2012 Feeds Most Popular Stories

Letter Re: Health Saving Accounts in the US--Buying Retreat Medical Supplies with Pre-Tax Dollars

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:04:27 +0000

Hi Jim -
Thanks for your blog. It is well worth the [voluntary] 10 cents a day.

Just a quick tip on saving money. Many employers offer flexible spending ["Health Savings"] accounts [(HSAs)] that are funded with pre-tax money. These accounts are usually billed as letting the employee pay for office co-pays, prescription co-pays, etc. tax free. But depending on the program, many other things qualify for purchases through the account. For example, my employer's program allows most over-the-counter [medical] products. Things like bandages, creams, contact lens solution, foot care products and more are all valid purchases. I've been able to build solid health care/first-aid kits for my 72-hour bag, truck, and home using my account. My employer's program offers a card that is used like a debit card, good any place that takes Master Card or VISA. This makes it even better because I can make qualified purchases wherever I find the best deal without worrying about claims forms, receipts, etc. If any of your readers work for an employer that offers such an account, it is worth researching to see what is allowed and what isn't. They might be surprised, I know I was! - John in Michigan

JWR Adds: It is also noteworthy that with most HSA plans, any portion that is not expended can accrue and be designated for a retirement fund. I consider HSAs a "win-win" for preparedness-minded families. The only significant drawback would be if our nation enters a period of mass inflation.

[via http://www.survivalblog.com/ @ August 18, 2008 @ 5:04am]

Woody Harrelson Joins 2012 Cast

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:00:05 +0000

Woody says that his character is a guy: ...who’s been talking for a long time, the whole world thinks he’s crazy,” Harrelson said of his character. “But he’s been talking that there’s gonna be hell to pay for what’s been going on ecologically and everything.” The role suits Harrelson, an environmental activist ... [via http://2012news.com/ @ July 17, 2008 @ 1:00am]

John Titor - Time Traveler

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:16:09 +0000

John Titor, the self-acclaimed time traveler from the year 2036, stated that there are unusual events which occur in 2012. However, these events do not cause the world to end. The U.S. was in civil war in 2012 in the timeline from which he returned. Source: AboveTopSecret.com [via http://www.doom2012.com/ @ March 7, 2008 @ 7:16am]

Some Wicked 2012 Related Shirts

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:40:24 +0000

Wearing a cool t-shirt is a great way to express your individuality. It can also open up opportunities to raise the awareness of the people around you. Take a look at some of the cool t-shirt graphics and shirts that are very loosely related to the 2012 topics covered on this site. [...] [via http://www.doom2012.com/ @ July 2, 2008 @ 12:40am]

Sony’s New 2012 Movie

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:40:41 +0000

Things are moving along for the 2012 movie that Sony is producing. It is scheduled for release on July 10th, 2009. Roland Emmerich has some interesting quotes on the movie. Casting is coming together. Story details (including spoilers) have also been obtained. [via http://www.doom2012.com/ @ July 12, 2008 @ 6:40am]

The Geoglyphs of Teohuanaco

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:40:00 +0000

[via http://survive2012.com/ @ August 8, 2008 @ 2:40am]

Volcanic Island Iceland Shaken by Strong Earthquake

Sat, 31 May 2008 09:14:10 +0000

On Thursday, May 29, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale shook the area near Reykjavik. It was centered in the town of Selfoss, about 30 miles away from the capital city. Iceland shaken by magnitude 6.1 earthquake May 29 02:22 PM US/Eastern REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, damaging roads [...] [via http://2012planetx.info/ @ May 31, 2008 @ 9:14am]

