I was expecting something very different in this book which I won on LibraryThing. First off the title does not match what I found inside the book! I thought that the text of the book would discuss the ideas behind the 2012 “End of the World” Mayan calendar and other related “End of Days” predictions and how they relate to our modern world. What I found was a book that discusses the similarities found in different religions and people (including the Mayans) and their concept of time, spirit and heaven. I think a better title would have been “Religious Concepts and the Shift of Ages” and leave the “2012” and “Guide to the End of the World out! The book did cover some interesting information and I learned much while reading it but the text did not live up to the title. If you are interested in history and the different spiritual concepts for the different levels of self-awareness, then this is a good book to read. If you are looking for the details behind the Mayan calendar and the 2012 event, this is not the book. ( )

At first I that this book was going to be Hoockey when I read the title but I was pleasantly surprised when I started to read this. It had historical aspects and I thought it was interesting because I did not know much about these early civilizations so I really learned alot from this book. ( )