Leonide (Lennie) Martin, RN, MSN, DrPH
Retired professor, writer, and Mayan researcher, Lennie is a Mayan Fire Woman and
Solar Initiate. With many professional books published, her writing now focuses on the
civilization, wisdom teachings, and cosmology of the ancient Mayas. Her book Dreaming
the Maya Fifth Sun was published in 2006. It is the first book of Maya Visions Trilogy,
weaving ancient Maya teachings into our contemporary world, and bringing their guidance
for humanity entering a new era (Maya sun).
Leonide Martin. Dreaming the Maya Fifth Sun: A Novel of Maya Wisdom and the 2012 Shift
in Consciousness. Infinity Publishing, 2006.
Infinity Publishing
Lennie apprenticed with and assists Maya Elder Hunbatz Men in Yucatan, Mexico. She is a
member of the Lol Be Maya Cultural & Ceremonial Center near Chichen Itza, and
participates in the Program of Yok'hah Maya at the Cosmic Initiatic University in Merida.
She lives half the year in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico where she writes, teaches, and
conducts spiritual-metaphysical tours. The other half of the year she lives in Silverton,
Oregon, USA doing talks and workshops.
Retired professor, writer, and Mayan researcher, Lennie is a Mayan Fire Woman and
Solar Initiate. With many professional books published, her writing now focuses on the
civilization, wisdom teachings, and cosmology of the ancient Mayas. Her book Dreaming
the Maya Fifth Sun was published in 2006. It is the first book of Maya Visions Trilogy,
weaving ancient Maya teachings into our contemporary world, and bringing their guidance
for humanity entering a new era (Maya sun).
Leonide Martin. Dreaming the Maya Fifth Sun: A Novel of Maya Wisdom and the 2012 Shift
in Consciousness. Infinity Publishing, 2006.
Infinity Publishing
Lennie apprenticed with and assists Maya Elder Hunbatz Men in Yucatan, Mexico. She is a
member of the Lol Be Maya Cultural & Ceremonial Center near Chichen Itza, and
participates in the Program of Yok'hah Maya at the Cosmic Initiatic University in Merida.
She lives half the year in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico where she writes, teaches, and
conducts spiritual-metaphysical tours. The other half of the year she lives in Silverton,
Oregon, USA doing talks and workshops.
Maya Fifth Sun
Mayan Civilization | Calendar | History
Mayan Civilization, Calendar Masters, Innovators of Culture
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Dreaming the Maya Fifth Sun: A
Novel of Maya Wisdom and the 2012
Shift in Consciousness, by Leonide
Martin (Infinity Publishing, 2006)
Novel of Maya Wisdom and the 2012
Shift in Consciousness, by Leonide
Martin (Infinity Publishing, 2006)
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Mayan Civilization
Mayan civilization is one of the greatest in the world. The earliest phase of Maya civilization
began around 3000 BCE, a time when ancient societies were emerging in Egypt, China, India,
Mesopotamia, and Assyria. Large, complex Maya sites have been dated to 500-200 BCE. The
ancient Maya were living in magnificent cities of stone with soaring pyramids and wide plazas
decorated with intricate carvings as the Roman Empire was fading. The Mayas developed the
most accurate calendars known, mastered astrology and mathematics, and produced exquisite
art on ceramics and murals. Their great Classic society reached its apex as Europe was
plunged into the Dark Ages. Engineering accomplishments spanning over 100 centuries were
not rivaled by modern civilizations until the 19th century. Certain constructions using monolithic
stone blocks, and buildings whose structure accurately mirrors solar, lunar and stellar
phenomena, still remain a mystery.
Mayan Calendar
The Maya were specialists in time. They developed over 17 calendars, each with a different
purpose that guided the rhythms of Mayan society. Now we marvel at the precision and
complexity of these calendars, without understanding how they were actually used. The solar
calendar (Haab) calculated the year more accurately than our present one, but was based on
a 360-day tun (year). The sacred calendar (Tzolk’in) used a 20-day count matched with 13
numbers, but was purely numeric. The Long Count gave each day unique numeric and glyph
codes, covering unbelievable time spans, but the Maya stopped using it in the Terminal
Classic period. Only one stela contains glyphs for December 21, 2012, a date that may not be
significant for the Maya. Why?
2012 prophecy is more a product of Western thinking than Mayan tradition. Why?