Links

Tue, 06 May 2008 07:12:15 +0000

Richard Gabriel
This is the Blog of my long time friend and spiritual mentor Richard Gabriel, co-owner with Judith Elter, of hometospirit.com. He is a member of the Quest Project working, along side AMBILAC in that respect, upon current Egyptian data. More than that he is a man of deep spiritual contemplation whom I consider to be my spiritual brother, read his words and judge for yourself.
Maya 12-21-2012
Investigation of 2012 related happenings and a hub for 2012 site links. Plenty to get you going on with!
Divine Cosmos
Welcome to Divine Cosmos, the Internet home for the work of David Wilcock. Within this site are thousands of free pages of scientific and spiritual information about soul growth, Ascension and the evolution of consciousness.
Maya Dreamtime 2012
The Sun and the Serpent Maya Mysteries School and the Auriga Mysteries School Present an unprecedented opportunity to become Earth & People shakers, to participate for 3 days in teachings and ceremony with World-renowned wisdom keepers from the lands of the Quetzal, the Eagle and the Condor.
The CrowHouse
Our friend, Max Maxigan, provides some great information about historical anomalies and much, much more in his free to download book. Personally I think this is something you do not want to miss out on as the same data will set you back $20 for similar books on Amazon.
Papa Guru
An alternative directory, bringing you the strange, beautiful, unsettling, and revealing gems of the web.
U.F.O. Seek
UFO paranormal Directory, Community and News.
Home To Spirit
Personal friends and fellow Rainbow Warriors, Jadie & Richard provide deeply spiritual but also well informed thoughts on our current times. The site is currently being overhauled before updated information on their work in Egypt is posted.
Survive 2012
Rob has done an excellent job of providing 2012 information including the creation of a unique 2012 wiki and 2012 site database. Their is also a thriving 2012 community and the beginnings of his own book for public perusal.
December 21 2012
The Webmaster here, John, has brought together various 2012 related site links, articles and thinkers.
Diagnosis2012
Geoff Stray has been providing information and 2012 site links for many, many years now. Explore and enjoy.
Your Own World U.S.A.
Your Own World USA’s core mission is 2012 — Planet X / Nibiru education. Interviews and articles are free to the public. Intended to help people through the challenging years ahead.
Seekers Of Wisdom
Charbel Tadros leads Lebanon's major esoterica and world mystery investigation organization. Many unique articles provided on varied subjects.
Graham Hancock
Home for both the wide ranging research done by Graham Hancock and also a vibrant web community discussing myriad unusual subjects.
John Anthony West
Author, lecturer, and guide, John Anthony West controversially revealed that the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, showed evidence of rainfall erosion.
Manataka - American Indian Council
Providing important information regarding the knowledge of the American Indian peoples.
Michael Carmichael
Friend of the site, conciousness researcher, and the only man in politics I trust. Apart from all the information provided on the site he also runs the egalitarian project planetarymovement.org
PAG E-News
Peter A. Gersten questions dogma, ideology, authority & reality. Thinks outside the program & looks behind the curtain.
Adrian Gilbert
Home of the well known author and researcher that helped bring attention to the Mayan information as well as ancient astrology.

[via http://www.2012rising.com/ @ May 6, 2008 @ 7:12am]

Global enlightenment by 2012 the kalki way

Mon, 26 May 2008 17:24:00 +0000

Ascension on a global scale is what kalki is talking about. Though it isn't a religious based concept, it does have a trace of Hinduism theology to it. The critical mass of the ascension mission of Kalki must be achieved by 2012.

Who is Kalki ?

He is the founder of a movement known as the Oneness University who's mission statement states in part that they will bring every human into the Golden Age. They themselves do not need to reach the entire human population directly. Their job is to work at enlightening 64000 souls. Having reached this number they believe that the natural phenomenon of critical mass will take over and that the rest of humanity will funnel into the tunnel at a quantum velocity and the entire human psyche will be elevated into this frequency. From this new paradigm or singularity, every human will be in the frequency of one.
The inititial 64000 will be reached through a transfer of divine energy known as Deeksha(diksha). This deeksha energy is transferred through the hands of a qualified diksha giver, a channel opens up between the two and cosmic energy binds the two as one.
This is similar to a process of downloading an existing program from one computer to another.
Is this for real?
Kiara Windrider has pondered deeply on that question and has termed the merits of the Golden Age Foundation and the Oneness university as Enlightenment 2012. Windrider explains his observation and comments on his understanding of these claims in a book called Enlightenment 2012 : Kalki and the Golden Age.

