Several years ago, Sonia once hosted an event that invited and presented the renowned scientists from the World Science Community. The theme of the TV show that night was related to the journals in Professor Marwan Batubara’s blog about the Mayan Calendar.

However, it wasn’t the prediction of the End of the World that would occur on December 12, 2012, that made her cancel the schedule on other themes. The interesting thing was Professor Marwan Batubara’s dispute about that prediction that greatly attracted the world’s attention. In his blog, Marwan wrote that the Mayan Calendar didn’t predict the end of the world in 2012. Instead, it was a journal that provided information about the time of extinction of Ancient Egypt and its civilization.

The news on F******k and internet forums about this dispute were viral and widespread. But it made the real problem and the meaning of the prediction vaguer. Sonia once sent questions by e-mail to Prof. Marwan. But, instead of getting an answer, she saw the Quantum Physics scientist had never been updated ever since he posted the controversial article.

Sonia was so sure then that he was very busy being interviewed here and there. However, finally, she got the response that Marwan declared that he accepted Sophia’s invitation to talk as a resource person in her talk show.

That’s why, when TVMaker successfully broadcasted the debate initiated by the World Science community and presented Prof. Marwan with other experts from various disciplines of science, it became a leaping stone for Sonia. Because this talk show earned attention from so many academicians and science enthusiasts around the whole world.

 Sonia remembered at that time the Amphiteatre Studio on the fifth floor of TVMaker was as though transforming the science dialogue and debate session into a world-class music concert stage.

The array of lights in the lighting system was very bright but was not too dazzling to the eyes. Several cameras and TV crews surrounded Sonia. The host, Sonia ironically was the true star of the show and got the spotlight, although the three resource persons were among the most influential people in the world of science.

As the TVMaker host, Sonia Kusumawardhani opened the show so gracefully by conducting the debate, conveying her extensive knowledge as a science enthusiast.

“The result from the scientific research on the Mayan Calendar caused unrest among humankind. The scientists concluded that according to the calculations of the circulation of events in that calendar, it’s predicted that the end of the world will happen on December the twelfth, 2012,” said Sonia, delivering her opening statement.

“This two-thousand-year-old calendar is more accurate compared to the Gregorian Calendar. The Mayan Calendar is very accurate because it’s based and in accord with the calculations of the planetary orbits on the solar system from the turn of centuries – every one hundred years – to the millennium turn every one thousand years.

It’s predicted that during the period 1992 until 2012 the world is being ‘purified’. And then, the current human civilization will end and be replaced with a new civilization. A more comprehensive explanation will be conveyed by Professor Leo Kourtney. He is an Astrophysics expert from the USA. Well, as the cowboys always say, shoot away, Sir.”

Leo Kourtney was a tall and stout man, yet he still looked like a pure intellect. His complexion didn’t show that he was in his sixties, it was more like his fifties or younger.

Still sitting and leaning on the sofa, Leo started to give out his response. “In the Mayan Calendar, it was noted that the galactic system that includes our solar system in it is undergoing the Great Cycle, which spanned more than five thousand and two hundred years. The timeline is from the year 3,113 BC until 2012 after Christ. In this Great Cycle, the solar system and Earth are moving across a galactic beam that comes from the galaxy core. The diameter of that horizontal beam is equal to 5,125 Earth years. In other words, if Earth is going to cross that beam, it’ll take 5,125 years.

The Mayans believed that after all celestial bodies in the galaxy completed the crossing and are relieved from the galaxy beam effect in the Great Cycle will experience a total change. The Mayans called it Galactic Synchronization, or in my words, readjustment. During this period the solar storm will occur as there will be sun flares and the Coronal Mass Ejection or CME. 

The flare or the solar storm that is sixty-six times more powerful than the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima, plus the CME occurrence that will cause a great explosion, throwing particles with the speed of four hundred kilometers per second. It will affect the condition of the space contents until it affects magnetism and gravity on Earth, and then the electrical systems. The transportation systems that rely on the GPS navigation signal from the satellites and the communication system with communication satellites, also the HF waves will be jammed, and it will endanger human health and lives.”

Sonia listened to every word Mr. Kourtney said with full attention.

And then Kourtney continued his presentation. “December the twelfth, 2012 will be the day that the global human civilization of this period ends, according to the calculations from the Mayan Calendar. After that, humankind will be purged and be replaced with new and different humankind for the new period ahead, without any relation at all with the previous civilization.”

“It’s horrible, isn’t it?” Sonia quickly exclaimed when she saw Kourtney was done with his argument. She didn’t expect the American to end his explanation yet, that was because she, along with the studio audience was mesmerized by Kourtney’s apocalyptic description.

“However, ladies and gentlemen,” Sonia added abruptly, as though she was reminded of something, “we still have hope. Professor Marwan Batubara, an expert in Quantum Physics from Indonesia gave out another theory that is the exact opposite of the scientists from various disciplines about this end the world theory. What is Professor Marwan’s theory? Let’s listen to his disposition on the matter.”

Sonia changed her sitting position, facing Professor Marwan who sat at the table opposite her. “How is your explanation for your statement about 2012 is not the end of the world? That apocalypse won’t come and knock on our doors too soon? Please elaborate.”

Marwan Batubara was a man in his fifties with lots of white hair on his thin-haired – if not balding – head. He was about as tall as an average Asian man. He readjusted his sitting position as comfortably as possible just as he was about to start speaking.

