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Friday, 31 December 2010

Test Driving the TimeWave and the Webbot: Explorations in Futures Forecasting

Test Driving the TimeWave and the Webbot

Explorations in Futures Forecasting

by Rohaan Solare

The TimeWave

The TimeWave is a mathematical program that purports to measure the ebb, flow and rate of novelty in our world. The TimeWave depicts increasingly greater magnitudes of novelty as we approach Dec. 21, 2012—the day the Mayan Long Count Calendar starts anew. The TimeWave was developed independently of Mayan Calendar knowledge.

TimeWave Versions

The TimeWave can be mapped using 5 different number sets. Certain versions are said to be more “mathematically sound” than others. They all end on the same date of Dec 21, 2012, but the wave patterns of peaks and valleys vary among the different versions.
The Sheliak, Watkins and Kelly versions match up well in general terms and the Watkins’ and Kelly versions are nearly identical. The Franklin and Huang Ti versions are the most divergent.
Most TimeWave followers seem to prefer either the Sheliak or Watkins’ version. I am using the Watkins’ version for this experiment because it matches the Webbot’s predictions to a Tee.
Special Note: The correspondences between the Watkins TimeWave version and the latest Webbot report are so exact that some have asked the question if perhaps, Cliff High the publisher of the Webbot report, is superimposing his data results on the TimeWave.
The question doesn’t make sense unless he has 1), verified the accuracy of the Watkins’ TimeWave version, 2), seen the correlations between the two systems and then 3), uses the TimeWave because it improves the accuracy of his reports.
Those interested may download a free copy of the TimeWave software here

What is Novelty?

A dictionary will define novelty as the quality of being new, original, or unusual. When it gets down to it every instance is new because the set of circumstances surrounding every instance changes from one moment to the next.
We must therefore talk about the magnitude and/or rate of novelty to make the word useful when talking about change over time.
In the context of time, novelty is a measure of change. Sometimes the changes in a set of circumstances are great and sometimes they are negligible. Terrence McKenna, the developer of the TimeWave claims it measures the difference in the rate between decreasing change and increasing change/novelty in our world.
Decreasing change is referred to as habit and stability by TimeWave adepts and increasing change as novelty. Downward flows on the Timewave graph represent increasing novelty and the upward flows denote a decreasing rate of change.

The Webbot

The Webbot is a specialized search engine that measures the appearance of certain emotionally laden key words from emerging web content. The developers of the Webbot program claim that they are able to predict the timing and nature of large scale events based on their analysis on the language samples they collect.

Cliff High is the developer of the Webbot program that is also known by its formal name the ALTA program. Mr. High believes that the language he is tapping into comes from our collective unconscious. If that is indeed the case and the Webbot proves to be accurate then it would confirm certain theories about the future being already determined and computable.
My own investigations into story telling and artistic expression have led me to conclude that elements of the future do indeed bleed through our stories and artworks. Please see Alex Grey’s 1989 Gaia painting. Please note the two jets and the World Trade Center towers. For more information on my ventures into the existence of elements of the future in written works please see Alice and the Rabbit Holographic Universe.
More information on the Webbot maybe found on Mr. Highs website at Half Past Human. I have discerned that Mr.High is apt to at times over-interpret or misinterpret the magnitude and thematics of the events alluded to by his data samples.
But it seems that the time frames and general nature of his advisories are accurate, consistent and specific enough to win a significant following myself included. Mr. High uses the phrases tension building and tension releasing to zero in on the time frames when we should expect large scale events to happen.

Graph 1: TimeWave and Webbot Report Correlation from Sept. 19, 2006 to Dec. 21, 2012

I have noted certain dates for reference and orientation. The dates mentioned by the latest Webbot report are noted on the graph. The following is an excerpt from the Webbot Report describing the nature of the time leading up to November 14th, 2010.
Further, the plateau of building emotional tension now extends out further to the 14th of November instead of the 11th. This is the last building tension to accrue. Expect the level to stay maddeningly the same until the breaking point. Repeat. The ‘break’ in the tension values that indicates the tipping point after which we (the planet of humans) is into emotional release language starts on November 14th at 6:50AM Pacific Coast Time (UTC=+ 8). Repeat – Tipping point starts on 11-14-2010.
I will add that on November 13th the corresponding AA Tzolkin date is characterized by the archetype of 11 Storm whose key attributes are energy, catalyze, dissolves and liberation.

