Synopses & Reviews
On December 21, 2012, there will be an opportunity for the meek to prevail.
So speaks one of the Mexican sages in Jock Whitehouse's 2012 anti-apocalypse book The Ledge of Quetzal.
"There was a growing momentum of darkness in the world. As climate change spawned wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods; as earthquakes and mudslides turned entire villages into rubble; as political, social and religious differences gave rise to terrorism, genocide, and war; as the world teetered on the edge of economic chaos, it was not hard to imagine apocalypse in the making. The Maya, however, along with numerous other cultures and disciplines, had somehow discerned the largest cosmic cycles of man's destiny and the forces that surrounded it. And in those cycles they found, like the pause of a pendulum at its apogee, an opportunity for total change. It was like a second chance for all mankind."
Yes, the weather is changing, world economies are shaky, terrorism and nationalism and fanatical leaders threaten global security. Some say civilization is ending.
Can it be saved? Yes. Who can do that? We can.
That's the message that comes through in this wild adventure story - in the tradition of Castaneda and Coelho, deep into the heart of southern Mexico and its rich traditions of plant-based hallucinogens and the spiritual clarity they awaken.
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"An intriguing and well-written tale that presents the message of the 'Harmonic Convergence of 2012' in a way that any thinking and feeling person could appreciate - and take to heart: This is the moment to awaken to our divinity and shift the course of human evolution. Let us not forfeit this chance!" --Jose Arguelles, Galactic Research Institute, author of The Mayan Factor and initiator of the Harmonic Convergence and the 13 Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement
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"Simple, lyrical and profound. Unfolds like a dream-vision and leaves you with the feeling you have been visited by the spirit of a future which calls us to oneness and authentic spiritual liberation." --James O'Dea, visionary activist, fellow, and former president of IONS, and writer and lecturer on global transformation and the 2012 era
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"Blazing with insights on the sacred process of personal transformation, The Ledge of Quetzal, Beyond 2012 is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the prophesies surrounding the Mayan Calendar and the Year 2012 -- and a vivid standout among the best of them. A dazzling, inspiring, often hallucinatory account of consciousness unfolding." --Joseph Dispenza is the author of God On Your Own: Finding a Spiritual Path Outside Religion and The Way of the Traveler
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"Jock Whitehouse has written an inspiring book about the consciousness of the ancient Mayan legends and has given us all hope for 2012 and beyond. His book helps us to face our primal fears and to face them with wisdom." --Lynn Andrews, author of The Medicine Women Series
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"A well-crafted and engaging adventure set in exotic Maya locales. More than a fine story, this book invites the reader to triumph over fear and experience the universal mysteries of spiritual transformation." --John Major Jenkins, author of Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 and The 2012 Story
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"The Ledge of Quetzal, Beyond 2012 is fresh take on the archetypal journey of spiritual self-discovery; a beautifully-written and poetically-described shamanic adventure story that integrates personal and universal evolution. Jock Whitehouse is a born storyteller, and his wisely-envisioned, mythical magical tale of transformation will delight, enchant, and inspire you, carrying you to new heights of insight and understanding." --David Jay Brown, coauthor of Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse and Mavericks of the Mind
About the Author
Jock Whitehouse was raised in Mexico, where his family took him at the age of 5 to recover from rheumatic fever. As lone, adventuresome Americans, they spent the next 15 years traveling into remote, sparsely populated areas of Mexico where Jock experienced firsthand the mystical native traditions and language that inform the mythological core of his allegory. He returned to the States for college and lived there for 40 years before returning to Mexico, his true spiritual center. He studied writing under Rod Serling and has written professionally for business for over 30 years. About the Illustrator:
Having worked as an animator for Walt Disney, and with over 35 years as a sculptor in bonze, Tom Knapp has to his credit more than 20 life-and heroic-size bronzes in public venues in the USA and around the world, including the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame sculpture commissioned for the front of the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, CA. Today, Tom specializes in printmaking and illustration, and is actively represented in more than fifteen major galleries in the United States and Mexico. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.