Kalmomin da aka samu a cikin wallafe-wallafen 2012 sun hada da "rashin amincewa da al'adun Yammacin Turai", da ra'ayin juyin halitta na ruhaniya, da kuma yiwuwar shiga cikin New Age ta hanyar misali na mutum ko rukuni wanda ya shiga cikin tunanin Maya. Kalma ta bambanta da "Mayanist", wanda aka yi amfani da shi don komawa ga wani masanin kimiyya na Maya. Masanin ilimin kimiyya Anthony Aveni ya ce yayin da ra'ayin "daidaita sararin samaniya" ya kasance a cikin wallafe-wallafen Maya na dā, abin da ya faru na 2012 bai samo daga waɗannan al'adun ba. Maimakon haka, an haɗa shi da ra'ayoyin Amurka kamar New Age motsi, 2012 millenarianism, da kuma imani da ilimin sirri daga wurare masu nisa da wurare.
Shekarar 2012