Fifth World (Native American mythology)

The Fifth World is the physical world in several Native American beliefs that center around a cyclical understanding of time. According to Maya mythology, the current world we inhabit is the "Fourth World". In these belief systems, time is cyclical, and the end of one world is the beginning of the next.^{[citation needed]} The Maya calendar charts out this progression through astrology with some believing that the world will end sometime near the December solstice in 2012 although this has been denied by various Mayan groups, scholars and ancient inscriptions occasionally mention predicted future events or commemorations beyond 2012.

The Aztecs held similar beliefs, but they believed we are currently in the fifth world, and that it is the sixth world that is to arrive next.^{[citation needed]}

The coming Fifth World (where our present World is presented as the Fourth) is said to arrive following a cycle in nature affecting our entire Solar System, where our Earth births an egg (Mystery Egg, Hidden Egg) and then moves "up" within our system to reach its crowning place. All of the Earth's life is then said to be "raised" to its perfected-eternal form. Some tribes refer to the period of change as "Purification Time". During that period of purification, time is said to change where we must choose between the natural Time we have now upon our Earth (meant for us) and an unnatural time structure which removes us from nature and our opportunity to reach the Fifth World. It is told that everyone will have to choose between the two time frames;one leading to the Fifth World with our Earth, and the other (which will be very alluring, deceiving many) which will remove us from our Earth, taking us to oblivion^{[citation needed]}.

References

• Hancock, Graham. Fingerprints of the Gods.

External links

• The How and Why of the Mayan End Date in 2012 AD