Graph 2: TimeWave and Webbot Report Correlation from Dec 15, 2010 to Feb. 15, 2011

The notations on the graph zero in on two two-day periods. One being Jan. 1st to the 2nd and the second from Jan. 7th to the 8th. As you will see the correspondences between the Webbot dates and features on the TimeWave are uncannily precise.
The following is an excerpt from the Webbot report describing the characteristic of those 2 dates.
However, the data analyzed this morning shows that a minor small plateau shows up on January 1, 2011, that starts about 5AM Pacific Coast Time (UTC =+

and lasts for nearly 25 hours until about 6 AM on January 2. During this 25 hour period the data shows that while the language still is within the release of emotional tension type, its rate of emotional release value sums virtually drops to zero. So kind of a ‘hang time’. This small respite of slightly over one solar day, is abruptly shifted back to the release language value decrease rate as though without pause on January 2, 2011.
This rate then continues unabated for 5 additional days until January 7th at which point becomes really accelerated (increased angle of descent) as the rate of numeric value reduction nearly doubles. Stated another way, the levels of release language, already very severe, and in continuous stream since November 14th of 2010, nearly double in a very rapid fashion over mere hours (1.12 hours) on January 7th, at about 5 AM. Further this increased rate of emotional release language persists for an additional 23 hours until 4:30 AM on the 8th of January. Then, whew, the rate of release language goes back to its previously experienced levels, which , while steep, are not as intense as the January 7 to 8

Graph 3: The TimeWave from 1891 to December 21, 2012

The TimeWave is essentially a fractal construct and as such we are going to find sets of repeating patterns.

The implication of time as fractally structured means that we should be able to find thematic and energetic correspondences or resonances between different epochs of time that share the same waveform.
I have discovered that the Timewave has 4 distinct macro scale contours to its wave form. I differentiate between the scales based on a consistent pattern of peaks and valleys that then changes into either a different pattern and/or a different intensity scale.

On graph 5 I note the 4 patterns and I refer to them as novelty scales. Graph 3 shows three novelty scales. The contours of graph 3 are identical to the time period from Feb. 2011 to Dec. 21, 2012. The same contours appear again between Dec. 11 and Dec. 21, 2012.

Graph 4: The TimeWave from the 1990 to December 21, 2012

On this graph the large and consistent wave pattern we see from April 1992 to Oct. 2008 is what I refer to as novelty scale 4. After Oct. 2008 we see a dramatic decline towards increasing magnitudes of novelty all the way to Dec. 21, 2012.

Graph 5: The Four Novelty Scales of the TimeWave

This graph highlights the 4 novelty scales. Novelty scale 4 is too small to see its detail, but it is identical in structure to the time period shown above on graph 4 that spans from April 1992 to October 2008. On graph 5 novelty scale 4 begins anew on July 16, 2012.

Graph 6: A Maya Precessional Cycle of 26,626 Years mapped on the TimeWave

Many of you have heard the numbers 26,000 and 25,920 used when referring to the length of the precessional cycle. The former number is a round off commonly used by the lay public and the later is used by Western astrologers. According to Western astronomy the precessional cycle is 25,765 years.
If we refer to the Maya calendrical system we come up with a figure of 26,000 tun. A tun is 360 days. 26,000 tun equals 25,626 years. The Maya counting system reflects the timing order they discovered while studying the movements of the stars and planets.
The Mayan Long Count cycle that comes to an end on Dec. 21, 2012 is a period measuring exactly 5200 tun. 5200 tun is one fifth of 26,000 tun. It seems the galactic timing frequency is based on multiples of 4, 13, 20, 52, 65, 260 and 360.
Counting in years represents the unenlightened calendrical heliocentrism of the West. Maya-Meso American Calendrics (MMAC) is galacticentric in its account of time measurements.
Please note that the contours of graph 6 perfectly match the contours of graph 1. The implication according to fractal time compression is that the last 6 years leading up to 2012 are a fractal equivalent of the last 25,626 years.
We are in effect processing as much information in the last six years leading up to 2012 as we have during the last 25,626 years. “We” refers to humanity as an integral expression of the solar system. Those of your new to my work on Maya Meso American calendrics may find more information in the 2012 and Synchronicity sections of the Emergent-Culture Website.

