José Argüelles
Perhaps best known for his role in initiating the world famous Harmonic Convergence global peace meditation of August 16-17, 1987, José Argüelles was also one of the originators of the Earth Day concept and is recognized as the “father of the Whole Earth Festival,” now in its 33rd year at Davis, California. Holding a Ph.D. in art history and aesthetics from the University of Chicago (1969) José’s career as an educator has included professorships at Princeton University, University of California Davis, the Evergreen State College, Olympia Washington, the Naropa Institute, San Francisco State University, the University of Colorado and the Union Graduate School.
An artist as well as an author, his numerous books include the international best seller, The Mayan Factor, Earth Ascending, Surfers of the Zuvuya, The Arcturus Probe and the recently published Time and the Technosphere: The Law of Time in Human Affairs. .
His decoding of the Mayan calendar has resulted in an interactive game called Dreamspell, the Journey of Timeship Earth 2013, and the discovery of the Law of Time. According to the Law of Time, modern humanity is in trouble because it is immersed in an erroneous and artificial perception of time which causes it to deviate at an accelerated rate from the natural order of the universe. To remedy this situation, Argüelles has been promoting the return to a natural timing cycle through the regular measure of the Thirteen Moon 28-day calendar. (www.lawoftime.org)