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I wouldn't compare this to INTO THE WILD, although it's just as good. The bit I read was psycologically tough, but the language was beautiful. Can't wait for the book to hit the shelves.
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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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toxophile, March 9, 2009
I wouldn't compare this to INTO THE WILD, although it's just as good. The bit I read was psycologically tough, but the language was beautiful. Can't wait for the book to hit the shelves.(4 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)
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.(9 of 18 readers found this comment helpful)