false 1201 1814 1585424838 9781585424832 151 <![CDATA[2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158959557m/1814.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158959557s/1814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1814.2012_The_Return_of_Quetzalcoatl 3.52 511
Throughout the 1990s, Pinchbeck had been a member of New York's literary select. He wrote for publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and Harper's Bazaar. His first book, Breaking Open the Head, was heralded as the most significant on psychedelic experimentation since the work of Terence McKenna.

But slowly something happened: Rather than writing from a journalistic remove, Pinchbeck-his literary powers at their peak-began to participate in the shamanic and metaphysical belief systems he was encountering. As his psyche and body opened to new experience, disparate threads and occurrences made sense like never before: Humanity, every sign pointed, is precariously balanced between greater self-potential and environmental disaster. The Mayan calendar's "end date" of 2012 seems to define our present age: It heralds the end of one way of existence and the return of another, in which the serpent god Quetzalcoatl reigns anew, bringing with him an unimaginably ancient-yet, to us, wholly new-way of living.

A result not just of study but also of participation, 2012 tells the tale of a single man in whose trials we ultimately recognize our own hopes and anxieties about modern life.]]> 1201 3.70 1225 331 2006 1815 0767907434 9780767907439 74 <![CDATA[Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158959558m/1815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158959558s/1815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1815.Breaking_Open_the_Head_A_Psychedelic_Journey_into_the_Heart_of_Contemporary_Shamanism 4.08 366 A dazzling work of personal travelogue and cultural criticism that ranges from the primitive to the postmodern in a quest for the promise and meaning of the psychedelic experience.

While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the spiritual sacraments of tribal cultures around the world. From the iboga of the Bwiti in Gabon, to the Mazatecs of Mexico, these plants are sacred because they awaken the mind to other levels of awareness--to a holographic vision of the universe.

Breaking Open the Head is a passionate, multilayered, and sometimes rashly personal inquiry into this deep division. On one level, Daniel Pinchbeck tells the story of the encounters between the modern consciousness of the West and these sacramental substances, including such thinkers as Allen Ginsberg, Antonin Artaud, Walter Benjamin, and Terence McKenna, and a new underground of present-day ethnobotanists, chemists, psychonauts, and philosophers. It is also a scrupulous recording of the author's wide-ranging investigation with these outlaw compounds, including a thirty-hour tribal initiation in West Africa; an all-night encounter with the master shamans of the South American rain forest; and a report from a psychedelic utopia in the Black Rock Desert that is the Burning Man Festival.

Breaking Open the Head is brave participatory journalism at its best, a vivid account of psychic and intellectual experiences that opened doors in the wall of Western rationalism and completed Daniel Pinchbeck's personal transformation from a jaded Manhattan journalist to shamanic initiate and grateful citizen of the cosmos.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 1201 3.70 1225 331 2002 1784444 1591796113 9781591796114 34 <![CDATA[The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies & Possibilities]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188309674m/1784444.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188309674s/1784444.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1784444.The_Mystery_of_2012_Predictions_Prophecies_Possibilities 3.56 100 Featuring essays from 25 renowned experts on the question of 2012, this invaluable anthology examines the mystery from every angle--spiritual, economic, ecological, and scientific--and to decide for yourself whether 2012 will end with a whimper or a bang. In The Mystery of 2012, you will discover the startling predictions and revelations of prominent thinkers, including: * John Major Jenkins' journey to the source for answers--the original Mayan calendar * Gregg Braden's examination of the scientific evidence for a shift in the Earth's magnetic field, and how it will affect all life * Barbara Marx Hubbard's and Peter Russell's explorations of the accelerating pace of evolution--why we may literally be transforming into a new species * Ecologist Joanna R. Macy's vision of "The Great Turning," and how we can take part in this shift to a life-sustaining culture * Daniel Pinchbeck's investigation of the shift of consciousness that will be necessary for humanity to survive 2012 * Jean Houston's predictions on the coming "Jump Time," and her practical advice for dealing with the impact it will have on your life * Corinne MacLaughlin's discussion of using spirituality and consciousness to influence business and political trends

]]> 25150 3.96 608 165 1201 3.70 1225 331 98143 3.78 189 45 2007 5637316 1585427004 9781585427000 8 <![CDATA[Toward 2012: Perspectives on the Next Age]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255750789m/5637316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255750789s/5637316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5637316.Toward_2012_Perspectives_on_the_Next_Age 3.43 30 An informed, challenging, and engaging collection of essays on the new choices in lifestyles and community as we begin the countdown toward the year 2012.

