El Factor Maya

by José Argüelles

La publicación de El Factor Maya en Argentina, precisamente siete años antes del 2012, es parte del cumplimiento de la profecía de El Factor del “retorno maya” en el cierre del ciclo. Que otra edición de El Factor Maya se publique,esta vez en Argentina, favorece este retorno psicomítico. El Factor Maya es tan popular actualmente como lo fué cuando se publicó por primera vez, pero ahora en una escala global.Y esto porque el mismo título del libro define una fuerza mayor en la configuración de los asuntos humanos en el cierre del ciclo.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Metaphysics, Archaeology

Paperback

First published April 1, 1987

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful information about living in natural time. If your are not about to question your calendar and your clock, don't read this.

[MsheArt2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read most of this book this in August 1986 before a group of us congregated on the beach in Plum Island, Newburyport in honour of peace and goodwill, for the Harmonic Convergence.
He may have found the connection between the Mayans & the galactic seasons, time only will tell.
I found both the book and his diagrams fascinating.

[Blair · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just couldn't. I made it 70 pages in and I couldn't take the cultural appropriation and unjustified remarks that form the basis of his new calendar based on the Mayan system. I'm reevaluating the divinitory system that's so popular here based upon how little I dug this read.

[Ponder · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good entre into the literature of Mayan time science and mythology. Arguelles points about calendars and how they keep society in agreement about everything opened my eyes to this aspect of culture.

[Elizabeth Traver · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice introduction to the subject matter. I read this in the late 90s. Might be good for someone actually interested in Mayan cosmology versus Hollywood Apocalypse.

[Judy]

A reread. This book clearly establishes that the myth of the peaceful Mayan culture has been punctuated sharply.

[Monika Müller · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having lived for over 7 1/2 years in the region of Mayan indigenous - I have learned about the cosmos, specially about being a unity with the universe, much more than this book gave to me, which - neither in English nor in Spanish - enhanced me to go through all those assumptions and read it completely to the end.
This book is HEAD only, whereas the life of the Mayas is and was originally playful use of life's energy - what as a natural result allows to make astral journeys in the universe. You might read my book: "The Tantra Connection - Healing Through Cosmic Interface", where I described my astral journey on Mars.
The Mayan cosmology was built on intuition and conscious use of the body as an energy body - therein is to find the highest developed Tantra.

I am, however, aware that this book is considered as one of the most important writings about the Mayas - and there is no doubt about that writing this book was a lot of work.

[Carmen Hartono · Rating 5 out of 5]

'The Mayan Factor' was written to guide the reader through changing times leading up to 2012.

Argüelles artistically divides a five thousand year history into 400 year segments to paint a fascinating mosaic of global developments through the millennia. One cannot help but conclude that all humanity shares a common experience documented through different art forms and calendars.

[Luis Murillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved how the author was able to find the parallels between the ancient Korean tetragrams and the Mayan tetragrams. In this book you will also find more parallels on the Mayan, Aztec, Hopi, Chinese, and Egyptian cultures.

[Sarita · Rating 3 out of 5]

take a math class when you read this book.

[Christina Gervais]

Reading now. Informative but, takes time to understand.

[Monq · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not an easy read or well written but informative & interesting.

[Arturo Cuscó · Rating 3 out of 5]

Throughout astral ages intergalactic energy fluctuates, causing the periodically activation of a consciousness "beaming" across the galaxy. This in turn catalyzes the transmission, or perhaps "travel," of souls and of consciousness from one star system to another.
The Mayans are one of the peoples of Earth to have received such transmissions. It was these out-of-Earth transmissions that inspired the Mayans to build pyramids and their sacred calendars. Will they again be receiving them?
Perhaps the main focus of this book is the premise that the Mayan calendars are a galactic harmonization tool used both to improve these transmissions as well as well as to improve on the overall harmony of our galaxy. By harmonizing with other life systems across this galaxy, we may improve upon a galactic harmony that we all may reap the benefits from.
Thus, the 260-day Tzolking sacred calendar, runs a long a 360-Earth-days calendar, that together time the channeling of wisdom across the galaxy. The calendar is not simply counting days, but contains information, about life, about mapped location in the galaxy, and about and numerology and harmonics.
Prepare yourself for a far-out trip! Is José Argüelles some kind of divine messenger, a genius, or an extremely imaginative individual that writes mystic-history-based fictions in order to captivate large audiences? You tell me!
To make sense of everything that the author says requires much more dedication than simply reading this book. This was to me the downside of this book. If you are thinking that you can just read this book and get everything that he says, you are mistaken. The hypothesis in this book is incredibly complex and requires deep research that almost no individuals have ever done. However, the main ideas are communicated very effectively and you do not need extra study nor a very sophisticated mind to get the main points. There is no doubt in my mind, that if his hypothesis is correct, then his research is an incredible jewel to the achievements of humanity in understanding consciousness, culture and life on our planet. And whether you get everything that he says or not, and whether he is right or not, if you're interested in these subjects this book will be a fun read!

