Like HEART OF DARKNESS this book is a journey into the depths of one person's culture and fate. I enjoyed hacking through the lush lexi-jungle of the text. Pinchbeck melds dense descriptions of esoteric and scientific theories with experience (real, dreamed and drug-rendered) challenging sacrosanct perceptions of reality. He is self obsessed, at times genuinely pathetic, but his honesty, open-heartedness and intelligence save him and his story in the end, provoking the reader to recognize the mythical in his or her everyday walkabout.
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2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck
toxophile, February 25, 2008
Like HEART OF DARKNESS this book is a journey into the depths of one person's culture and fate. I enjoyed hacking through the lush lexi-jungle of the text. Pinchbeck melds dense descriptions of esoteric and scientific theories with experience (real, dreamed and drug-rendered) challenging sacrosanct perceptions of reality. He is self obsessed, at times genuinely pathetic, but his honesty, open-heartedness and intelligence save him and his story in the end, provoking the reader to recognize the mythical in his or her everyday walkabout.(4 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)