18-Rabbit: Mayan shaman king ruling in
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acupuncture: traditional Chinese branch of medicine in which needles are inserted at certain meridian points
Ahau: twentieth day sign of the uinal, meaning "light/lord"
ahauob: Mayan rulers (lords)
Ah-Cacaw: ruler in
alautun: period of 63.1 million years
alpha waves: brain waves in the frequency range 8-13 Hz
amino acids: components of proteins
An: Sumerian god of heaven
anthropology: study of the development of human beings
apocalypse: Greek word meaning "revelation," usually referring to the scenario described in the Book of Revelation
Arbenz, Jacobo: Guatemalan president working for reforms who was ousted by the CIA in 1953
Artaxerxes III: Persian king ruling in the late fourth century b.c.e.
ascension: theological term meaning "rising"
Ask: first human being in Norse mythology, also meaning "ash tree"
astroarchitects: architects basing their constructions on alignment with the celestial bodies
astrology, Babylonian: zodiacal astrological system based on the positions of the celestial bodies developed in ancient
astrology, Mayan: system of divination developed by the ancient Maya; based on the inherent spiritual energies of time
Atl: Aztec name of the ninth day sign of the uinal, meaning "water"
Atlantis: ancient mythological continent
avatar: Indian term for the incarnation of an enlightened soul
Aztec: name commonly used for the mexicas, based on their origin in Aztlan
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Bacabs: directional gods of the Mayas
baktun: period of 394 years
Beast: main evil force described in the Book of Revelation
Ben: thirteenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "reed"
beta waves: brain waves in the frequency range 13-40 Hz
Bing Bang: beginning of the creation of the universe; a giant "explosion" in which matter was first formed from light some 15 billion years ago
biosphere: region of the earth's crust and atmosphere harboring living organisms
Brahma: God of Creation in the Vedic religion
Bretton Woods system: financial system of the post-World War II era outlined at a meeting in
Burner Days: set of days that are specially celebrated; they occur every 65 days of the tzolkin
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Calendar Stone, Aztec: calendar stone of Aztec origin kept in the
capitalism: economic system whose driving force is the accumulation of profits
celestial: pertaining to the heavens
Cellular Creation Cycle/Cellular Underworld: first level of creation of thirteen hablatuns, beginning 16.4 billion years ago
center of the world: Yaxkin, the Mayan center of the Four Directions
Chac: Mayan god of rain
chakra, crown: chakra centered on the top of the head
chakra meditations: meditations to purify the chakra system
chakra system: Hindu system dealing with the organizing structure of the energy flow of the human being
Chalchiuhtlicue: Aztec goddess of water, ruler of the third day of the trecena
Chaldea: biblical name of
channeling: receiving information from a higher spiritual source
Cherokee: Native American people originally living in present-day
Chicchan: fifth day sign of the uinal, meaning "serpent"
chikin: Mayan name for the western direction
Chuen: eleventh day sign of the uinal, meaning "monkey"
Cib: sixteenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "vulture/owl"
Cimi: sixth day sign of the uinal, meaning "death"
Cinteotl: central Mexican god of maize (corn) and sustenance, ruler of the seventh day of the trecena
Cipactli: Aztec name for the first day sign of the uinal, meaning "alligator"
classical count: tzolkin count used in classical times by the Maya; still in use among the Quiche-Maya
classical Maya: Maya who lived in classical times, about 200-850 c.e.
Coatl: Aztec name for the fifth day sign, meaning "serpent"
codex: ancient Mesoamerican book, usually made from bark
Codex Borgia: late post-classical Aztec codex
Codex,
Confucius: ancient Chinese philosopher (c 550 b.c.e.)
