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    2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck

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    • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
    • Pub. Date: September 2007
    • ISBN-13: 9781585425921
    • Sales Rank: 28,210
    • 416pp
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    Synopsis

    The acclaimed metaphysical epic that binds together the cosmological phenomena of our time, ranging from crop circles to quantum theory to the resurgence of psychedelic drugs, to support the contention of the Mayan calendar that the year 2012 portends a global shift-in consciousness, culture, and way of living-of unprecedented consequence.

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    Daniel Pinchbeck has written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, ArtForum, and many other publications.

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    Okay. But not exactly what I expected.by Happy2B

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    March 09, 2009: This book was full of material that I had never read before, but I expected the author would spend more time discussing the Mayans than he did. It seemed like more of a trip down memory lane glamorizing his drug use. I found it very ego oriented, which is unfortunate when you consider the fact that there is a large part of the population that believes 2012 will be a time of consciousness raising. I think he could have taken a more futuristic, proactive approach to how the consciousness raising may come about and what can be done to facilitate that rather than reminiscing about his personal past. I have since passed up other books on this topic wherein Pinchbeck is editor, etc.

    Autobiographical bullshitby Anonymous

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    December 19, 2008: Don't get me wrong I in no way in this review mean to denounce the 2012 prophecy that is apparently going to occur on the 21st of december, i myself encourage people to look into it for themselves but do not bother looking for awnsers in this book. Daniel pinchbeck gives the false advertisement that his book will talk about the 2012 prophecy which he does for about 100 pages then he gets deeply sidetracked into a autobiography that could put a crack addict to sleep, he incessantly whines about his relationship not only with his wife but also that of his mistrisses. He begins to stray from a fact giving novel to a guideline of being a hippie dipshit, he gives chapter long stories of drug induced weekends and tribal ceremonies that he does not link back to the 2012 prophecy which leaves the reader confused. I myself was a fan of pinchbecks shamanic pshycedlic stories from his first novel "breaking open the head" but I was hoping to find something completly different in this latest book but all i found was that he would've been better off calling this one Breaking open the head Part 2.


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