Let us examine that error, since it is one of the most oft-repeated errors of the 2012 milieu: Scarcely do we get a half-dozen words into Braden’s first point before the first, glaring, fatal error is exposed. These are all claims that are echoed across the spectrum of New Age rhetoric. Recent validation of quantum principles proves that the way we perceive our world - our beliefs about our experience - strongly influences our physical reality. Scientists agree that Earth's magnetic fields are weakening quickly, and some suspect that we are in the early stage of a polar reversal.Ĭorrelations between the magnetic fields of the Earth and human experience suggest that it is easier for us to accept change and adapt to new ideas in weaker fields of magnetism. It is predicted to peak in 2012, with an intensity of 30 to 50 percent greater than previous cycles. On March 10, 2006, a cycle of solar storms ended and a new cycle began. The end of the Mayan Great Cycle marks a rare alignment of our planet, our solar system and the center of our galaxy - one that will not occur again for another 26,000 years. Hopefully, this discussion will entail an informed rebuttal of many of the most common arguments of the 2012 apocalypticists, since Braden deploys several of the favorite mainstay fallacies of the New Age arsenal in defending his vision of the 2012 apocalypse.īraden helpfully includes a summary of the five points of the article (they are included in an online excerpt of this article), which is where I will begin, and then use material from the article to discuss where Braden has, erm, missed the boat on a number of important issues. What follows is a point-by-point critical discussion of the inexcusably bad science, the flagrant falsehoods, and the New Age gobbledygook that this article flaunts. The keynote address of this collection is Gregg Braden’s essay Choice Point 2012, which provides a good, general survey of the core claims of 2012 apocalypticism. While most of what he teaches is pseudo science, he also spreads the 2012 nonsense about the Maya.