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From Emergent Culture @ http://emergent-culture.com/test-driving-the-timewave-and-the-webbot-explorations-in-futures-forecasting-mayan-calendar-december-21-2012-web-bot-alta-program/

2012 Mayan Calendar ‘Doomsday’ Date Might Be Wrong (news.discovery.com)
‘End of the world’ delayed – by Mayan calendar (msnbc.msn.com)

This report will help you understand the relationship between features on the TimeWave and their correspondences with the latest Webbot report. This article will kick start my effort to chart and test the two systems for verification purposes.
At this point in my investigations I can’t vouch for the validity or accuracy of either the TimeWave or the Webbot, but the information I have been reviewing is provocative enough to compel me to do my own studies.
If you are not familiar with the TimeWave or the Webbot please review my lead up article Signs of the Times in Code Form? Introducing the TimeWave, The I Ching and The Webbot for more background information.

Via Project World Awareness @ http://projectworldawareness.com/2010/12/test-driving-the-timewave-and-the-webbot-explorations-in-futures-forecasting/

AND SEE 'Here at Half Past Human We Predict the Future' @ http://newilluminati.blog-city.com/here_at_half_past_human_we_forecast_the_future.htm

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Thursday, 19 August 2010

Origins of Mayan Calendar Confusion and 2012 Mania

Separating Fact from Fantasy

The Argüellen Factor
In 1987 Dr. Jose Argüelles burst onto the world scene with the simultaneous release of his groundbreaking book The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology and his call for world wide gatherings to recognize what he called the Harmonic Convergence.

According to Argüelles the Harmonic Convergence signified the culmination of a Meso-American “prophecy cycle” known as the Thirteen Heavens and Nine Hells. (Mayan Factor pg 218) 22 periods of 52 years for a total span of 1144 years.

Argüelles does not say where the prophecy is to be found nor by whom it was written. I did find that the “prophecy” in question is attributed to the Zapotec nation of ancient Meso-America. Though, I could only find a single source on the internet with no further reference. The source reads as follows.

“After Thirteen Heavens of Decreasing Choice, and Nine Hells of Increasing Doom, the Tree of Life shall blossom with a fruit never before known in the creation, and that fruit shall be the New Spirit of Men.” [1]

The idea of prophecy is a controversial, mystical and largely unfounded concept. I do not accept the commonly held notion of prophecy as the prediction of events. The original meaning of prophecy has been corrupted and there is great deal of confusion and misunderstanding surrounding it.

Those wanting a deconstruction on the notion of prophecy are invited to review my report entitled “Prophecy Demystified: The Non-Existent Mayan Prophecies and the Real meaning of Prophecy.” [1A]

The year the Spanish imperialist Hernan Cortez landed in Mexico is widely accepted as the beginning of the nine 52 year hell cycles, which when taken from the

perspective of the Native American is understandable.[2]