conquistadors: Spanish soldiers who conquered the
consciousness: invisible boundary that separates inner and outer reality
cosmic consciousness: all-encompassing consciousness
Cortes, Hernan: Spanish conqueror of
cosmic mirror: opportunity for humankind to be reflected by the cosmos
cosmic projector: universal framework for the projection of archetypal information dominating the various Mayan time cycles
cosmic pyramid: nine-story pyramid
cosmopolitan: not belonging to a specific nation
count of days: another term for the tzolkin
creation field: energy field organizing the divine process of creation
Cross, Heavenly: World Tree; it exists as holographic projections on the level of the galaxy, the earth, and the individual
Cross, Invisible: another term for Heavenly Cross
Cross of Vuotan: ancient Norse name of the Sun Wheel, identical with the Medicine Wheel
crust: surface layer of the earth
Cuauhtli: Aztec name for the fifteenth day sign, meaning "eagle"
Cuetzpallin: Aztec name for the fourth day sign, meaning "lizard"
cuneiform: type of writing used in ancient
Curry and Hartmann lines: lines in the earth's energy grid sensed by dowsers
cyber money: funds that exist only in electronic form, such as in bank computers
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Dark Ages: name given to the early medieval period, the centuries following the fall of the
day keepers: special Mayan persons responsible for keeping track of the passage of days
Day Lord: another name for day sign
day signs: the names of the deities ruling the days of the uinal
December 21, 2012 c.e.: end date of the Long Count
delta waves: brain waves in the frequency range 1-4 Hz
Deutero_isaiah: author of the later sections of the Book of Isaiah in the Bible, promoting a view of God as universal
divine light: energy of awareness serving to project archetypal information on creation
divine plan: the exact progression of spiritual energies determining the evolution of consciousness
dowser: person with the ability to sense the earth's radiation
Dreamspell: calendar inspired by the Maya, invented by Jose Arguelles in 1990
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ecclesiastical: phenomenon pertaining to the church
EEG: electroencephalogram; an instrument that measures brain waves
Ehecatl: Aztec name for the second day sign of the uinal, meaning "wind"
Eightfold Path: Buddhist teaching as to how to attain the enlightened state
enlightenment: liberation from domination of lower aspects of self; realization of unity with higher Self
Enlightenment, the: movement promoting rational thought and anticlericalism in
epiphysis: pineal gland, monitoring light and linked to the "third eye"
equinox: one of two days in the year when the day and the night are equally long
esoteric: knowledge of the inner spiritual reality
ethereal: non-material
Etznab: eighteenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "flint/obsidian"
evening star: Venus appearing in the evening sky
extrasolar planets: planets around other stars than our own sun
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Familial Creation Cycle/Familial Underworld: third level of creation, developed by thirteen kinchiltuns beginning 41 million years ago
Feathered Serpent: main Mesoamerican deity, symbolizing light and the creation of culture and civilization; also called Quetzalcoatl or Kukulcan, the Plumed Serpent
Federal Reserve (the Fed): National Treasury of the
First Father: Mayan deity that raised the World Tree; also known as the maize god
Five Worlds: prophetic idea common among Native American peoples related to dividing the tzolkin into five different but equal segments
Four Worlds: prophetic idea common among Native American peoples related to dividing the tzolkin into four different but equal segments
free will: philosophical idea that human beings are in a position to make choices that are not predetermined
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Gaia meditation: meditation designed to enhance resonance with the earth
Galactic Creation Cycle/Galactic Underworld: eighth level of creation, developed by thirteen tuns beginning January 5, 1999
galaxy: star system; sometimes, as in the case of the Milky Way, spiral shaped and with hundreds of billions of stars
gamma waves: brain waves in the frequency range of 30-90 Hz
Genghis Khan: Mongol ruler in the early thirteenth century who founded the Mongol Empire
German-Roman Empire: empire founded in 962 c.e. by Otto the Great in
global brain: organization of the planet according to the functionalities of the human brain
global chakra system: planetary meridians of ethereal energies organized in relation to the World Tree
glyph: symbol of Mayan writing
Good Friday: day celebrated as the crucifixion of Christ and the day of the landing of Cortes in
Great Cycle: creation cycle that began June 17, 3115 b.c.e., and ends October 28, 2011
Gregorian calendar: calendar of physical time instituted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 and currently in use on a worldwide scale
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haab: Mayan 365-day cycle
hablatun: period of 1.26 billion years
Harmonic Convergence: spiritual celebration (August 16-17, 1987) on the traditional tzolkin days 1 Imix and 2 Ik
hemisphere: half-sphere
Hermetic principle: principle attributed to the so-called Hermetic tradition, an ancient esoteric school in
Hero Twins: Hunahpu and Xbalanque, chief mythological characters of the Popul Vuh, the Bible of the Maya
hierarchical: arranged or organized in a graded or ranked series of different levels
hieroglyph: basic sign of ancient Egyptian writing
Hindu: referring to the dominant religion of
holographic: relating to a structure in which the whole is microscopically reflected in each of its parts
holographic resonance: relay system for synchronistic information transmission from the macrocosmos to the microcosmos
Homo habilis: first species of the Homo, living about 2 million years ago in
Hosea: one of the great Jewish prophets
Huehuecoyotl: Aztec god of dance, ruler of the fourth day of the uinal
Hunahpu: one of the Hero Twins (One Ahau) of the Popol Vuh
Huns: nomadic people of Asian origin in the early medieval period
hypophysis: a central organizing gland of the endocrine system in the mammalian brain
hypothalamus: a central organizing gland of the endocrine system in the mammalian brain, closely linked to the hypophysis
Hz (Hertz): measure of frequency (per second)
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Ik: second day sign of the uinal, meaning "wind"
Imix: first day sign of the uinal, meaning "alligator"
In Lak'ech: Mayan word of greeting meaning "I am another yourself"
In Lak'ech philosophy: Mayan philosophy that we are one with all living things inner core: region of the earth's center
ionosphere: ionized region of the atmosphere reflecting radio waves
Isaiah: Jewish prophet in the mid-sixth century b.c.e.
