Atlantis and 2012: The Science of the Lost Civilization and the Prophecies of the Maya »

Frank Joseph is the editor in chief of Ancient American magazine and the author of Atlantis and 2012, The Destruction of Atlantis, The Lost Civilization of Lemuria, Survivors of Atlantis, and The Lost Treasure of King Juba. He lives in Minnesota.

Frank Joseph posits that the Mayan Calendar was brought to Mesoamerica by survivors of Atlantis and Lemuria. He reveals how the calendar's eternal cycle correlates with scientific studies on glacial ice cores and predictions from indigenous people.

Countdown to 2012 vii

Introduction: End Times or Golden Age? 1

Part 1 2012

1 What Was Atlantis? 12

2 The Other Side of the Mirror 25

3 Sacred Numerals 29

4 The Atlanta-Mayan Calendar 33

5 A Rebellion of the Earth 58

6 The Great Winter 67

7 The Super Solar Storm 79

8 The Coming of the Blue Star 88

9 The Inca Calendar 97

10 Doom Number 103

11 How Could They Have Possibly Known? 108

Part 2 The Seer

12 Plato or Cayce? 116

13 Lost Motherland, Drowned Fatherland 128

14 Edgar Cayce's Dream of Lemuria 134

15 He Saw Atlantis 140

16 The Terrible, Mighty Crystal 148

17 North America's Atlanto-Lemurian Legacy 152

18 Middle American Crucible 161

19 The Incas' Atlanto-Lemurian Heritage 168

20 Edgar Cayce's Atlanteans and Lemurians 175

21 Last Chance or Judgment in 2012? 204

Glossary 213

Notes 216

Bibliography 230

Index 238