What can we garner from the creation myth? The name, Hun or One Hunahpu, relates to the calendar name One Ahau, a day-sign meaning first sun. The first sun of the new year is the December solstice sun. The prophesied date of doom ends on the winter solstice in the year 2012—exactly one 25,800 year processional cycle from the very first day of the Mayan calendar!

Using a computer program that allows one to forecast the cosmos at any date in history, I have calculated the night sky as it will appear in 2012. Beginning at the time of the autumnal equinox, an extremely rare astronomical alignment will occur between the galactic and solar planes. The dark rift of the Milky Way will appear to sit on the Earth’s horizon, and the Sun will begin to move into alignment at its center point. This stellar shift will culminate on the day of the winter solstice, a day considered by most ancient cultures to be the Day of the Dead. On this date, for the first time in 25,800 years, the Sun will move in conjunction with the crossing point of the Milky Way and the ecliptic in Sagittarius, marking the alignment of the Galactic Equator, the exact center of the galaxy.

Somehow, the Mayan calendar accurately predicted this celestial event more than 3,000 years ago. Interpreting the creation myth, the galactic alignment will climax with the opening of a cosmic portal that bridges the gap between our planet and the Mayan Underworld, Xibalba.

Call it fiction, call it fact, but somehow this intergalactic alignment will culminate in the deaths of every man, woman, and child on the face of our planet.

—Excerpt from the Journal of Professor Julius Gabriel,

Ref. Catalogue 1978-79 pages 43-52 Catalogue 1998-99 pages 11-75.

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
MIAMI, FLORIDA

Wake up, Intern Vazquez. You’re falling for Gabriel’s famous conspiracy theory.”

“I disagree.” Dominique returns Dr. Foletta’s cold stare from the opposite side of his desk. “There’s no reason that Mick Gabriel shouldn’t be assigned a full support team.”

Foletta leans back in the swivel chair, his weight threatening the coiled springs. “Now let’s just calm down for a moment. Look at you—you’ve spoken with the resident twice, and already you’re making diagnoses. In my opinion, you’re becoming emotionally involved, something we spoke about on Friday. This is exactly why I recommended to the board not to bring in a team at this time.”

“Sir, I assure you, I’m not emotionally involved. It just seems to me that people have rushed to judgment in this case. Yes, I agree he’s suffering from delusions, but they could easily be attributed to having spent the last eleven years in solitary. And as far as violence, there’s nothing that I’ve seen in Mick’s file which points to anything but a one-time case of simple assault.”

“What about the attack on the guard?”