About Jose Arguelles
These are a few brief excerpts on Jose Arguelles
Jose was a Professor in art history and aesthetics from the University of Chicago who is now deceased; further information can be found on the website link below.
José Argüelles is recognized as one of the creators of the Earth Day concept and founder of the Whole Earth Festival, now in its 43rd year in Davis, California. During the Fifth Annual Whole Earth Festival in 1974, he received a special commendation from the State of California for being the "Father of the Whole Earth Festival” and for his contribution to the art and culture of California.
His love of art and culture inspired him to obtain his Ph.D. in art history and aesthetics from the University of Chicago in 1969. His academic career led to professorships at Princeton University, University of California Davis, the Evergreen State College, the Naropa Institute, San Francisco State University, San Francisco Institute of Art, University of Colorado Denver, and the Union Graduate School.
As a scholar of comparative religion and world thought, he has made major contributions to research on the I Ching, and studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism for many years with artist and meditation master, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. More recently he had focused his attention on the mathematics of the Qur’an in relation with the Law of Time.
But he is most noted for his pioneering work on the mathematics of the Mayan Calendar. A visionary experience at the age of fourteen atop the Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico, in 1953, led him to a lifelong investigation of the mathematics and prophecies associated with the Mayan Calendar. His decoding of its mathematics resulted in the discovery of the Law of Time (1989).
José Argüelles has received recognition from many cultures. He was a recipient of the Magical Blend 2000 Millennium Award. On March 3, 2002, he was honoured as "Valum Votan, Closer of the Cycle" by Nine Indigenous Elders atop the Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico. They recognized him as bringing new knowledge to regenerate the traditional knowledge, and awarded him a ceremonial staff for helping to wake humanity up to the meaning of 2012, the conclusion of the 5,125-year Great Cycle of the Mayan Calendar (as well as many other cycles). On October 9, 2003, The Archbishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Petersburg, Russia, publicly recognized him as the bearer of Mayan prophecy.
In 2010, he received the highest honour of the International Committee of the Banner of Peace in Mexico City: the Nicholas Roerich Peace Medallion. In 2010 he was honoured for his lifelong work with the Mayan Calendar, by Flordemayo, Mayan curandera and member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers.
My view on Jose Arguelles and the Mayan system!
Not everyone in history has been recognised for their insightful wisdom and those that weren’t were denigrated by those who had no understanding of that wisdom. 2012 was the end of a Great Cycle and although it didn’t happen as some perceive it should unfold, more light and energy has come to the Earth and our surrounding galaxy etc, in preparation for a shift in consciousness whenever that is due. We are human and not privy to the workings of the Universe. So I ask that you please consider these achievements and remain unbiased and open to the reality of his wisdom. See for yourself the alignment of the work I am choosing to utilise which I studied in 2004 and found to be extremely beneficial to myself and many others over the ensuing period of time.
- Marnee