The Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind [Paperback]

Barbara Hand Clow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2007

Bestselling author Barbara Hand Clow shows how the Mayan Calendar is a bridge to galactic wisdom that fosters personal growth and human evolution

• Unearths the meaning behind the calendar, its message for modern civilization, and what will happen when the calendar ends

• Reveals how time acceleration is a manifestation of the acceleration of consciousness

• By the author of The Pleiadian Agenda

The Mayan Code is a deep exploration of how, as we approach the end of the Mayan Calendar, time and consciousness are accelerating, giving us a new understanding of the universe. Using Carl Johan Calleman’s research, as well as the ideas of other Mayan Calendar scholars, Barbara Hand Clow examines 16.4 billion years of evolution to decode the creative patterns of Earth--the World Mind. These great patterns culminate in 2011, and then during 2012 major astrological influences will inspire us to attain oneness and enlightenment.

The Mayan Code shows how the time cycles of the Calendar match important periods in the evolutionary data banks of Earth and the Milky Way Galaxy. These stages of evolution are converging during the final stage of the Calendar, the period between 1999 and 2011. War and territoriality, resource management and separation from nature, are all part of daily events we must process during these few short years: evidence of the tightening spiral of time that we experience as time speeding up. Barbara Hand Clow counsels that our own personal healing is the most important factor as we prepare to make this critical leap in human evolution--now referred to as the awakening of the World Mind.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The Mayan Code is really interesting and amazing because its statements are based on facts. For instance, it mentions the VEDA. We the Mayas know this people as the BEDZA. They used and followed the ancient calendar of 360 days, just as the Mayas did with the Haab calendar that has 360 days too. I recommend you to read this book.”
(Hunbatz Men, Maya Itza Tradition )

“Barbara Hand Clow has written the definitive book about 2012. This book, quite simply, is the best resource that now exists. A very wise human being has poured her heart, her soul, and her mind into these words. The Mayan Code is a great gift to us all.”
(Whitley Strieber, author of Communion and The Key )

“Barbara Hand Clow’s inspired and well-researched articulation of the Mayan Calendar provides a significant aid to understanding the mechanics of the acceleration of time and the process of human evolution. She offers a refreshingly radical and hopeful outcome for our future beyond the Calendar’s end in 2011–2012.”
(Nicki Scully, author of Alchemical Healing and coauthor of Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt )

“From now through 2012 we are walking what the Mayas call Xi Balba bih, ‘The Road of Awe.’ Tools that assist us in looking at the vast acceleration and wave of evolution that we are experiencing, through the largest possible soul lens, will be of great assistance during these transformative times. This book is highly recommended for that process.”
(Ariel Spilsbury, coauthor of The Mayan Oracle: Return Path to the Stars )

"Protean, synthesizing, and vastly evocative, [Hand Clow] explores how our own personal healing is the most important factor as we prepare to make this critical jump in human evolution . . ."
(The Inference Reader, May 2007 )

"This exciting book grabs your attention and doesn't let go until the very end, and then some."
(Arco Carib, Aug 2007 )

"I highly recommend the book to alchemists, spiritual adepts and seekers of mystery. The Mayan Code is indeed the handbook of spiritual alchemy as Barbara Hand-Clow provides us with copious illustrations, maps, diagrams, and dozens of references and cross-references, allowing this complicated material to be disseminated easily." (
Lesley Crossingham, New Dawn )

" . . . full of information that is not commonly found among the rows of shelves found in the bookstore philosophy section and it's rational and easy to read approach to our evolution, and our possible future, are laid out with precision and full of relevant knowledge." (
Women's Radio )

"Barbara Hand Clow, author of more than a dozen books and DVDs, has taken the revelations espoused by Carl Johann Calleman in his book, The Mayan Calendar, to another extraordinary level." (
Curtis McCosco, CirclesofLight.com, Feb 09 )

From the Back Cover

MAYAN STUDIES / NEW AGE

“The Mayan Code is really interesting and amazing because its statements are based on facts. For instance, it mentions the VEDA. We the Mayas know this people as the BEDZA. They used and followed the ancient calendar of 360 days, just as the Mayas did with the Haab calendar that has 360 days too. I recommend you to read this book.”
--Hunbatz Men, Maya Itza Tradition

