http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22902/maya-calendar-2012 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22902/maya-calendar-2012#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:53:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22902 Hundreds of people gathered near the Golden Gate Bridge over the weekend to ponder the enigmatic date of Dec. 21, 2012, the last day of the ancient Maya calendar and the focus of many end-of-the-world predictions.

In these times of economic distress, participants shelled out $300 each to attend the sold-out 2012 Conference, where astrologers, UFO fans, shamans and New Age entrepreneurs of every stripe presented their dreams and dreads in two days of lectures, group meditations, documentaries and, of course, self-promotion. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22902/maya-calendar-2012/feed 0