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References

Sri Bhagavan on the mission of the Oneness University

kiara Windrider on the conversion of global beliefs and 2012

Enlightenment 2012 - The book

[via http://2012-predictions-review.blogspot.com/ @ May 26, 2008 @ 5:24pm]

Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes to be Released

Tue, 27 May 2008 17:59:43 +0000

Malaysia is planning on releasing male mosquitoes engineered to produce fatally flawed children: Male mosquitoes genetically engineered to produce offspring that die in the larval stage are nearing a release into the wild. As we first reported back in January, Oxford spin-out Oxitec was nearing a deal with the Malaysian government to release millions of GM bugs to help kill off the mosquito population that carries dengue fever. Now, Nature is reporting that within the month, the country’s Academy of Sciences could recommend the release of the mosquitoes.Some critics say that bed nets could reduce numbers of dengue fever as well. Original story here: GM Mosquitoes Nearing Widespread Release in Malaysia. [via http://www.the2012apocalypse.com @ May 27, 2008 @ 5:59pm]

2012 Book Reaches Amazon Top 100

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:06 +0000

A new 2012-related book has stormed into the top 100 at Amazon.com. The book, Temple At The Center Of Time: Newton's Bible Codex Finally Deciphered and the Year 2012, is written by David Flynn and is in pre-release. It is currently the #1 bestseller in the World History category, and ... [via http://2012news.com/ @ August 18, 2008 @ 7:00am]

Merrill Lynch Predicts Widespread Riots

Tue, 27 May 2008 20:17:56 +0000

Merrill Lynch says that rising food prices could trigger more riots in developing nations. They trace some of the problems back to the US recession, and the credit crunch:Last month, the World Bank’s president, Robert Zoellick, suggested that 33 countries could erupt in social unrest following a rise of as much as 80% in food prices over three years. Merrill’s report said the credit crunch has contributed to a global re-balancing, drawing to a close an era in which American consumers have been the primary drivers of the world’s economy. In a gloomy set of forecasts, Merrill said it believes the US is in a recession - and that American house prices, which are among the root causes of the downturn, could fall by 15% over the next 18 months. The bank said Britain’s economic outlook is “deteriorating” as consumer confidence weakens. The Office for National Statistics yesterday said that retail sales fell by 0.2% in April compared to March. People have been on a housing-bender for years now, using skyrocketing prices to extract equity from their homes. But credit isn’t the only thing going on, as world demand for food (for livestock and biofuels) and oil has skyrocketed as well. The article ends with this piece of news:Oil prices are expected to continue rising rapidly after hitting a third record in a row yesterday, as supply continues to outstrip demand.Read more here: Surging inflation will stoke riots and conflict between nations, says report. [via http://www.the2012apocalypse.com @ May 27, 2008 @ 8:17pm]

Heard of the Köfels’ Impact Event?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:00 +0000

[via http://survive2012.com/ @ July 30, 2008 @ 1:52pm]

A lovely sentence regarding 2012

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:52:00 +0000

[via http://survive2012.com/ @ July 22, 2008 @ 11:52pm]

Connecting The Dots

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:31:59 +0000

What do the founding of the Egyptian and Mayan dynasties have in common. The answer is more than you know: more than most historians want to admit. It all begins with two very common, and I’ll be specific for clarity purposes, dates or time frames. Would you believe 3113 and 1198? They’re dates that continue [...] [via http://www.2012finalfantasy.com/ @ August 13, 2008 @ 8:31am]

Are Arctic Power Countries Guarding the seed bank at Svalbard?

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:24:57 +0000

Both Russia and Canada have sent their powerful Northern Fleets to the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen. Why are both powerful navies interested in a small, unremarkably featured island in the Arctic Ocean? And are they turning their big guns and missiles outward or towards each other? Perhaps an old favorite US television show suggests an answer. [...] [via http://2012planetx.info/ @ July 15, 2008 @ 8:24am]

Letter Re: Ramen Noodles as a Food Storage Supplement

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:42:08 +0000

Mr. Rawles,
First off, thanks for your fine web site! I was proud to become a 10 Cent Challenge subscriber.