Itzcuintli: Aztec name of the tenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "dog"
Ix; fourteenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "jaguar"
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kalabtun: period of 160,000 years
Kalki: Indian avatar aiming at the enlightenment of humanity
karma yoga: Hindu phrase meaning "path of action" or "doing good"
katun: period of 19.7 years (7,200 days)
kin: sun, period of one day
kinchiltun: period of 3.2 million years
Kukulcan: Mayan name for the Feathered (or Plumed) Serpent, called Quetzalcoatl in Nahuatl, the language of the Mexica
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Lacandon: Mayan group living traditionally in the rain forest around the River Usumacinta
Lakin: Mayan deity ruling the East
Lamat: eighth day sign of the uinal, meaning "rabbit"
Lao-tzu: Chinese philosopher living around the midpoint of the sixth century b.c.e.
leap day: day introduced in February every fourth year in the Gregorian calendar
ley lines: lines identified by dowsers as part of the earth's ethereal body, usually related to human spiritual traditions
Iintel: Mayan stone carving with inscription
Long Count: creation cycle that began August 11, 3114 b.c.e., and ends December 21, 2012
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macrocosmos: large-scale manifestations of the cosmos
Mahavira: founder of the Jain religion
Malinalli: Aztec name for the twelfth day sign of the trecena, meaning "grass"
mammalian brain: the lateralized brain structure of mammals; its functions differ between the two hemispheres
Mammalian Creation Cycle/Mammalian Underworld: second level of creation, developed by thirteen alautuns beginning 820 million years ago
Manik: seventh day sign of the uinal, meaning "deer"
mantle: region between the earth's crust and its core
Mayahuel: Aztec goddess of pulque (a Mexican alcoholic beverage); ruler of the eighth day of the uinal
Mayapan: post-classical Mayan ceremonial center in the
Mazatl: Aztec name of the seventh day sign of the uinal, meaning "deer"
Medicine Wheel: wheel that includes the Four Directions, used for ceremonial purposes by North American Indians
Men: fifteenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "eagle"
menorah: seven-armed candelabra symbolic of creation in the Judaic tradition
Mesoamerica: "Middle America," archaeological term for the cultural area ranging from northern
metaphor: verbal image used to illustrate an abstract phenomenon
Mexica (also known as Aztec): people who settled in central
Mixtecs: Mesoamerican people inhabiting the region of
Mongol storm: attack on Mongolian nomads across the Eurasian continent in the early thirteenth century
morning star: Venus appearing in the morning sky
Mosaic Law: law of Moses
Muluc: ninth day sign of the uinal, meaning "water"
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Nagual: sometimes a totem; a symbolic manifestation of the Otherworld
Napoleonic Wars: wars fought by the French during the rise and fall of Napoleon, 1794-1814
National Creation Cycle/National Underworld: sixth level of creation, developed by thirteen baktuns with a total duration of 5,125 years
New Age: modern movement prophesying the advent of a New Age
new economy: economy generated by the information technology revolution
New Jerusalem: new world emerging at the end of time as described in the Book of Revelation
nirvana: enlightened state in the Buddhist tradition
nodal point: point where a sinusoid curve crosses the axis
number 7: holy number in
number 9: holy number in
number 13: holy number in
number 108: holy number in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions; Indian sages often take this as one of their names
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obsidian: volcanic glass
Oc: tenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "dog"
Oceania: collective name for lands in the
Ocelotl: Aztec name for the fourteenth day sign, meaning "jaguar"
octahedral: having the shape of an octahedron, one of the Platonic bodies with eight equivalent triangular faces
October 28, 2011: end date of the divine creation cycles
Ollin: Aztec name for the seventeenth day sign, meaning "movement"
Omecinatl: female aspect of the supreme Aztec deity of creation
Olmecs: ancient Mesoamerican people emerging around 1500 b.c.e., who inhabited the gulf coast of
Ometeotl: male aspect of the supreme Aztec deity of creation
optimal: best under a given set of circumstances
oscillation: wave movement
outer core: region between the earth's inner core and its mantle
