Phobos: Mayan Fear Read Free Page B

Chilam Balam to be the author of the Mayan Popol Vuh, the Mesoamerican equivalent of the Bible, at the heart of which is the Mayan creation story. Much like the Old Testament, the Popol Vuh’s stories contain historical mythology that strains the boundaries of credibility. Like our own Judeo-Christian Bible, the Mayan creation story was never intended to be taken literally (more on that later). Instead, it was encrypted with an ancient knowledge that unveils the truth about mankind’s future and past.
    Following decades of work, I managed to decode the Mayan creation story. And therein lies yet another paradox, for the deciphered text reveals incredible details regarding Homo sapiens’s mysterious ascension as an intelligent force of nature—only the evolutionary events described in the Popol Vuh took place millions of years ago!
    In archaeology, we call this a paradox. In layman’s terms, one might call it a déjà vu. By definition, déjà vu is the uneasy feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously—as if the event has already happened.
    It has.
    As incredible as it sounds, I have discovered that our physical universe is caught within a temporal time loop that begins and ends with our destruction on the winter solstice of 2012, and the very instrument that once more shall be responsible for the Doomsday Event has been constructed on our watch—

    —funded by our tax dollars.

    —JG

    Note:
Professor Gabriel’s final papers were subsequently banned from publication or public review as per ruling of the Massachusetts superior court (Borgia v. Gabriel estate; Hon. Judge Thomas Cubit presiding). The Cambridge University archaeology department petitioned and received the papers following Professor Gabriel’s death on August 24, 2001, and his son Michael’s incarceration at the Bridgewater State mental facility for the criminally insane. The Pentagon successfully appealed the ruling to the British courts, who ordered the papers sealed and not to be reviewed. They remained archived until 2032.

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    2047
(Thirty-five years after the prophesied
Doomsday Event)

    ATLANTIC OCEAN
107 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA
(BERMUDA TRIANGLE)
    APRIL 16, 2047

    D isplacing 130,000 tons, the cruise ship Paradise Lost knifes through the deep blue waters of the Atlantic, its twin propellers churning a quarter-mile-long foamy trail. A thousand feet long, with a 120-foot beam that supports thirteen guest decks, the ocean liner is powered by the latest in NiCE (Nonpolluting i-Combustion Engineering) system design. Replacing the old steam-driven turbines (a gallon of fuel for every fifty feet of propulsion), the ship’s turbines draw power from the primary phase of the NiCE system—a five-megawatt solar plant. Occupying an acre of upper deck space in the stern is a water tower, surrounded by seventeen hundred rotating solar mirrors. As sunlight strikes the mirrors, the magnified heat is redirected to the tower and its built-in boiler, raising internal temperatures to a superhot 875 degrees Fahrenheit. The generated steam is used to turn twin turbines located in the engine room, driving the ship’s propellers.
    Phase two of the NiCE system kicks in once the boat is under way. Smokestacks that once belched toxic plumes of carbon dioxide have been replaced by wind turbines. As the ocean liner moves forward, these towering lightbulb-shaped blades capture the steady supply of wind, converting the kinetic energy into enough electricity to power every device on the floating hotel.
    Like all cruise ships, Paradise Lost is first and foremost a pleasure boat. Inside the massive craft, virtual reality suites augment the boat’s five-star restaurants, Broadway-caliber shows, and casinos. Outside, the six open-air decks are dominated by “hydro-leisure activities,” at the center of which are two cascading waterfalls that churn a lazy river, rapids, and pit stops at open buffets.
    For guests preferring