“Barbara Hand Clow has written the definitive book about 2012. This book, quite simply, is the best resource that now exists. A very wise human being has poured her heart, her soul, and her mind into these words. The Mayan Code is a great gift to us all.”
--Whitley Strieber, author of Communion and The Key

The Mayan Code is a deep exploration of how, as we approach the end of the Mayan Calendar, time and consciousness are accelerating, giving us a new understanding of the universe. Using Carl Johan Calleman’s research, as well as the ideas of other Mayan Calendar scholars, Barbara Hand Clow examines 16.4 billion years of evolution to decode the creative patterns of Earth--the World Mind. These great patterns culminate in 2011, and then during 2012 major astrological influences will inspire us to attain oneness and enlightenment.

The Mayan Code shows how the time cycles of the Calendar match important periods in the evolutionary data banks of Earth and the Milky Way Galaxy. These stages of evolution are converging during the final stage of the Calendar, the period between 1999 and 2011. War and territoriality, resource management and separation from nature, are all part of daily events we must process during these few short years: evidence of the tightening spiral of time that we experience as time speeding up. Barbara Hand Clow counsels that our own personal healing is the most important factor as we prepare to make this critical leap in human evolution--now referred to as the awakening of the World Mind.

BARBARA HAND CLOW is an International Mayan Elder (Comunidad Indigena Maya), Cherokee Record Keeper, and internationally acclaimed ceremonial teacher and author. She has written ten other books, including The Pleiadian Agenda, The Mind Chronicles, Chiron, Alchemy of Nine Dimensions, and Catastrophobia, and she maintains an astrological website, www.handclow2012.com.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Bear & Company (April 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591430704
• ISBN-13: 978-1591430704
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #12 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Physics > Time
  • #28 in Books > History > Ancient > Mayan

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119 of 128 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! A 2012 book that makes sense to me!, August 9, 2007

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Kathy W (Baltimore, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind (Paperback)

This book, by Barbara Hand Clow, is well written and appears to be based on facts involving the ancient Mayan calendar. She speaks to the acceleration of time and the process of human evolution from ancient times through the end of the calendar 2011/2012 (guesstimates vary through 12/21/2012). I know that some of you believe that we are currently in transformative times and are seeking to make sense of it all. Right now, according to the Mayans, we are walking the path "Xi Balba bih" (The Road of Awe) and for those seeking a better understanding of what lies ahead, this book could be useful. This book is NOT a doom and gloom portrayal of the future, but is, as I believe, the hope of a better future, a future of peace and love for many as we move forward into an anticipated leap of human consciousness. Barbara talks about the meaning of the calendar and the message it holds for modern civilization. Barbara gives in-depth explanations of how the Mayan calendar works, the details of which are a little too technical for me, but that's OK. I don't really need to understand the details of the calendar itself, just her rationale for her analysis. Much of this book resonates very well with me. She talks about the acceleration of time and consciousness. She references the time-acceleration theory work of Carl Johan Calleman and other researchers for a better understanding of the calendar, particularly during its last 5 years (2006/7 through 2011/12--like now Dude/Dudette!) She indicates how the calendar's cycles of time match up with important past and current time periods of the Earth and the Milky Way Galaxy.

I've been reading some 2012 stuff, I guess trying to find something that resonates with my own feelings and guidance in this area. I had studied the Spanish/Mexican language and culture for 5 years in school. In 2004, I visited the Mayan ruins in Chitzenitza, in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. I was fascinated by what I saw and have great respect for this very ancient culture (in its early days, before it was altered by a European gentleman). Our guide was also a Mayan descendent and who spoke about the Mayan calendar in some detail. As you may already know, Mayans were obsessed with time and were extremely accurate in their projections of it. So, maybe they have something to tell us about the future. Granted, no one knows what is going to happen, but, assuming the authors currently "out there" are being honest, and they are getting guidance from somewhere--well, let's just say that there's lots of different guidance going around right now, that's for sure, and lots of confusion. Like I said, this book makes sense to me. If 2012 and projections of a "new world" interest you, consider this book. I don't think you will be disappointed.