overtone: tone of higher frequency generated by resonance with a basic tone
Oxlaj, Alejandro: Quiche-Maya elder
Ozomatli: Aztec name of the eleventh day sign, meaning "monkey"
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Pacal: king of
papacy: institution of the pope
passage: movement (transit) by a planet across the disk of the sun
Patecatl: Aztec god of medicine ruling the twelfth day sign of the uinal
patriarchal: relating to domination by a make figurehead
patriarchs: early biblical leaders; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Paul: apostle who played a key role in the early dissemination of the Christian faith
Pharaoh Djoser: one of the early pharaohs of
physical biology: discipline consisting of the interaction of physics with biology
physical time: notion of time as being based on the cyclical movement of material bodies
pictun: period of 7,900 years
Planetary Creation Cycle/Planetary Underworld: seventh level of creation, developed by thirteen katuns beginning in 1755 c.e.
planetary midline: vertical arm of the World Tree, corresponding to longitude 12 degrees East on the earth
Pleiades: group of stars in Taurus, part of Gould's Belt
Plumed Serpent (or Feathered Serpent): called Kukulcan by the Yucatec Maya and the Quetzalcoatl by the Aztec
polarity: duality creating tension
polytheist: referring to religions in which many deities are worshiped
Popol Vuh: "Book of Advice," text of ancient origin relating the Mayan creation mythology, sometimes called the Bible of the Maya
postclassical Maya: Maya living in the period 850-1250 c.e.
prana: Sanskrit word for the energy of life
precession: circular movement of the earth's axis
prophecy: prediction about the future based on resonance with spiritual domains
Protestantism: Christian movement emerging in the sixteenth century based on specific protests against the Catholic Church
Pythagoras: Greek thinker living in
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qi: life force in Chinese philosophy
quantum mechanics: physics of wave/particle duality
Quetzal: the national bird of
Quetzalcoatl: Aztec (Nahuatl) name for the Plumed (or Feathered Serpent) called Kukulcan by the Yucatec Maya
Quiauitl: Aztec name for the nineteenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "rain"
Quiche-Maya: group of Maya living in present-day
quintana: five-day period
Qur'an (Koran): holy scripture in the Islamic religion, consecrated by the Prophet Muhammad in 632 c.e.
Reformation: movement favoring the reform of the Catholic Church; founded by Luther, Calvin, and others
Regional Creation Cycle/Regional Underworld: fifth level of creation thirteen pictuns, beginning 102,000 years ago
reincarnation: idea that the human soul passes from life to afterlife to life again
Renaissance: cultural movement expressing the liberation of the individual, especially artistically, in late medieval
Revelation: Apocalypse, the end scenario of creation in the Bible
Romanticism: cultural movement in the early nineteenth century in
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Sacred Calendar: name given to the 260-day tzolkin
Sacred Days of Venus: day signs on which Venus may emerge as a morning star
Saint Francis of
Schumann resonance: electromagnetic impulses in the cavity between the ionosphere and the earth's crust
shaman: person with the ability to contact and see into the Otherworld
Shiva: Hindu god of creation and destruction
Six Sky Lord: deity ruling the sixth Underworld
solar wind: wind of charged particles moving from the sun toward the earth
solar year; period corresponding to one revolution of the earth around the sun
spinning jenny: automatic spinning machine invented in 1794
spiritual bodies: ethereal, nonphysical aspect of the body
spiritual energy: life force; prana or qi
spring and autumn equinoxes: days of spring and autumn, respectively, when the duration of the day equals that of the night
stele (or stela): stone slab erected to celebrate a ruler (plural: steleae)
Stone Age: era in human evolution before metals came into use
Stonehenge: arrangement of ancient stone megaliths in southwestern
subconscious awareness: an awareness that is unknown to the conscious mind
Sun Wheel: symbol showing a perpendicular cross in a circle
superstition: belief without foundation
sutra: verse of precept (or a collection thereof) from the Buddhist or Vedic scriptures
synchronicity: statistically unlikely event that appears meaningful and meant to happen
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Taoism: Chinese philosophy developed by Lao-tzu around the middle of the sixth century b.c.e.