[Shane · Rating 3 out of 5]

As you can tell from the subtitle, Path Beyond Technology, this singular book hasn’t aged well. Dr José Argüelles, an author and artist, is best known as the mastermind behind the Harmonic Convergence, a synchronised global peace meditation on a key date in the Mayan (or new-age) calendar. Published in 1987, just months before the Convergence occurred, The Mayan Factor overwhelms with numbers, diagrams, charts, graphs, glyphs and line drawings of ancient Mayan stone carvings, involving correspondences between the Mayan calendar, DNA, the I Ching, the planets, the Book of Revelations [sic] etc. – giving the impression of extensive scholarly research; and, indeed, Argüelles has a PhD in art history and aesthetics.

What Argüelles offers, though, while some of it reads like wild prophecy, is really no more than a mind-expanding vision of possibility with roots in the peace-and-love ethos of the countercultural ’60s. Since his utopian thesis claims that our planet is due for a cosmic awakening, an unprecedented evolutionary breakthrough, and the much-touted 2012 came and went with no signs of this joyous event, it’s easy to write him off as a false prophet or a pisshead, and miss the seeds of wisdom in his vision. As ever-growing multitudes forget how to function without a device connected to their eyes, ears and hands, the imaginative faculty is withdrawing from humanity.

Argüelles dreamed of a world of beings fully present to themselves, each other, the Earth and even the whole galaxy, not of media-muddled empty vessels at the mercy of algorithms. What would he make of our current fear-based climate, with bans on mass celebrations and orders to stay inside and isolate forcing us to rely still more on technology for all contact? Maybe it’s for the best that he died in 2011, bless him.

[Noel · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not what I expected. It started off bad and then got worse towards the end. I truly did think the theories of the Mayans were unique but it was very New Age. The fact that the theories led to the year 2012 was pretty funny because well we’re in 2025. Cool artwork throughout the book but the author clearly harps on his beliefs. And it’s clear as day he truly believes this stuff. Get ready for all the math equations in this book. Feels like the author wrote this in his basement just in his head the whole time. Other than that art work of glyphs were well done. 2/5 would not read again.

[Sandrine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was introduced to the 13 moon calendar exactly a year ago. I followed its energetic path more than the detailed sign interpretation and numbers. The book gave a bit more detailed background on said numbers and setting the calendar within its galactic context.
I liked chapter 7 the most. I like the retro engineering of the beyond technology. Totally on the roll with Back to
The Future…

[Michelle Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

Very informative, insightful, and dynamic. The Mayan Factor leaves no holes barred. The awesome connectivity of information that the author provides concerning galactic time and our role in the universe alone is worth checking out.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

pretty cool and interesting for awhile, until he gets really into mayan mathematics and jargon. kinda crazy stuff. a fun read if you can get past new age aspects.

[sam stanton · Rating 4 out of 5]

compellingness of topic: 5/5
writing style: 2.5/5

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really interesting reading. It links so many beliefs together through science, numerical equations and harmonic codes. Further dispelling the end of the earth in 2012. As a side note, it was written in 1987.

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fed nicely into my fascination with the Mayans.

[Bpaul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very clear, but really helpful nonetheless.

[Ruth Molina · Rating 1 out of 5]

en un principio me entusiasmo bastante ,pero en estos momentos quiero dejar de leerlo ,pues lo encuentro algo estresante,y muy enredado.

[Sharon E. · Rating 3 out of 5]

super interesting but over my head...

[Alba Peñalver]

Wow