Catastrophe or Ecstasy: A complete guide to end-of-time predictions. According to the ancient calendars of the Maya, the world as we know it ends in 2012. For over 20 years Geoff Stray has been investigating 2012 as a time of potentially massive significance - revealing that several civilisations have similar prophecies for that year. Will it be a global catastrophe or spiritual transformation? Beyond 2012 is a must read for anyone striving to understand the predictions.