The purpose of your research project and how it will contribute to the academic understanding of your subject. The aim of the project is to consider the phenomenon of apocalyptic beliefs within contemporary metropolitan societies. The term "apocalyptic beliefs" will be defined in accordance with Norman Cohn's use of the term as a particular type of Salvationism.1 This definition is consistent with Nick Campion's explanation of the word "apocalypse." Campion suggests that "the Greek for revelation is derived from the word apocalyptic, to describe the vision of the end of the world." Campion also states that eschatology comes from the Greek word Eschaton, meaning the study of ends, but can mean belief in the end of the world. The word millenarian can be applied to any beliefs that the world is about to enter a major new phase. Campion also suggests that the terms millenarian, eschatological, and apocalyptic can also be used interchangeably. to examine, in particular, the beliefs of members of a spiritualist religious group from the Costa Blanca region of Spain, who will be asked to give their views on the 2012 Ascension Doctrine. According to the website to2012.com, some believe that the end of the world as we know it will occur on December 21, 2012. This date coincides with the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar and will supposedly mark a "new beginning of joy and enlightenment for all humanity. » A new humanity 100. times more harmonious than we are now. An instant launch, if you will, into a higher vibrational state on December 21, 2012. 3Informants will be asked if they profess to believe in this doctrine and, if so, to what extent does this belief affect... middle of article......ge Movement: the extent and nature of contemporary belief in astrology', (PhD thesis, University of the West of England, 2004) Part 1, Chapter 2 , Millennialism p 313 http://to2012.com/ (Consulted March 7, 2011)4 Daniel Wojcik. Embracing the End of the World: Faith, Fatalism, and Apocalyptic Beliefs in the Nuclear Age, Western Folklore, (Western States Folklore Society 1996) Vol. 55, no. 4, Explorations in Folklore and Cultural Studies, pp. 297-330.5 John W. Hoopes in “Mayanisim Comes Of (New) Age,” in Decoding the Counterculture Apocalypse 2012 ed. Joseph Gelfer (London: Equinox Publishing)6 Alan Bryman. Quantity and quality in social research (London: Unwin Hyman. 1988) chp 6 p1267 Bryman. Quantity and Quality (1988)8 Judith Bell. (Buckingham, Philadelphia: Open University Press. 1999) (3rd edition) p1359 Bell Research (1999)