Cyclical Nature of Time
Time moves in cycles, not lines; what has happened will happen again.
Time is not a straight line but a spiral of returning cycles. What happened in past cycles returns in new forms. Understanding this allows prediction and preparation. We are not marching toward novel futures but dancing through recurring patterns.
Time is a wheel; what has passed will pass again in new clothes.
Cyclic time is the fundamental framework for Mayan thought about history and future.
Calendar Traditions
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- What the Maya calendar says about time
Time is described as a wheel or a spiral, where what has happened returns in a different dress. Prediction is possible because the patterns repeat.