by Patrick Geryl
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According to Mayan & Egyptian prophecy, the earth awaits a super catastrophe in 2012: its magnetic fields will completely reverse in one agonizing shift. Devastating earthquakes and tidal waves will completely destroy civilization as Europe and North America are pulled north to polar latitudes. Almost all the earth's population will perish. These predictions stem from the sophisticated astronomy of the Maya and Egyptians, descendants of the legendary original Atlanteans, whose island, in this theory, is now buried under the South Pole. The Atlanteans predicted the world-wide flood in 9792 BC. In 2012, according to several 10,000 year-old star codes, Venus, Orion and several other stars will take the same 'code-positions' as in 9792 BC. There is also a forgotten and massive labyrinth, created by the Old Egyptians, of secret chambers filled with artifacts and documents about the previous flood.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
A novel notion, 2009-01-05
The idea that the world as we know it will end is not unique to our generation...The bible talks about it,and as it has been shown that first century believers thought it would occur in thier own lifetimes,the notion that some among the current generation think along the same lines should come as no surprise..Apocalyptic thinking was all the rage in the year 1000A.D. and the mania for predicting the date and cause of the"end of the world" has not lessened since that period..
The idea that the Mayans may have predicted a target date of 2012 for the "end of the world" is also not a new one..It has,however,become a much hotter topic now that 2012 is just a few years off..Many people are attempting to cash in on the idea,knowing that there are many among us who will buy thier books,thier videos,thier what-nots and,further,knowing that if they are wrong it will not matter because they will have already cashed in...
..But what if they are right?Scientists say that the planet is due for a catastrophe..A meteor crash,a pandemic...something...The authors of"The Orion Prophey" claim that in 2012 a complete reverse of the magnetic field will be the cause..Could it happen?...It could..Will it happen in the way that authors Geryl & Ratinckx claim?Probably not..They claim to have knowledge of"secret" proofs left to mankind by "Atlanteans" whom the authors claim to have been victims the last time this reverse took place..The only problem is that these proofs have not been produced..Like the "golden tablets" of Joseph Smith,we are expected to just take Geryl & Ratinckx's word for it..Not good enough..
The book does make some valid points,and,yes,it is possible that 2012 may prove to be a pivotal date in the history of the planet..Between now and then anything could happen,even the reverse of the magnetic field..Just don't bet on it..
One more point..in the introduction to the book one of the authors(we are left to guess which,as neither takes credit)claims to have written the book"out of sheer anger"..This fellow claims to have been on some sort of"hunger diet" which,he claims,would enable him to live"to the grand age of 120"(possible but very unlikely)..He further claims to have arranged his finances so that he would have the funds to enjoy all of the years his woder diet alledgedly would give him..Then this pesky Mayan prediction came along and ruined it all for him because,alledgedly,he put his funds into a trust which he cannot touch until 2016,four years after"the end of the world"..This current book,and several others by the same authors,are modest best-sellers,generating new cash for both individuals..I assume that neither of them are "saving for a rainy day" any more and are spending every penny they make,because if they are not then they are charlatans,and deserve to perish first in whatever catastrophe may come our way in the future.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Narcism runs wild, 2008-10-31
This guy is a total joke... in one breath he rips into Einstein as someone who was clueless about astrophysics and then turns around and informs how the same Einstein supported his views. Can't have it both ways buddy... might want to insert some actually facts to support those broad claims. Save your money!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Waste of My Money, 2007-08-11
I knew I made a mistake in buying this book when I read the first sentance: "I am writing this book out of sheer anger, despair, and misery." The author, Patrick Geryl, writes in hyperbole and loosely uses such language as, "After reading these notes, I was gripped by a terrible fear. Ir's clear that a world disaster of unknown proportions is in store for us." and "I felt so desperate I could have killed myself. Luckily I didn't have the time for it, because I had to finish my research first." He is not a researcher. He is hysterical. I cannot believe such nonsense was actually published and presented as "new age".
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Don't Waste Your Time, 2007-06-20
Patrick Geryl has to rank as the worst published writer of all time! His theory that the world will be destroyed in 2012 based on the most pointless of mathematical calculations is right up there with that of giddy pre-teen girls finding out whom they'll marry by consulting the Ouija board! If the Egyptians and the Mayans were leaving us the result of their scientific prowess messages that we could actually use, they might have just put up a sign that said, Beware 2012! The crypto mumbo jumbo of "proof" in arcane measurements of buildings just makes you want to laugh! Every aspect of Geryl's work screams "Inept"! His theory that there is some huge labyrinth buried in the Egyptian desert that contains 3000 rooms full of the ancients' calculations--oh, Geryl claims to have found it but just couldn't get around to unearthing anything--puhlease! I'm sure there are relics from ancient Egypt that remain to be discovered, but the largest building ever made by man lying doggo in the sands for this long just makes you want to roll your eyes! Now, if you have read any of his work, you will understand what I am doing with the exclamation marks! I'm sure he draws circles over his i's, too!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Major Disappointment , 2007-04-23
It might very well be true large-scaled cataclysms obliterated past civilizations. It might well be true a cataclysm will occur on or around 2012. And maybe our ancestors really were trying to warn us of global disasters that happen cyclically. There's a lot of interesting literature on these subjects, and I've enjoyed quite a few of them, but "The Orion Prophecy" was a poorly written disappointment.
Although the author's theory regarding solar storms and magnetic field reversals is worth looking into, the (otherwise apparently very intelligent) author does little to build his case. His crazy number connections are nothing more than numerology and can easily be dismissed on dimensional bases alone. For example, in Chapter 16 Geryl randomly squares the number of seconds the earth shifts in the zodiac each year, 3.3333, to 11.11111 square seconds, then somehow connects this with the average sunspot cycle of 11 years. He does nothing to explain what led him to squaring that number, why the mathematical operation is relevant, or how 11.11111 square seconds is equivalent to or connected to 11.11111 years. It's just the same number. The sunspot cycle ranges from roughly 8 to 18 years anyway. The accuracy of seven significant digits also seems arbitrary, falsely implying some high degree of precision. It's like he's just clicking away on the calculator looking for anything familiar without understanding why certain operations should or could be made and with no concern for dimensional analysis.
I also couldn't understand the significance he places on the motions of Venus and why its retrograde loop in and around Gemini and Orion has such importance according to the Egyptian holy books. With Venus performing its retrograde loop approximately every year and a half, this loop will occur in various places along the zodiac quite often, so its loop in the vicinity of Orion fails to strike me as especially significant regardless of his interpretations of the ancient texts. These days, readily available programs such as Starry Night display these motions very easily across incredibly time spans, past and future. I looked and I don't see anything especially compelling there.
Apparently I wasn't as excited as Geryl about his "discoveries", because I found myself rolling my eyes at the numerous exclamation points. I laughed at the "Walter Mitty" part where he fantasizes speaking to the passengers and crew on a special ship designed to survive the catastrophe, the guy who saved everybody's lives. He even has "200 young girls" on board, for him no doubt, to repopulate the world.
He advocates certain extreme lifestyle changes such as a hunger diet and outlawing nuclear power, no doubt an angry axe to grind there.
Does the sun indeed periodically perform these devastating magnetic reversals? It could very well be, but this book does more to discredit the theory than to support it. It also adds more "giggle factor" to the already over ridiculed theories of ancient Mayan and Egyptian advanced knowledge.
If it wasn't laughable, it'd be a real bummer. Sad, because if there are indeed periodic cataclysms that can be predicted, Geryl only succeeds in turning a potentially serious issue into a dismissible farce.
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