“The Mayan Calendar is a message left by the Mayans who were descendants of the foreigner refugees from various nations, survivors from a global catastrophe in the distant, ancient past,” Marwan answered.

He paused a second to catch his breath, and then continued, “The meaning of the End of Times in the Mayan Calendar system was a record of an event when the whole of ancient Egypt was pulverized, destroyed by a universal catastrophe that affected the Earth at that time.” He moved his hand here and there in gestures to strengthen his words. “The memory about the omnipotent catastrophe they experienced was carved on a stone, which was left for the future generations as a monument in the form of the Mayan Calendar.

So, the Mayan Calendar is not the prediction about the End of Times, the Apocalypse, Doomsday, or whatever you may call it. However, it held a record and information about when and the condition Earth was on before the global destruction occurred. From these Mayan carvings, we can uncover all hidden facts that become a mystery in science all this time. That’s the missing link I’ve been looking for all this time as the proof for my theory about the disappearance of a world; an ancient world!”

“Sorry, Mr. Marwan. Let me switch to Mr. Adelhak Bensalim first,” Sonia interrupted with a gentle gesture. And then she diverted all attention to the chubby man who sat between Professor Marwan and Professor Kourtney.

“Mr. Adelhak, what’s your opinion as an expert in Archaeology and Paleomagnetics towards Mr. Marwan’s argument?”

“Honestly, I’m not surprised to hear Mr. Marwan’s argument that applies the philosophical view on the matter. He is obsessed with Egyptian Mythology and the Age of Pharaoh Dynasties as well as the Greek Mythology, and often uses them as a reference of his research in the world of science.”

“In this sense, I agree with Mr. Adelhak that the myths of Osiris and the gods were the interpretations by Herodotus, an ancient Greco-Roman author on ancient Egyptian polytheism religion. But, of course, that means it was Egypt in the Pliocene Age, not in the Pharaohs’ Era,” Marwan cut in.

However, Adelhak only nodded quickly and continued his argument. It was because he was not finished yet.

“According to the research from various scientists, the northern half of the earth is on the farthest point from the sun. On a certain day, exact, when winter arrives, the sun will enter the meeting point that is formed as a result of a total ecliptical alignment with the equator. At that time the sun is exactly in the center of the galaxy system, or in other words, the galaxy is exactly above Earth. It’s just like opening the ‘door to the heavens’ for mankind.

As the result, the gravitational magnetic pull on Earth will be weakened, and the cosmic radiation coming from the sun will be multiplied, causing severe radiation effects like skin cancer and the like, and it’s inevitable. Earth’s gravity will change, although the nature of the change is still unknown.”

“That’s the main problem here!” Mawan interrupted again. “They tend to exaggerate things to the level of total desperation upon the Apocalypse, while there is no clear evidence whether it’ll surely happen or not!”

The debate was heating up and Sonia let all sides defend each other’s arguments. They were the opposing pre-apocalyptic and the contra-apocalyptic sides, plus the somewhat neutral side, represented by the you-know-whos.

The Indonesian contra-apocalyptic professor, Marwan spoke up again. “Just as the ideas from other scientists who talk about the one thousand year calculations, but what is the base of that calculation? About the two thousand years old calendar that is considered more accurate than the Gregorian Calendar, it’s true! This Mayan Calendar is very accurate from a certain point of view, from the orbital calculations of the planets in the Solar System to the millennium change every one thousand years.

However, none of those scientists determined on what basis these millennium calculations are. So the whole thing is no more than an assumption, although it provides the information about the condition of Earth at a period before the End of Time,” Marwan concluded. “One thousand years is the length of the orbital line of the unnamed tenth planet of the solar system that is 45 AU away from the sun. It is the outermost planet in our solar system that circumnavigates the sun for one thousand lunar years or nine hundred and seventy-two solar years to complete a 360o revolution. At that time, the tenth planet will be 180o right above Earth if we draw a straight line from Earth to Sun. This is also the reason that explains why there’s a disruption against the orbit of Planet Pluto.”

“Professor Marwan,” Kourtney retorted, trying to get the discussion back on track. “Let me remind you that the Great Cycle began at 3,113 BC, just about the time the reign of Pharaohs began! The Pharaoh Khufu came from the fourth dynasty of Egyptian Pharaohs dating back to 2,680 BC. While the timeline of our discussion can be dated back to the Atlantean Era, 57,600 BC, or even the Leumerian Era, 71,933 BC. If we examine your statement further, it seems you were referring to the event of extinction during the prehistoric Pliocene Geological Era between 160 million and 510 million years ago. The whole thing just doesn’t make sense! You’re delirious! Sorry to say, with all due respect, I think like a scientist, you are out of your mind!”

Before the brusque and straightforward American finished his objections, the accused “mad scientist” interrupted. “I beg your pardon, Mr. Kourtney,” said Marwan with a calm gesture, but he couldn’t hide a pinch of rage in his tone. “I only said that the Mayan Calendar provides information and record about the event that has happened, about when Ancient Egypt was declining towards extinction, not the time it was established and began to exist in this world! It was signified by the last native Pharaoh, Nectanebo the Second dated back to 343 BC! When the Greeks became Pharaohs, the Ancient Egypt we know was tainted and never the same again! And that’s also because the calculation of years in Ancient Egypt is not synchronized with the facts of the geological era.