Toward 2012 : Perspectives on the Next Age

by Pinchbeck, Daniel; Jordan, Ken

• ISBN13: 9781585427000
• ISBN10: 1585427004
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-26
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

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 2012highlights 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.

Author Biography

Daniel Pinchbeck is the bestselling author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl and Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, ArtForum, Arthur, and many other publications. He is the editorial director of Reality Sandwich and a national columnist for Conscious Choice magazine.

KEN JORDAN has been an online pioneer since leading the 1995 launch of the web-'s award-winning first multimedia music zine and digital music store, which later became a property of MTV. He has written for Wired, Index, Paris Review, and First Monday, among other publications. He is the publisher of Reality Sandwich.