For those looking to increase their food storage supply in a cost-effective manner, I would recommend stopping by Wal-Mart and picking up their 12-pack containers of Ramen noodles (in various flavors). They're currently $1.73 per package, which comes out to just 14.5 cents per single pack.

Nutritionally, a single pack of Ramen noodles contains:
380 calories
14 grams of fat
52 grams of carbohydrates
2 grams of fiber
10 grams of protein
and 16% of your daily requirement of iron

We ate a lot of Ramen noodles in the field while I was on active duty, you could boil up a single pack in a canteen cup and add a can of mushroom soup to it for a hot meal that was a break from C Rations. It would actually feed two guys most of the time.

Ten cases would cost you $17.30 to add 120 servings of a filling and easy to prepare base to stretch out your food storage dollars. This is worth the money, in my opinion! Yours, - Will from Florida

JWR Replies: The nutritive value of ramen is marginal, so it should not be considered a primary storage food. But I can see the wisdom of having some on hand as a food storage supplement, especially in lean times when hunger pangs will be a distinct possibility. There are lots of interesting ramen recipe web sites on the Internet, like this one with 370 recipes. Coincidentally, instant ramen is nearing its 50th anniversary.

In my experience, ramen, like other bulk pasta, is particularly vulnerable to vermin. I strongly recommend storing it in 6 gallon food grade buckets with gasketed lids. If you are short on buckets, One alternative--albeit providing a shorter shelf life--is finding metal cabinets (such as military wall lockers) with tight-fitting doors. These will at least keep your pasta safe from mice and rats. (But not necessarily safe from insects.)

[via http://www.survivalblog.com/ @ August 21, 2008 @ 12:42am]

Crop Circles, Mind Powers & Aliens. 2012 Related?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:26:27 +0000

Now, I have never been a huge enthusiast of the crop circle phenomena. Mayans, 2012, supernatural and psychic phenomona are more my bag.

But something caught my attention about the latest design found in an English field. It represents a degree of accuracy mathematically that it was only recognised by an astrophysicist that spotted the image. Somehow, our board-wielding friends supposedly managed to stomp down a field into a design that takes Pi to the tenth decimal place accurately. It does not sit well with my past scepticism. This is a feat that mathematicians are finding absolutely incredible, it beggars belief that a few artists made this with boards or other simple techniques.

Now, I have myself had the opportunity to meet self-confessed crop circle creators from the well-known site 'circlemakers.org' some years ago now. We ended up sat at the same table after a book launch for Breaking Open the Head, Daniel Pinchbeck’s first book. At the table was also as I recall, a nice man from 'redicecreations.com' whom joined in the conversation about crop circles. It may be clear already that I am a very open-minded person. I will give any fringe research topic a period of consideration, and investigation. That said one person from the crop circle group was pretty close-minded about there being any other possibility than human hands at work. She dismissed things that I personally know to be factual based on direct experience, not theory. As such, I was wary of her conclusions about the makers of circles. Her claim, echoed by her friend and fellow group member, was that all the big circles are known to be fakes inside of the secretive world of crop-circle manufacture. Though she admitted that some circles did have unknown authorship. Actually, crop circles, and their cousin, ice circles, have been around for at least several hundred years.

Despite my distaste for elements of the opinions expressed by the circle makers, I was of a mind to mostly agree. It does seem to me likely that regular people do most of the incredible designs seen in fields. It is the tiny minority though that keeps me open to the possibility I am wrong. That maybe these circles are very important images for our cultural consciousness. I admit that I do not find the idea of manifestations of supernormal forces in fields, or anywhere else, as being unlikely. For in my view it is possible that mind may draw these patterns, whether human minds or alien minds. Perhaps somehow symbols or profound wisdom expresses itself onto physical matter by our cumulative energy.

