Stray
Bio
Geoff Stray amassed a vast collection of data relating to the 2012 phenomenon - a study that started in 1982. Far from confining his research to the Maya, who provide the most prominent predictions for this date, he also studied the prophetic traditions of other cultures, including Tibetan, Chinese, Jewish, and tribal cultures from around the globe, discovering a convergence of expected era change. Around 1996, he started to compile the information into a booklet called Beyond 2012. In September 2000, he made it available on the internet via the website www.diagnosis2012.co.uk Since then, Diagnosis2012 became renowned as the most comprehensive database available on 2012, and gathered input and feedback from every corner of the globe. Geoff has given presentations on the topic across England and in countries as far afield as Scandinavia, USA and Peru. For the record, Geoff never claimed the world would end in 2012, but that it seemed to be the beginning point of an era of a new kind of consciousness for humanity.
Following the prophetic and calendrical studies, Stray contined publishing books on other subjects.
BOOKS. Geoff currently lives in Glastonbury, UK and has published nine books:
1. Beyond 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy, the first of these, was published in the UK in 2005, it was published in the Netherlands in 2008, and in the United States in 2009 (as Beyond 2012 - Catastrophe or Awakening). This book is an overview of visions, calendars, prophecies and theories about 2012, and has been called “The Encyclopedia of 2012”. T
2. The Mayan and other Ancient Calendars was published in 2007 in UK and USA, and more recently, in Japan, Korea and Slovenia. It shows the unique properties of Maya calendar systems as compared with other ancient calendar systems.
3. 2012 in your Pocket is the third book - a compressed version of the most compelling material in ‘Beyond 2012’, plus a few extra items, and was published in the USA and UK in 2009, Sweden in 2011 and the Netherlands in 2012.
4. Mysteries of the Long Count - A Discussion of the 13-Baktun Era vesus the 20-Baktun Era. It was privately published in 2013 and starts out to rectify a misconception about the Maya Long Count calendar, but ends up discovering a solution to some of the til-now-insoluble massive date inscriptions from Coba and Yaxchilan. Published in a limited edition of 36 copies. However, the entire text is available online at http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/13baktunversus20.pdf
5. Mendip Madness - Transporting the Whack-Jobs of Ciderland (2017). This is a compilation of humourous true stories about the colourful characters of Somerset that Geoff meets in his job as a bus driver.
6. Glastonbury Underground - Searching for the Lost Treasure of Avalon (2018). It is the first detailed study of Glastonbury's hidden tunnels and lost treasure. Initially published in a limited edition (34 copies) in 2012, with all colour illustrations, under the title, Glastonbury Underground - a Mini-Guide to Rumour and Fact Concerning Avalon's Subterranean Passages, it was re-published in a fully expanded and updated edition in 2018.
7. The Long-Lost Glastonbury Sapphire (2021). It is an investigation into the history and eventual whereabouts of The Great Sapphire of Glastonbury. This was a superaltar (portable altar) said to have been given by St. David to Glastonbury Abbey, subsequently hidden twice and decorated with silver, gold and precious stones. It was found by Henry VIII's ransackers in 1539 and then disappeared from history. It was published in a limited edition of 100 copies.
8. V-Twin Panther- Conjoining the Cat (2019). This is an 84-page illustrated pocket book describing the author's creation of the world's first overhead-valve v-twin Panther motorcycle.
9. Chartres Labyrinth - Shining a Light on Lost Knowledge (2024). This book decribes a 17-year investigation into the meaning and purpose of the mysterious cups surrounding the Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France. The Labyrinth was built into the floor of the nave at Chartres Cathedral in the year 1201, and was one of six Cathedral Labyrinths, but the only one to survive in its original form. It was also the only one of the six that was surrounded by cups - 112 of them.
For details on some of these books, see the "Diagnosis" website: http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/straydogbooks.html
ANTHOLOGIES: Stray has contributed articles to anthologies such as the bestselling book, The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies and Possibilities (2007) (published in Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Greek versions); also 2013! The Beginning is Here (2011) and Mysteries of the Ancient Past - A Graham Hancock Reader (2012).