Tecciztecatl: Aztec goddess of the moon, ruler of the sixth day sign of the uinal
Tecpatl: Aztec name for the eighteenth day sign of the uinal, meaning "obsidian knife"
Teotihuacanos: ancient Mesoamerican people living around
Tepeyollotl: Aztec deity, the heart of the mountain, ruler of the third day sign of the uinal
Tezcatlipoca: Aztec god of darkness, ruler of the tenth day of the trecena and the thirteenth and
fifteenth days of the uinal; the nemesis of Quetzalcoatl
theta waves: brain waves in the frequency range 4-7 Hz
Thirty Years' War: religious war raging in
Tika: major Mayan temple site in present-day
time lock: factor blocking an aspect of consciousness for a specific period of time
Tlacolteotl: Aztec goddess of love consuming the filth of men, and ruler of the fifth day of the trecena
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli: Aztec deity associated with the morning star and ruling before dawn, ruler of the twelfth day of the trecena
Tlaloc: Aztec god of rain and war, ruler of the eighth day of the trecena
Tlaltecutli: Aztec god of the earth, ruler of the second day of the trecena
Tochtli: Aztec name of the eighth day sign, meaning "rabbit"
Toltecs: Mesoamerican people whose capital was
Tonacatecuhtli: Aztec god of procreation, ruler of the first day of the uinal and (sometimes) the seventh day of the trecena
Tonalaciuatl: female aspect of Tonacatecuhtli
Tonalpouhalli: Nahuatl (Aztec) name for the tzolkin chart
Tonatiuh: Aztec god of the sun ad warriors, ruler of the fourth day of the trecena and the nineteenth day of the uinal
trecena: thirteen-day period of the tzolkin; a round of stones 1-13
Tribal Creation Cycle/Tribal Underworld: fourth level of creation of thirteen kalabtuns beginning 41 million years ago
True Count: tzolkin count used by the Maya for 2,500 years
True Cross: World Tree and its projections on the galactic and planetary levels
tun: period of 360 days
tuniversary: spiritual birthday occurring every 360 days
tzolkin: 260-day count, also called the Sacred Calendar
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uaxaclahunkins: Mayan name for an eighteen-day cycle
uinal: twenty-day period; a round of the twenty Day Lords
uinic: Mayan word for human being
Universal Creation Cycle/Universal Underworld: ninth level of creation of 260 days beginning February 11, 2011
universal human being: unlimited human being with a cosmic consciousness developed by the Universal Underworld
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Venus cycle: an approximately 584-day progression through the phases of Venus as seen from the earth
Venus passage: passage (transit) of the planet Venus across the disc of the sun, occurring about once every century
Venus tables: astronomical tables in the Dresden Codex describing the phases of Venus
Venus transit: same as Venus passage; an "eclipse" of the sun by Venus
vortexes: spiral organizing structures for spiritual energy
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World Tree: perpendicular organizing structure for the creation of the cosmos
Xaman: Mayan name of the deity ruling the Northern direction
Xbalanque: one of the Hero Twins in the Popol Vuh, meaning "jaguar"
Xiuhtecuhtli: Aztec god of fire and time, ruler of the ninth day sign of the uinal and the first day of the trecena
Xochipilli: Aztec god of flowers, ruler of the eleventh day sign
Xochiquetzal: Aztec goddess of flowers, ruler of the twentieth day sign
Xochitl: Aztec name for the twentieth day sign, meaning "flower"
Xolotl: Aztec deity ruling the seventeenth day of the uinal, meaning "dog-headed monster," twin brother of Quetzalcoatl
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Yaxkin: Mayan name for the center of the Four Directions
year bearer: day sign ruling the first day of a new year
Yggdrasil: Norse name for the World Tree, imagined as a huge ash
yin/yang: Chinese names for the dark/light, female/male polarity of the cosmos
yin/yang fields: projections of yin/yang dualities onto the earth's surface
Yohualticitl: Aztec goddess of birth, ruler of the eleventh day of the trecena
Yucatec: originating on the
Yum Kax: Mayan name for the corn god
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Zapotecs: ancient Mesoamerican people who discovered the tzolkin; they lived in the state of
zenith:
zero: mathematical concept developed by the Maya around the time of Christ
Zoroaster: Persian religious leader who introduced a dualist yet monotheist religion
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