Is it time to think differently about Europe?

2012. The Mayan civilisation believes that this, the 13th ‘baktun’ – a time-cycle consisting of 144,000 days (394.5 years) – signifies a period of great transformation. Like so many ancient civilisations, there exists a fundamental belief in the cyclical nature of ‘things’. It is a belief that suggests an acceptance of old and new, and of change. This belief is contrary to a more modern precept here in the West, whereby the nature of ‘things’ is no longer ‘cyclical’ but ‘linear’: quite simply, that things last forever. It is not all pseudo-science; there is an important point to be made ...