Mayan Apocalypse came from magic mushroom trip

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(11 December 2012, 10:33)Tigs Wrote: i think it happened in the way that Scientology took off, some guy read a book with a gain of truth and manipulated it to his own ends, the 2012 prediction fitted someones agenda and used it

That's what I figured, but couldn't work out how it's become so popularised.

Dianetics (I think that's how it's spelt) is the foundation of Scientology, and one of the opening lines in the original book is "If you want to become a millionaire over night, create a religion." Haha, crazy hu?