Find answers here: Mayan Calendar
FREE! 26-page research paper “Correlation Issues for the Long Count and Gregorian
Calendars” by Leonide Martin
(Click here to order online, sent to your email. In topic say “Calendar Research Paper.” I will
add you to my list for Maya topics unless you request otherwise.)
Maya Fifth Sun
The Maya called an era a “sun” but the exact time span is not clear. In the Popul Vuh, the book
of Mayan creation mythology, there were 3 unsuccessful attempts at creating humans, and the
gods were successful on the 4th attempt. Therefore, current humans are the “fourth creation”
and we are now living in the “fourth sun.” As this era draws to a close, we enter the “fifth sun”
and a new age or creation begins. But, does a sun refer to a cycle of 13 baktuns (5200 tun or
5125.26 solar years)? Or does a sun refer to a much larger cycle of 5 of these 13-baktun
cycles (26,000 tun or 25,626.28 solar years)? Another key question is when did the sun cycle
begin and end? Over 60 correlations to the Gregorian Calendar are proposed with a span of
600 years for the present 13-baktun cycle. For more information: Maya Fifth Sun
Mayan Culture | History
Mayan-speaking people filled an area including all of the Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala,
Belize, and parts of the Mexican states Chiapas and Tabasco, and of Honduras and El
Salvador. Throughout this large part of Mesoamerica are thousands of ancient Mayan ruins
with temples and palaces, carved monuments and hieroglyphic texts. About six million present-
day descendants of the ancient Maya still live in this area, speaking over 30 Maya dialects.
Most of their written history was lost, when priceless codices written on bark paper or deer hide
were burned by Catholic friars in the 16th century.
Archeologists began serious exploration of these lost cities in the jungles in the 19th century.
Now multidisciplinary teams use advanced technology to study stones, bones, terrain, and
artifacts. New reports give different views of ancient Maya life: ideas have morphed from the
peaceful astronomer-priest society of JES Thompson and Morley, through the warring city-
states of Coe and Grube, to the cooperative polities of Rice and Stuart. The scientists divide
Maya culture into chronological periods:
Archaic - 3000 - 1800 BCE Postclassic - 950 – 1524 CE
Preclassic - 1800 BCE – 250 CE Postconquest - 1524 – 1697 CE
Classic - 250 – 950 CE Colonial - 1697 CE – present
Mayan Elders
Indigenous Mayan elders give another view of Mayan history. In their tradition, the original
Mayas came from the Pleiades, and their lineage developed through times in Lemuria and
Atlantis. When Atlantis was destroyed, highly advanced teachers left with small groups to
reconstruct civilization in Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, China and Tamoachan (the central area
of the Americas). The teacher Itzamna came to the Yucatan area with the Itza people. They
built early cities and taught the native peoples, who eventually became known as the Mayas.
Much of Maya knowledge and technological ability was passed down from higher stellar-
seeded civilizations. Common threads are found throughout early civilizations emerging around
3000 BCE. Mayan elders now teach these views of Mayan culture and history, and many
Maya Mystery Schools have been established. For more information: Mayan Programs
Maya Yoga
There is much evidence that the ancient Maya knew and used yogic techniques. Art in Maya
codices, on pottery and carved in stone depicts postures, hand signs and meditation. In the
shamanic tradition, information about the energy body and subtle structures (chakras) has
been passed through generations. These keepers of wisdom have techniques for altering
states of consciousness and accessing multiple dimensions. This long hidden knowledge is
now taught in programs that include Maya philosophy, cosmology and mystical insights. Called
Yok'hah Maya, it guides us to live harmoniously with rhythms of nature and celestial cycles.
Visit our Resources (site link under development) for more about Maya civilization.
Mayan civilization is one of the greatest in the world. The earliest phase of Maya civilization
began around 3000 BCE, a time when ancient societies were emerging in Egypt, China, India,
Mesopotamia, and Assyria. Large, complex Maya sites have been dated to 500-200 BCE. The
ancient Maya were living in magnificent cities of stone with soaring pyramids and wide plazas
decorated with intricate carvings as the Roman Empire was fading. The Mayas developed the
most accurate calendars known, mastered astrology and mathematics, and produced exquisite
art on ceramics and murals. Their great Classic society reached its apex as Europe was
plunged into the Dark Ages. Engineering accomplishments spanning over 100 centuries were
not rivaled by modern civilizations until the 19th century. Certain constructions using monolithic
stone blocks, and buildings whose structure accurately mirrors solar, lunar and stellar
phenomena, still remain a mystery.
