Category Archives: Esoteria

2012: The End Of The World?

2012: The End Of The World? by David McCandless, InformationIsBeautiful.net

A piece exploring the myths around 2012, Mayan Prophecy, geomagnetic reversal, The Long Count, consciousness shifts, Hunab Ku, galactica alignment, the Precession Of The Equinoxes, rogue planet Nibiru, solar storms, pole shifts, timewave zero, the return of Quetzalcoatl and THE END OF THE WORLD December 21st 2012!

Make up your own mind

UPDATE 1 (8 Dec 09): There’s now a Portuguese version of 2012 (thanks Ricardo Vieira) and a French version DEUUUUXMIIIILLEDOUUUUZE (thanks to Olivier!)



Also posted in De-Hyping, Environment, Group MInd, Information Design, Media, Movies, Skeptics vs Believers, sci-fi |
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Great Visualizers: Michael Paukner

I’m really loving this guy’s visualization style. And the esoteric subjects too. I’ve got a bunch of esoteria visualized in my book. Sadly, for me, I think Michael does a better job.

The Great Circle

The Great Circle by Michael Paukner
Spook! Many of the ancient ‘wonders of the world’ are apparently on the same latitude.

Precession

Precession by Michael Paukner
A key idea in the current Mayan 2012 end-of-the-world meme is that December 21st, 2012 coincides with the end of the Precession of the Equinox, a 26,000 galactic cycle. Hmmmmmm…

Mayan Interdimension Starmap

Mayan Interdimensional StarMap by Michael Paukner
What would a Monday morning be without some Mayan mind mank?

Check out his Photostream on Flickr. Let me know if you find any other cool visualizers.

Also posted in Great Visualizers, InfoVisualisation, Self, World Map |
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