This fresh and thought-provoking anthology draws together some of today’s most celebrated visionaries, thinkers, and pioneers in the field of evolving consciousness— exploring topics from shamanism to urban homesteading, the legacy of Carlos Castaneda to Mayan predictions for the year 2012, and new paths in direct political action and human sexuality.

Toward 2012 highlights some of the most challenging, intelligent pieces published on the acclaimed website Reality Sandwich. It is coedited by Daniel Pinchbeck, the preeminent voice on 2012, and online pioneer Ken Jordan, and features original works from Stanislav Grof, John Major Jenkins, and Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky); interviews with Abbie Hoffman and artist Alex Grey; and a new introduction by Pinchbeck.

Here are ideas that trace the arc of our evolution in consciousness, lifestyles, and communities as we draw closer to a moment in time that portends ways of living that are different from anything we have expected or experienced.]]> 1201 3.70 1225 331 356114 3.49 41 9 2008 3349 0810992906 9780810992900 6 <![CDATA[Burning Man: Art in the Desert]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3349.Burning_Man_Art_in_the_Desert 4.09 23
Art at Burning Man, like the experience of being there itself, is a way of being outside routine existence: People return home rejuvenated and inspired to seek ways to express the spirit of the festival in their everyday lives. For more than a decade, A. Leo Nash has been creating a photographic document of this work, and in his photographs we see the wellspring of a new art movement.]]> 2267 4.09 23 6 1201 3.70 1225 331 2007 6023190 0810996316 9780810996311 3 <![CDATA[Mushroom Magick: A Visionary Field Guide]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6023190.Mushroom_Magick_A_Visionary_Field_Guide 4.43 7
Popular culture critics Erik Davis and Daniel Pinchbeck provide background and testimony in elegant essays, and mushroom expert Gary Lincoff contributes notes. This beautifully designed and profusely illustrated mushroom bible will appeal to nature lovers, mushroom hunters, and enthusiasts of all things psychedelic.]]> 2755718 4.43 7 3 121068 3.92 169 26 1201 3.70 1225 331 1741549 4.43 7 3 2009 3350 0872864847 9780872864849 0 <![CDATA[The Wondrous Mushroom: Sacred Mushrooms in Mexico and Mesoamerica]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3350.The_Wondrous_Mushroom_Sacred_Mushrooms_in_Mexico_and_Mesoamerica 4.50 4 "From now on any comprehensive study of Ancient Mexican civilization must start from (and with) your discoveries."-Octavio Paz

Gordon Wasson's May 1957 LIFE article describing his encounter with a Mexican shaman woman triggered the psychedelic revolution. In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, we present Wasson's groundbreaking classic, The Wondrous Mushroom, an illustrated, in-depth exploration of the history and cultural meanings of the shamanic use of psychedelic mushrooms in contemporary and ancient Mesoamerican culture.

R. Gordon Wasson (1898–1986), former vice president of JP Morgan Trust, authored groundbreaking books and articles on sacred mushroom use, culture, and history.

]]> 2268 4.18 28 4 1201 3.70 1225 331 2007 6646882 0 <![CDATA[Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6646882-breaking-open-the-head 3.00 6 A dazzling work of personal travelogue and cultural criticism that ranges from the primitive to the postmodern in a quest for the promise and meaning of the psychedelic experience.

While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the spiritual sacraments of tribal cultures around the world. From the iboga of the Bwiti in Gabon, to the Mazatecs of Mexico, these plants are sacred because they awaken the mind to other levels of awareness--to a holographic vision of the universe.

Breaking Open the Head is a passionate, multilayered, and sometimes rashly personal inquiry into this deep division. On one level, Daniel Pinchbeck tells the story of the encounters between the modern consciousness of the West and these sacramental substances, including such thinkers as Allen Ginsberg, Antonin Artaud, Walter Benjamin, and Terence McKenna, and a new underground of present-day ethnobotanists, chemists, psychonauts, and philosophers. It is also a scrupulous recording of the author's wide-ranging investigation with these outlaw compounds, including a thirty-hour tribal initiation in West Africa; an all-night encounter with the master shamans of the South American rain forest; and a report from a psychedelic utopia in the Black Rock Desert that is the Burning Man Festival.

