José Argüelles
Perhaps
best known for his role in initiating the world famous Harmonic Convergence
global peace meditation of August 16-17, 1987, JosŽ
ArgŸelles was also one of the originators of the Earth Day concept
and is recognized as the Òfather of the Whole Earth Festival,Ó now
in its 33rd year at Davis, California.
Holding
a Ph.D. in art history and aesthetics from the University
of Chicago
(1969) JosŽÕs career as an educator has included professorships at
Princeton University, University of California Davis, the Evergreen
State College, Olympia Washington, the Naropa Institute, San Francisco
State University, the University of Colorado and the Union Graduate
School.
An
artist as well as an author, his numerous books include the international
best seller, The Mayan Factor, Earth Ascending, Surfers of the
Zuvuya, The Arcturus Probe and the recently published Time
and the Technosphere: The Law of Time in Human Affairs.
A
spiritual seeker, JosŽ studied Tibetan Buddhism for many years with
noted meditation master, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, yet feels it is
important to break out of the shell of all organized religion and
establish what he calls a Òreturn to UR - the Universal Religion.Ó
But
it is his pioneering research of the Mayan calendar system that has
absorbed his energies most passionately. Ever since he had a visionary
experience at the age of fourteen atop the Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan,
Mexico in 1953, he has pursued a lifelong investigation of the mathematics
and prophecies associated with the Mayan calendar.
His
explorations and deciphering
of the Mayan calendar has resulted in an interactive game called
Dreamspell - the Journey of Timeship Earth 2013, (a universalized
expression
of the mathematics of the Mayan Calendar for modern humanity), and
the discovery of the Law of Time. According to the Law of Time,
modern
humanity is in trouble because it is immersed in an erroneous and
artificial perception of time which causes it to deviate at an
accelerated
rate from the natural order of the universe. To remedy this situation,
Arguelles has been promoting the return to a natural timing cycle
through the regular measure of the Thirteen Moon 28-day calendar.
Since
the end-date of the current Great Cycle of the Mayan calendar is
in
the year 2012, in order to survive the worst, humanity must make
a shift to natural time - and soon. According to ArgŸelles, the
time for this shift is from July 26, 2004 through July
26, 2012, the Great Calendar Change, when he is calling upon
humanity to reject the current calendar and adopt the natural time
Thirteen Moon 28-day calendar.
Currently
serving as the President of the Foundation for the Law of Time
- the
organization that promotes his cause - ArgŸelles was honored on March
3, 2002 as ÒValum Votan, Closer of the CycleÓ by Nine Indigenous
Elders atop the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan who awarded him
a ceremonial
staff for his efforts in helping to wake humanity up to the meaning
of 2012...
For more information on José Argüelles:
www.lawoftime.org