Just a side note, though, there are a lot of detailed explanations about the calendar so it gets a little hard to read because of the wealth of details. With that said, though, there's still a lot of info. So, it's like saying, "I'll tell you how to make a watch. If all you need is the time, then take the time and run with it. Disregard what you don't need in extra info."

68 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Code is Flawed, February 2, 2008

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Cat Woman "Cat Woman" (Corvallis, MT USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind (Paperback)

This is a topic that's held my interest for many, many years. I bought this book because of the subtitle "Time Acceleration and Awakening The World Mind", hoping for more insight into the current "Time of No Time" that we're all experiencing, as foretold by the Hopi. I figured Barbara Hand Clow would shed some insight. She did nothing by muddy the waters and confound me with this book.

In the same Amazon shipment, I purchased "The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Conciousness" by Carl Johan Calleman, Ph.D.

I read the Hand Clow book first, FORCING myself to plow through it, despite the poor structure, unclear writing style and her inability to make points that I surmised that she might be aluding to. I kept searching for something. What I found was repeated references to Calleman's book, quotes from his text, and even diagrams from his book. By the time I finished "The Mayan Code", I resolved to never buy anything by this author again. If she hadn't gotten permission from Calleman to cite and reproduce his work, I'd have considered this the highest example of plagarism I'd ever encountered.

When one author cites materials from the work of another, it's usually expected that they build upon their concepts or bring out further insights. In Hand Clow's book, all she managed to do was confuse me about Calleman's message because she doesn't seem to comprehend a Code of her own. I thank my lucky stars that I bought both books. Once I started reading Calleman's, I couldn't put it down. He answers all of the questions I've poked at for years, including the shortening of Time.

This is my very first Amazon Review in many years of reading them. I will review Calleman's book shortly, rating it 5 stars. Do yourself a HUGE FAVOR, and buy Calleman's book instead. His "Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Conciousness" is pure genius. It is clear, concise and articulate beyond belief. Not only does he explain the acceleration of time, based on his personal understanding of Mayan time cycles and 30 years of research into the Mayan calendar, he truly delivers an historical understanding of how those cycles will actually transform human consciousness. His book has the answers, this book only begs questions -- and Calleman's forgiveness.

66 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First class ticket to humanity's ascendance., June 13, 2007

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Claudia P. Chittenden - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind (Paperback)

Expanding on Carl Johann Calleman's seminal work of time acceleration during the end phases of the Mayan Calendar, Hand-Clow's perspicacious Mayan Code ups the amperage in an area of thought too lately mired in uncommonly pedestrian analyses and trifling infighting.
Deftly dispatching the too often apocalyptic end-date-of-the-calendar myopia, Hand-Clow takes the reader on an astonishing journey of new analyses, reinterpreting who we've been, who we are and who we're becoming. Incorporating invigorating new thought from areas as diverse as soul involution, new-paradigm astrophysics and archaeology, exo-politics and indigenous anthropology--plus a scintillating dash of her own intuitive analysis--Hand-Clow with gracious aplomb probes the genesis of the burgeoning new potential on planet Earth.
With The Mayan Code, Hand-Clow has crafted an energetic cross-discipline exploration of human development through time that concludes with our present high-velocity transformation of consciousness at the close of the Mayan Calendar. If the Mayan Calendar is a blueprint of humanity's maturation and ascendance, then The Mayan Code provides the lattice for humanity's psycho-spiritual transcendence into its birth right as a fully-conscious multi-dimensional species.
Find a comfortable chair and enjoy the ride as Barbara in her characteristic no-holds-barred style rips through time from the Big Bang to the Paleozoic to humanity's self transformation at the end of our current era, all the while taking you on an inner journey of self-discovery consonant with our coming of age as a species. A remarkably refreshing and innovative read, The Mayan Code will embrace your mind, soul and spirit, and caress you with an orgasm of transcendent spiritual synergy.
Want to know where we're headed as a species, and how and when we'll get there? Get The Mayan Code! Read it. Live it. Embrace the time acceleration and embody Gaia's ascendance and humanity's transformation during the almost-too-rapidly emerging multi-dimensional era of Light.
I was still weeping with joy two days after reading The Mayan Code.