Tens of millions of Native Americans spanning two continents would fall victim to the European invasion or the New World equivalent of the Jewish holocaust multiplied several times.[3]
What is in question is the precise dating as to which day during the year 1519 is exact start of the first hell period.
It is not the purpose of this report to argue for one date or another. 52 times 9 equals 468 years. Add 468 years to 1519 and you get the year 1987.
Argüelles selects the 16th and 17th of August, 1987 as the days on which to signify the end of the 13 Heavens and 9 Hells prophecy cycle and to initiate the last 25 years of the Mayan Calendar Long Count cycle which ends according to most calendrical accounts on Dec. 21, 2012.
The Argüellen understanding of Maya-Meso-American Calendrics (MAC)[8] and the convergence of several streams of prophectic lore at such a unique time in human history is interpreted by Argüelles to mean the ending of human history as defined by the one sided and suffocating worldview of Western civilization (Mayan Factor pgs 218 -224) or more precisely the Judeo-Christian-culture complex.
Argüelles foresees a new book on human history which will be defined from a multi-cultural perspective (pg 218 -224 Mayan Factor). A perspective derived from what I call a Planetary Culture.
A Planetary Culture is one which has broken free from the mental cage of entho-centrism to embrace the ecological perspective of humanity as a singular and intrinsically cooperative self-organizing super organism.[9]
A condition which has yet to be fully actualized, but believed by many to be emerging vigorously right before our very eyes.[4]
The transition from a fragmented humanity at the mercy of a few powerful war mongering men to a cooperative and peaceful planetary society is the hope and expectation of what has come to be known as the New Age community.

The Harmonic Convergence

Argüellen map of 5125 year 13 baktun cycle.

Argüelles uses the year 3113 BC as the start date for the Long Count cycle. His start date differs by one year from the more widely accepted date of 3114 BC.

It is Argüelles who puts the year 2012 on the map and onto the global mind field via his book the Mayan Factor and the worldwide event known as the Harmonic Convergence.
At the behest of Argüelles, members of the New Age community gathered around the world (8/ 16-17, 1987) at places of great spiritual regard to usher in the last 25 years of the 5125.26 year Mayan Calendar Long Count cycle and dawning of a literal and hoped-for, metaphorically significant “new age”.
Argüelles kick starts the popular imagination surrounding 2012 with proclamations of a fast approaching “golden age”.
The “prophecy” of the 13 Heavens and 9 Hells does not elaborate on the specifics regarding the closure of the prophecy cycle nor the year 2012.
Argüelles does embellish the singular phrase attributed to the prophecy by saying that “if 144,000 people could respond to the call of meditating on the dawn of August 16th and 17th 1987, the world would be renewed and humanity would enter a new age”. (pg 218 Mayan Factor). His embellishment is nothing more than a classic Argüellen prophecy fabrication.

There is one problem: the prophecies don't exist.

Contrary to popular understanding, the ancient Meso-Americans, be they Aztec or Maya or any other group, left no oral or written “prophecy” record about what would or could happen on or about the year 2012 other than a great age of 5125 years would end and another commence.
The Maya did depict in mytho-symbolic terms a rendering of the night sky as it would appear during the closure of the Long Count cycle. [1a]
For a more in-depth look at just what was recorded by the ancient Meso-Americans, please see “Prophecy Demystified[...]“.[1a]
Many authors hoping to catch a ride on the Argüellen-2012 Express seized and built upon upon the words “Mayan Calendar” and “Prophecies” to sell their own version of a poorly presented calendrical system[5] and a non-existent entity. [1a]

The Grain of Truth

Hidden under the present day clamor of apocalypse, prophecies and many other unsubstantiated proclamations of what could accompany the arrival of 2012, is the real gem that Argüelles simultaneously unveils and obscures in the Mayan Factor.
Underlying the entire Maya-Meso-American Calendrical system (MAC) is the enigmatic Tzolkin.

260 day tzolkin

The Tzolkin is a 260 day cycle and it is the heart and mind of the Maya calendrical system. The Maya calendrical system cannot be fully understood with understanding the Tzolkin.
The article you are reading initiates a series of reports which begin to reveal the profound nature of the Tzolkin and its implications for humanity.
It is the Tzolkin facet of the MAC system that compels me to subtitle my next report on the subject, “The Universal Relevance of the Maya-Meso-American Calendrical System.”
The Tzolkin is not a conceptual invention particular to some unique culture, but is rather the discovery of a process inherent in the very fabric of space-time itself.
The Tzolkin is no more Mayan than the science of genetics is American. As of yet it is unclear which ancient Meso-American nation discovered it.
In The Mayan Factor Argüelles unveils the centerpiece of the MAC system, the Tzolkin, and expounds upon it in way that leaves one dumbstruck.
For example, “The Tzolkin is synchronized with the galactic code”. “The galactic code governs the information concerning the operation of the light cycle.”
“The light cycle defines resonant frequency ranges of radiant energy, inclusive of electricity, heat, light and radio waves that in form the self-generative functions of all phenomena, organic or inorganic” (pg 84 Mayan Factor ).
“These constants (Tzolkin components) a coherent system of symbols and numbers, have but a single, all encompassing purpose: to assist us both in the retrieval of galactic information and in the attainment of a condition of galactic alignment” (pg 86 ibid).
“The 260 symbolic pulses woven by the Loom of Maya (Tzolkin) create the entire resonant field which we experience as reality” (pg 88 ibid).