CHARTRES LABYRINTH PROJECT: Another project, stage one of which was completed in 2017, was The Chartres Labyrinth Mystery. This was a project that started in 2006 with the object of "cracking" the secret of how the Chartres labyrinth "cusps" were used as a calendar to calculate and predict the date of Easter. The 11–year project was summarised in a talk in 2017, which was given at the Green Gathering and Sunrise festivals, then the Glastonbury Positive Living Group. It was also performed at the 2018 Glastonbury Symposium and the Convention of Archaeology and Earth Mysteries. The Glastonbury PLG talk can be seen here: https://youtu.be/1bbL0tu7adc and for a better quality, the Glastonbury Symposium talk can be ordered on DVD on the Symposium website, here: http://www.glastonburysymposium.co.uk/videos.html In the Covid–19 lockdown, work started on writing the study up, into book form. A final visit to Chartres in 2023 and consequent discoveries allowed the second and final stage of the project to be completed. The whole 17–year study will be published as a book in June 2024. A short talk on it was combined with a short tunnel talk for the Mysterious Universe Conference in September 2023, but the video is not available. A full-length talk was given on the completed project at the Dorset Mysteries Group in March 2024. it will also be given at R.I.L.K.O. on June 28th 2024 https://rsh.anth.org.uk/contact/ and at The Glastonbury Symposium https://glastonburysymposium.co.uk/speakers/ on July 27th 2024.
GLASTONBURY UNDERGROUND VIDEO: In October 2018, Geoff gave a presentation in Glastonbury Town Hall as a launch for the Glastonbury Underground book. The talk was recorded and the video has been edited and improved with actual slides from the PowerPoint presentation. Watch it here :https://youtu.be/oGnMVIauFfk In 2025, this will be superceded by a new talk and video.
DOCUMENTARIES, SHOWS and ARTICLES: Geoff has appeared in documentaries such as 2012: The Odyssey; Timewave 2013; 2012 - An Awakening; 2012 - Mayan Prophesy and The Shift of the Ages; 2012, The Beginning, and Time of the Sixth Sun. He has also appeared on Edge Media TV (Sky Channel 200) several times, and has been interviewed by Whitley Streiber for the Unknown Country show, and for Graham Hancock's website, and many other shows. Geoffwas interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol in 2017 and has also written numerous articles for various magazines including Southern Circular, HERA, Salvia Divinorum magazine, Caduceus, New Dawn and the Hermes Journal.
CLASSIC MOTORCYCLES:
1956 Panther M100 600cc 'Flat Track' machine - completed in 2011 after 26 years in bits in a shed. It won the 'Most Desirable Panther' prize at the 2011 Dorest Panther Rally. See Classic Bike Guide Magazine, April 2019.
1927-1938 Jabsawock. 1927 1000cc v-twin JAP engine in a1938 BSA M20 chassis. Initially completed in 2014. Perfected in 2018. Won the Most Desirable Panther prize at the 2018 Dorest Panther Rally (even though it's not a Panther!).
1965-92 Evans BSA. 1000cc one-off v-twin made by Owen Evans, in a Norton featherbed frame, with Norton Commando bits. Renovated by 2019 and winner of Best Beast award at the 2019 Beast of Dartmoor rally.
1959 Panther v-twin: Manx Panther. 1300cc v-twin made from two Panther M120 engines in a Dresda Manx frame. Winner of 5 awards. See Real Classic Magazine, 2021 & Classic Bike Magazine, April 2024; Work still in progress...
Current project: very special sidecar.
Geoff lives in a converted "milking parlour", and in his spare time, used to make handmade footwear (until 2017 when metal arm screws started twanging on tendons), rides a dirt bike, tinkers with classic bikes, and “plays the blues harmonica to passing sheep”. He also regularly drives the tour bus each year for the Megalithomania conference, held in Glastonbury, and until 2023, drove a regular bus.
See Resources page for more info: http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/geo.html