El Quetzal Issue 4: 1 Eb

Trecena of 1 Eb Dec 9: 1 Eb Dec 10: 2 Ben Dec 11: 3 Ix Dec 12: 4 Men Dec 13: 5 Cib Dec 14: 6 Caban Dec 15: 7 Etznab Dec 16: 8 Cauac Dec 17: 9 Ahau Dec 18: 10 Imix Dec 19: 11 Ik' Dec 20: 12 Akb'al Dec 21: 13 Kan Learn more about these Tzolk’in energies with our daily Tzolk'in calculator. Visit the Mayan Majix web site Advertise your site or services on El Quetzal! Read the MCP blogs Barbara Sadtler Birgitte Rasine Dr. Carl Calleman Ken Johnson Fatih Kecegliolu ...and others! Read our members' 2012 reviews Send a Mayan birthday card to someone special

The Trecena of Pathways Welcome to the fourth issue of El Quetzal. Today we begin our journey on the path of the 8th trecena, the Trecena of 1 Eb. Eb means "Path" or “Road,” but its essence is not so much about traveling on a path as about becoming the path yourself. How so? By channeling who you are and what you know, what you inspire and what you receive, through your heart and soul, through your being and your mind, through your actions towards others. We are all wondrously individual, unique and vibrant living beings, and so we will all experience the energies coursing through this Trecena in very personal ways. This is the vast ocean of consciousness we are all part of. This is where our true life essence pulsates. There is no template, no formula to how to enter or experience any of the trecenas of the sacred Tzolk'in. No roadmap, no directions, no Google Maps. We each hold within our inner being the most natural path to ourselves; but we do need to quiet our minds so that we may hear the songs our higher souls are singing to us. Join us on the daily journeys of each Trecena, online at Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Write to us or send in your Mayan Calendar Story, let us know how these sacred energies resonate with you. Latest 2012 Video Interview We are pleased to announce the latest video interview produced by French-American author and journalist Lilou Mace: she talks to Birgitte Rasine, producer of the Mayan Calendar Portal and Chief Evolution Officer of LUCITÀ, about the 2012 phenomenon, green business, the Maya and how these elements all relate to one another. If you missed the first two interviews, with Dr. Carl Calleman and Dr. Robert Sitler, all of the videos have been posted online on the MCP Video Gallery page. ..watch the interview What does Copenhagen have in common with the Maya? The city of Copenhagen, Denmark, could not be further away from the Yucatán, Guatemala, Honduras, or other ancient Maya lands. And yet, in a poignant reminder of the cyclical nature of time and our human history, it does now harbor critical importance for us as a global civilization. The great civilization of the Maya was at least partially impacted by climate-related changes and by the Maya people’s own unsustainable agricultural practices and use of natural resources. If their region of the world was affected so severely by shifts in natural patterns combined with their impact on their environment, what does that portend for us given the changes our climate is experiencing on a global scale today? The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) is now taking place in Copenhagen; the conference runs from December 7 through 18. For those of us not able to be present in person, we can be there in spirit and send to the leaders and participants wisdom, love and inner peace as they negotiate a new international climate change agreement that will replace the Kyoto Protocol and guide us toward a cleaner, healthier relationship with our planet and our own society. No matter your race, ethnicity, culture, faith, or the number of decimal points in your bank account, our planet’s natural climatic cycles affect all of us. Those who still live disconnected from nature, are living disconnected from themselves—and those are the people who still deny the stark reality of changing natural cycles. Curiously, it’s never those who are directly impacted by the ravages of climate change… Eastern medicine espouses the practice of healing and health as prevention of disease, rather than reactive treatment of symptoms once they happen. Our planet needs us to start listening to her, today. If she gets sick, no amount of medicine will be able to help. This great big blue beautiful planet, hurtling infinitely through space, circling around the Sun, is our home, our heart, our mother and our mother ship. Let’s accord her the love and respect she has been nourishing us with, unconditionally, since the dawn of our civilization. ..follow the climate talks The changing of the gods Artwork by Rich Pulito Do you have photos of the Maya lands, or beautiful images or artwork you would like to share? Your work could be featured here; email us for details.