Yule and the Apocalypse

Tomorrow is Yule, the Winter Solstice, placed in the throws of Saturnalia, and right before the holidays of Dies Natali Sol Invicti and Christmas.  Astrologically, it is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the beginning of winter, while in the south it is the longest day and the beginning of summer, their summer solstice.  Either way, a day to celebrate that big burning ball of plasma we named after the Teutonic goddess of the Sun, Sunna.

Tomorrow, according to he New Age Movement, charlatans, and those who think they know the Mayan, is also the END OF THE WORLD!!!

Yes, expect major climactic upheaval and doom and gloom on a planetwide basis.  People in northern Europe can expect piece of the Bifrost Bridge to rain down, possibly destroying downtown Stockholm before Thor can do anything about it.  Also, in other news, tickets have been sold put for the epic smack down cage match between St. Michael and Lucifer "Old Serpent" Satan.  It's a match they will be talking about for the next seven years until the next cage match between Jesus "Son of God" Christ and the Old Serpent.  Also, Kalki and his entourage have been spotted in a New Delhi Mandir preparing for his encounter with Kali......

Yeah, I don't buy it either.

I mean, just ask a Mayan!

Yes, the Mayans are still around living it up like they have for a long, long time.  They live their day to day, speak Spanish, celebrate at the old pyramids, and are willing to tell any listening ear that tomorrow is not the end, or a new beginning.  It is a day like any other day, and also a day of celebrating for the ending of cycles.  Yes the Mayan people are amazing and doing decently well.  Except, however, for the mass appropriation of their ancient culture and racist remarks both promoting and denouncing 2012.  I swear, I wonder who treats this group of people worse, the believers or the skeptics, at least the believers mean well, even though they get everything wrong.
After all the jokes and the like, all that's gonna happen is that a bunch of people will freak out over nothing, life will go on as usual, and those away from the cities will get an interesting show in the sky as the sun looks like it rises in that region of the Milky Way known as the Dark Rift. Sounds ominous, but it really is not.

I feel bad for all the people taken in by the 2012 phenomena, though I can understand why...

*sits down in a comfy chair and puts my thoughtful specs on*

It's because we feel empty in a way.  In out radically changing world we have started questioning all we have held dear.  We want something to hold onto, something true, something we can share with the outside world.  Some, like myself, turned to the buried traditions of Western history and to the ancient past, becoming Hermetic Magicians, Druids, and the like.  Some have hung on to their traditional religions, either becoming fundamentalist denying the world, or transforming Christianity into something new to embrace.

And then you have the New Age practitioners, following the bastard child of Theosophy and the Human Potential Movement, pretending to talk to the Theosophical Mahatmas (ascended masters) and playing NDN, busting stargates and shit; basically becoming spiritual conquistadores cherry picking bits and pieces from the traditons they plunder without respect or honor to the tradition.  A little bit of NDN, a little bit of Theosophy, a little bit of Hinduism and UFO Cult... making a DIY tradition that worships the Ego.

I could go on forever about the virtues of syncretism and the horror of eclectic appropriation, but I'll be brief and to the point here.  One should respect the teachings of others, and not try to bastardize them in the attempt to find oneself, and especially for money, like most of the 2012 movement is about in some ways.  2012 is a cash cow, and doomsayers are milking every penny, and have been since the Harmonic Convergence of 1987, and earlier.

I do have one last prediction for tomorrow.  I predict the end of their charade, and the beginning of a more balanced, logical approach to Spirituality.

So in that regard I guess they got one thing right, a new spiritual beginning, of logic and emotion coming together in future spiritual pursuits.  And I hope the masses will stand up and say the words of the famous British rock band: we won't get fooled again!

UPDATE: I do go on forever about the virtues of syncretism and the horror of eclectic appropriation.  Links put in appropriately.