Ko te kupu he rerekē i te "Mayanist", whakamahia ki te tohutoro ki te mātauranga mātauranga o te Maya. Archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni ta e ahakoa te whakaaro o te "whakataurite i te ao" i rongonui i roto i te tuhinga Maya tawhito, e kore i te 2012 āhuatanga tiki i aua tikanga. Engari, i herea ki ariā American pērā i te nekehanga New Age, 2012 millenarianism, me te whakapono i roto i te matauranga ngaro i te wa tawhiti, me te wahi. ngā kaupapa kitea i roto i te tuhinga 2012 ngā "tino ki te ahurea Western", te whakaaro o te whanaketanga wairua, me te taea o te ao New Age i te tauira Western takitahi ranei rōpū 'i roto i te hiahia o te hinengaro.
Ko te tau 2012