Breaking Open the Head is brave participatory journalism at its best, a vivid account of psychic and intellectual experiences that opened doors in the wall of Western rationalism and completed Daniel Pinchbeck's personal transformation from a jaded Manhattan journalist to shamanic initiate and grateful citizen of the cosmos.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 1201 3.70 1225 331 2002 2107825 0975720023 9780975720028 1 <![CDATA[Darklore Vol. 1]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2107825.Darklore_Vol_1 4.33 3 1201 3.70 1225 331 42294 3.36 334 42 2007 3263959 1591796660 9781591796664 0 <![CDATA[Reality 2.0: Shamans, Psychedelics, and the Next Step in Evolution]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3263959.Reality_2_0_Shamans_Psychedelics_and_the_Next_Step_in_Evolution 3.33 3 Is our culture poised for the next leap in human evolution? How is technology changing us? Are we in the midst of a global "quickening" that will transform our individual and collective consciousness--and are heavy psychedelics required to participate? Pinchbeck explores these questions and more in this fascinating look at the issues most relevant to those curious about the future of our world.

]]> 1201 3.70 1225 331 2008 5637317 1601630654 9781601630650 0 <![CDATA[2012: Biography of a Time Traveler: The Journey of Jose Arguelles]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5637317.2012_Biography_of_a_Time_Traveler_The_Journey_of_Jose_Arguelles 5.00 1

--Daniel Pinchbeck

What if someone told you that you were living in the wrong time and that the unparalleled catastrophes of the world were largely due to an erroneous perception of time? Would you believe it?

2012: Biography of a Time Traveler is the authorized biography of José Arguelles, the man who first introduced the date December 21, 2012 into mass consciousness with The Mayan Factor. The initiator of the Harmonic Convergence global peace meditation of 1987, Arguelles is also the founder of the annual Whole Earth Festival (1970) in California, and one of the originators of the Earth Day concept.

Following a life-changing vision at age 14, atop the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Arguelles began a lifelong journey to discover the underlying mathematics and prophecies associated with the Mayan calendar.

2012: Biography of a Time Traveler is an engaging journey through the inner and outer realms of this visionary. As the story unfolds, you will follow Arguelles through many startling synchronicities and transformations of consciousness. Through his epic saga, you may see that every detail of your own life is also precisely designed, down to the most seemingly mundane circumstance.

By uncovering the Mayan codes, Arguelles discovered the telepathic nature of time. He also realized that the human species is living in artificial time, which is disrupting its planetary environment and destroying its civilization.

This book sheds light on the crisis our planet is undergoing today and offers clues about how we can realign with natural time to make a peaceful transition on December 21, 2012.

]]> 2513040 5.00 1 0 1201 3.70 1225 331 2009 1818 1880154854 9781880154854 0 <![CDATA[Jeff Koons & Andy Warhol: Flowers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158959562m/1818.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158959562s/1818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1818.Jeff_Koons_Andy_Warhol_Flowers 5.00 1 1204 4.35 37 9 1201 3.70 1225 331 2003 7347519 0749928530 9780749928537 0 <![CDATA[2012: The Year of the Mayan Prophecy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7347519-2012 4.00 1 1201 3.70 1225 331 2008 7180034 9789791238939 2 <![CDATA[The Mystery of 2012: Prediksi, Ramalan, dan Kemungkinan]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258864905m/7180034.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258864905s/7180034.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7180034-the-mystery-of-2012 3.00 1
* Perjalanan John Major Jenkins ke sumber jawaban-kalender Maya asli dan kearifan abadi yang dikandungnya.]]> 25150 3.96 608 165 98143 3.78 189 45 1201 3.70 1225 331 625461 3.78 9 2 9244 3.93 56 12 2009 48558 1890447218 9781890447212 0 <![CDATA[Open City #10 : The Editors' Issue]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170356214m/48558.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170356214s/48558.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48558.Open_City_10_The_Editors_Issue 0.0 0 1201 3.70 1225 331 2000 7041650 1440610959 9781440610950 0 <![CDATA[2012]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7041650-2012 0.0 0 1201 3.70 1225 331 2007 7018832 0767911520 9780767911528 0 <![CDATA[Breaking Open the Head]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256096417m/7018832.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256096417s/7018832.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7018832-breaking-open-the-head 0.0 0 1201 3.70 1225 331 2002