Found and Lost in Translation

Earlier I mentioned that Argüelles simultaneously unveils and obscures the Tzolkin in his book the Mayan Factor. Argüelles is simply not content to reveal what the Tzolkin is and what it implies.
And as a result he buries the Tzolkin under an ungainly mixture of supra-mystical new age notions, hyper-speculations, extra-terrestrialism, psuedo-science, numerology, myth, history and wholly unsubstantiated theories of geo and astro – physics.
Thus, his first presentation of what could be one of the greatest rediscoveries of all times is relegated to the already overflowing bin of New Age mysticism.

The Dreamspell Kit

Then in 1990, Argüelles and his wife Lloydine released the ultra mystical Dreamspell rendition of the Tzolkin–a combination board game and new-fangled Mayan astrology system.
The Dreamspell was rejected by the traditionalists, other Maya scholars and was wholly ignored by the mainstream intelligentsia.
I will later argue for some of his modifications and additions to the traditional Tzolkin model, but for now I am explaining why knowledge of the Tzolkin some 22 years after it was first introduced to the world still languishes in the murky waters of obscurity and befuddlement.
Argüelles is thus far the only scholar to attempt such a profound and comprehensive evaluation of Tzolkin Dynamics.
He not only expounds upon the traditional Tzolkin, but he also builds upon it to expose its previously hidden dimensions. It is the face lift he gives the Tzolkin that ruffles the feathers of the traditionalists.
His work is largely rejected by other Maya scholars in part for it strangeness and also due to the fact that Argüelles is notorious for not showing his work or offering proof.
I must add, that while I may be an apologist for some facets of his work, his scholarly presentation can be described as dictatorial, theocratic and monarchastic.
Argüelles is cognizant that he has rediscovered something of great social and scientific value, but he loses all credibility as a scientific investigator as he simultaneously dons the robe of a new testament prophet.
Argüelles is also prone to make predictions about how and when Western Civilization would crumble and how and when the “New World” would begin to appear (Mayan Factor pgs.192-195). Needless to say all of his predictions have failed.

Puente Arco Iris is spanish for rainbow pridge

Puente arco Iris is Spanish for rainbow bridge

His most outlandish prediction was that of a telepathically constructed rainbow bridge which would encircle the globe from pole to pole and was due to appear on July 26th, 2000.[5]
He has now rescheduled the appearance of the rainbow bridge for sometime in the year 2012.[6]
He further compromises his ability to be taken seriously when most of his proofs are to demonstrate not the validity of his theories on the Tzolkin, but that he is the third incarnation of Pacal Votan, a Mayan King who died in 683 AD. He alternatively goes by the name Valum Votan.[7]
To sum up the Argüellen contribution to the study of Maya-Meso-American Calendrics, I must say he is both revealer and re-mystifier of what I consider to be one of the greatest discoveries of all time!
Argüelles plumbs the many facets and numerical intricacies of the Tzolkin to show the astounding implications of a new science and cosmology that is just now coming to light.
Unfortunately, his presentation, style and nomenclature has sealed off his discoveries from the vast majority of those who might otherwise take note.
Those desiring a clear, concise, plausible and uncluttered explication of the Tzolkin may wish to review my material on the subject and Maya calendrics in general. You will find all my work on the subject listed under the Synchronicity section of my website in an ongoing series of articles published under the heading title of The Science of Synchronicity (SOS).
[Update: I have published the 3 studies showing a strong and consistent relationship between key Tzolkin Cycle days and increases in seismic, volcanic and solar activity.]

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