Paul's review
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl
by Daniel Pinchbeck
Paul's review
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck
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Time to fuck with your mind a bit. I'm all for it. Mind's were meant to be fucked with. I have been a little obsessed with 2012 for a while now and when I accidently knocked this green gem off the shelf at Barnes and Noble while looking for Chuck P's latest I gave into synchronicity and bought it.
Daniel Pinchbeck is alright. He's a competent writer and pretty intelligent, though he's no Terrence Mckenna. The book is a gathering of facts that range from Shamanism and psychedelics to crop circles and alien abductions...the usual Coast to Coast AM fare. Unfortunately this might be the books downfall. He's got me sold on a lot of things and I love his research on Jung and Neitzsche and he's got some genuine insight into the occult and alternative thinking but he lost me in more than a few areas where his pettiness and sex drive became grossly transparent while defending his actions. I also saw a video of him speaking at Burning Man in some gawdawful tye dye get-up and it just r...more
Daniel Pinchbeck is alright. He's a competent writer and pretty intelligent, though he's no Terrence Mckenna. The book is a gathering of facts that range from Shamanism and psychedelics to crop circles and alien abductions...the usual Coast to Coast AM fare. Unfortunately this might be the books downfall. He's got me sold on a lot of things and I love his research on Jung and Neitzsche and he's got some genuine insight into the occult and alternative thinking but he lost me in more than a few areas where his pettiness and sex drive became grossly transparent while defending his actions. I also saw a video of him speaking at Burning Man in some gawdawful tye dye get-up and it just r...more
