Thanks for the response Allie. I can't remember exactly how I came across the 2012 but it was a very long time ago, before even the conspiracy theories started weasling their way into my existence. I am pretty sure though it had to do with my obsession with the Mayans. My childhood I was obsessed with crystals, Atlantis, Stonehenge, the Mayans, and the Incans. And for some reason it panned out that I then ended up visiting Chitzen Itza and Stonehenge in my adolescent years. I believe I came across 2012 while researching Atlantis. I decided to pursue my childhood curiousity (Atlantis) a couple years after high school one day, several months after I had this extraordinary past life dream, and that's exactly why I am here right now. Personal experiences, my friends 

 No book can account for that.