983, when Elizabeth Boone published a new facsimile of the Codex Magliabecchiano. It was reproduced by José Argüelles in his 1987 book The Mayan Factor, a text frequently referenced in contemporary Mayanism. The name "Hunab Ku" (One God) appears in the post-Conquest, syncretistic Chilam Balam as a concept introduced by Catholic missionaries to promote monotheism among speakers of the Yucatec Maya language. The Mayan Chilam Balam books are named after Yucatec towns such as Chumayel Mani and Tizimin and are usually collections of disparate texts in which Mayan and Spanish traditions Yucatec Maya ("Maaya T'aan" in the revised Orthography of the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala) is a Mayan language spoken in Within Mayanism, the symbol evokes the concept of yin and yang (Eastern syncretism) as well as the Milky Way galaxy (ancient Maya knowledge of which is often explained by ancient astronaut theories). In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin and yang ( is used to describe how seemingly opposing forces are bound together intertwined and interdependent in the The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaxias sometimes referred to simply Ancient astronaut theories or paleocontact are various proposals that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth and that this contact

Another non-Maya image that appears often in Mayanism is the Aztec sun stone, itself frequently associated with the Aztec calendar, a monument depicting either Tonatiuh or Tlaltecuhtli together with symbolic representations of past cataclysms. The Aztec sun stone, Stone of the Sun ( Spanish: Piedra del Sol) or Aztec calendar stone is a large monolithic sculpture that was excavated The Aztec calendar is the Calendar system that was used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico. In Aztec mythology, Tonatiuh ( Nahuatl: Ollin Tonatiuh "Movement of the Sun" was the Sun god Tlaltecuhtli, Tlaltecutli is a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican deity figure identified from sculpture and Iconography dating to the Late Postclassic

Bosnian connection

Mayanism is a central theme in the work of Semir Osmanagić, a Bosnian-American businessman from Houston, who claims Maya associations with Bosnian pyramids at the site of Visočica Hill, northwest of Sarajevo, Bosnia. Semir Osmanagić (born February 3 1960 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia Bosnian pyramids refers to a site known as Visočica hill (or Grad hill in the Bosnia and Herzegovina town of Visoko, northwest of Sarajevo In his book The World of the Maya[2], Osmanagić asserts that the Maya came from the Pleiades by way of Atlantis. This theory has been popular in Bosnia, where investigation of the "pyramids" (identified by scientists as natural geological features) have attracted more tourists and government funding than have actual archaeological sites and academic research.

Influence in politics

On January 14, 2008, Álvaro Colom was inaugurated as the President of Guatemala. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Álvaro Colom Caballeros (born 15 June 1951 in Guatemala City) is the President of Guatemala for the 2008-2012 term Colom is said to have been ordained as a "non-Mayan Mayan priest" by Alejandro Cirilio Pérez Oxlaj, who represented the Maya people at his inauguration. A BBC article reports that "he will regularly consult a group of spiritual leaders, known as the Mayan Elders National Council". (This group has also been identified as the National Mayan Council of Elders of Guatemala, the Consejo de Ancianos Mayas, Council of Elders of the Sacred Mayas, and other names. )

In literature

Mayanism occasionally draws upon references from Beat generation literature by William Burroughs, who had studied the ancient Maya in classes with Alfred Tozzer at Harvard in the 1930s, and Allen Ginsberg, who traveled in the Yucatan Peninsula, Chiapas, and Guatemala in the 1950s. William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word Alfred Marston Tozzer ( 4 July, 1877 - 5 October, 1954) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. The Yucatán Peninsula, in Southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. Chiapas is the southernmost state of Mexico, located towards the southeast of the country Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest In 1974, Ginsberg helped found The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, where themes that contributed to emergent Mayanism were explored in literature and art. Naropa University is a private Liberal arts University in Boulder, Colorado, the United States, which was founded in 1974 (José Argüelles, a central figure in Mayanism, is an alumnus. José Argüelles (b January 24, 1939, Rochester, Minnesota) is the founder of Planet Art Network and the Foundation for the Law of Time ) Charles Olson of Black Mountain College had a fascination with Mayan hieroglyphs and wrote a book, The Mayan Letters (1953), based on his correspondence from Mexico with poet Robert Creeley. Charles Olson ( 27 December 1910 &ndash 10 January 1970) was an important 2nd generation American modernist poet Black Mountain College, founded in 1933 near Asheville North Carolina, was known as one of the leading progressive schools in the United States Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books The novel 2012: The War for Souls (2007) by Whitley Strieber is heavily influenced by Mayanism. Louis Whitley Strieber ( (born June 13, 1945) is an American writer best known for his Horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger

In art

In film

Notes

  1. ^ Colavito 2005
  2. ^ Osmanagich 2005

References

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