Mayan Calendar
The Maya were specialists in time. They developed over 17 calendars, each with a different
purpose that guided the rhythms of Mayan society. Now we marvel at the precision and
complexity of these calendars, without understanding how they were actually used. The solar
calendar (Haab) calculated the year more accurately than our present one, but was based on
a 360-day tun (year). The sacred calendar (Tzolk’in) used a 20-day count matched with 13
numbers, but was purely numeric. The Long Count gave each day unique numeric and glyph
codes, covering unbelievable time spans, but the Maya stopped using it in the Terminal
Classic period. Only one stela contains glyphs for December 21, 2012, a date that may not be
significant for the Maya. Why?
2012 prophecy is more a product of Western thinking than Mayan tradition. Why?
Find answers here: Mayan Calendar
FREE! 26-page research paper “Correlation Issues for the Long Count and Gregorian
Calendars” by Leonide Martin
(Click here to order online, sent to your email. In topic say “Calendar Research Paper.” I will
add you to my list for Maya topics unless you request otherwise.)
Maya Fifth Sun
The Maya called an era a “sun” but the exact time span is not clear. In the Popul Vuh, the book
of Mayan creation mythology, there were 3 unsuccessful attempts at creating humans, and the
gods were successful on the 4th attempt. Therefore, current humans are the “fourth creation”
and we are now living in the “fourth sun.” As this era draws to a close, we enter the “fifth sun”
and a new age or creation begins. But, does a sun refer to a cycle of 13 baktuns (5200 tun or
5125.26 solar years)? Or does a sun refer to a much larger cycle of 5 of these 13-baktun
cycles (26,000 tun or 25,626.28 solar years)? Another key question is when did the sun cycle
begin and end? Over 60 correlations to the Gregorian Calendar are proposed with a span of
600 years for the present 13-baktun cycle. For more information: Maya Fifth Sun
Mayan Culture | History
Mayan-speaking people filled an area including all of the Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala,
Belize, and parts of the Mexican states Chiapas and Tabasco, and of Honduras and El
Salvador. Throughout this large part of Mesoamerica are thousands of ancient Mayan ruins
with temples and palaces, carved monuments and hieroglyphic texts. About six million present-
day descendants of the ancient Maya still live in this area, speaking over 30 Maya dialects.
Most of their written history was lost, when priceless codices written on bark paper or deer hide
were burned by Catholic friars in the 16th century.
Archeologists began serious exploration of these lost cities in the jungles in the 19th century.
Now multidisciplinary teams use advanced technology to study stones, bones, terrain, and
artifacts. New reports give different views of ancient Maya life: ideas have morphed from the
peaceful astronomer-priest society of JES Thompson and Morley, through the warring city-
states of Coe and Grube, to the cooperative polities of Rice and Stuart. The scientists divide
Maya culture into chronological periods:
Archaic - 3000 - 1800 BCE Postclassic - 950 – 1524 CE
Preclassic - 1800 BCE – 250 CE Postconquest - 1524 – 1697 CE
Classic - 250 – 950 CE Colonial - 1697 CE – present
Mayan Elders
Indigenous Mayan elders give another view of Mayan history. In their tradition, the original
Mayas came from the Pleiades, and their lineage developed through times in Lemuria and
Atlantis. When Atlantis was destroyed, highly advanced teachers left with small groups to
reconstruct civilization in Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, China and Tamoachan (the central area
of the Americas). The teacher Itzamna came to the Yucatan area with the Itza people. They
built early cities and taught the native peoples, who eventually became known as the Mayas.
Much of Maya knowledge and technological ability was passed down from higher stellar-
seeded civilizations. Common threads are found throughout early civilizations emerging around
3000 BCE. Mayan elders now teach these views of Mayan culture and history, and many
Maya Mystery Schools have been established. For more information: Mayan Programs
Maya Yoga
There is much evidence that the ancient Maya knew and used yogic techniques. Art in Maya
codices, on pottery and carved in stone depicts postures, hand signs and meditation. In the
shamanic tradition, information about the energy body and subtle structures (chakras) has
been passed through generations. These keepers of wisdom have techniques for altering
states of consciousness and accessing multiple dimensions. This long hidden knowledge is
now taught in programs that include Maya philosophy, cosmology and mystical insights. Called
Yok'hah Maya, it guides us to live harmoniously with rhythms of nature and celestial cycles.
Visit our Resources (site link under development) for more about Maya civilization.
Ancient Mayan leaders portrayed on the murals at
Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico.
Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico.