I wouldn't blow your life savings on partying just yet. End of days, Ascension, Mayan Calenders are all stories. Combine the imagery of these with the state we find our planet in at the moment ie economics, war, climate change etc. and you start to see a definate scenario unfolding.
That scenario is not set in stone, it is merely a sort of symbiotic kalliedascope of thought projection.
I hate to go out on a limb and speak beyond what I can personally attest to but here is my 2 cents based on what I witness.
There has been a growing elevation and interest in all things metaphysical of late. Simply indicating that the natives are getting restless. I look at my own state of being in line with current events and I feel great change a comin'. But that to me is in the vein of leaving our physical and pychological systems and processes in order to trade up to higher realities culminating in the transition from mind to consciousness as a way of existence.
There, I said it, shoot me!! I also predict that 80's fashion will make a comeback!!