Not so long ago an image near the Chilbolton astronomical observatory drew my attention and indeed that of a section of the world’s media. The use of encoding messages in ASCII binary code was new, and showed a high degree of technical accuracy from the maker of the design. Once again, it was hard to see how a few people in the middle of the night could do this. Even with the high tech help, they get from GPS and laser measuring devices. It did seem however rather unlikely to be from an Alien. I think that ironically sending a picture of an alien face is the least likely way for an alien to make successful contact. It just screams fake, yet at the same time the shocking accuracy makes us wonder if this is more than what we want to believe about it. Once again I do not assume it must be aliens, both mind powers and Earth energies are still to factored in, as well as the seemingly remote possibility of a few circle makers being responsible.

With all the weirdness going on as we head towards, and indeed beyond, the year 2012 we must stay open. I will not quickly write off any source of weird data. After all interesting connections with the Mayan Calendar and its end date have shown up in fields before. Well these has got to be the weirdest crop-circle yet discovered on our fair shores, and we get most of the weirdest ones here in the South West of England where I reside. At this point, I will add that I have seen on several occasions Unidentified Flying Objects in the skies over this region. I have no doubt that there are weird things flying above our heads. For doubters please view some of the many STS NASA space mission video feeds, these show at times dozens of UFO being filmed and discussed by both the astronauts and ground crews. Certainly, I cannot ignore a possible link between objects seen in this regions skies and the fact we have many weird patterns appearing in the crops grown locally.

So have the aliens contacted us?

Is the global mind drawing pictures in cereal?

On the other hand, do we have the best crop artist in the world on the loose?

I cannot of course answer for sure, but this circle makes me think it may turn out to be a whole lot weirder than all of those possibilities!!! For my money, this is just to complex to be someone’s idea of a clever joke in the middle of the night.
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Toto, we are definitely not in Kansas anymore.

[via http://www.2012rising.com/ @ June 19, 2008 @ 11:26pm]

Has Earth gone bonkers? Err, no.

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:52:00 +0000

[via http://survive2012.com/ @ August 12, 2008 @ 5:52am]

Carnival of the Future #1

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:55:05 +0000

Hello everyone and welcome to the first ever Carnival of the Future. For those who are unfamiliar with this carnival, which is excusable given its newness, here is a little background: Carnival of the Future is dedicated to predictions by bloggers about the future. The focus is on politics, art and atheism. Do you have a prediction about what will happen in the 2008 Election? Will the US bomb Iran? Will there be a major change in film? Theatre? Novels? Will atheism be embraced or punished? Sha [via http://technorati.com/search/2012+mayan @ August 15, 2008 @ 10:55pm]

Natural Disasters Intensifying

Tue, 27 May 2008 20:30:29 +0000

Earthquakes and tornados, wildfires and hurricanes. These events are occurring more frequently now than in the past. Today at Spirit Daily they link the natural and the supernatural:During the entire decade of the 1970s, the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a total of 44 earthquakes it classified as “significant.” The following decade, from January 1980 to December 1989, the U.S.G.S. recorded 47 significant earthquakes. That is for the entire decade. From 1990 through the end of 1999, they recorded 57 significant earthquakes and from 2000 thru to the recent earthquake in Sichuan, China, the U.S.G.S. recorded an astonishing 109 earthquakes of at least magnitude 7.0 (and 13 earthquakes measuring between 8.0 and 9.9 on the Richter Scale). China and then Colombia and then China again, and before that, rumblings in the American Midwest (as well as California) as quakes have followed others that have been thousands of miles away. Scientists used to insist that such were unrelated but are beginning to conclude what many have long said: that tremors often go hand in hand, “telegraphing” from one fault to another. Our conclusion takes it a step further: They are linked spiritually as well as geophysically. There are forces at work that go beyond those known to the seismologist.Read more here: INTENSIFICATION OF ‘SIGNS’ IN NATURE AT LEVEL HARD TO MISS EVEN BY SECULARISTS. [via http://www.the2012apocalypse.com @ May 27, 2008 @ 8:30pm]

Letter Re: Will the War in Georgia Trigger a Russian Ammo Import Ban?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:41:00 +0000

Hello James,
I have been an avid reader of your novel and SurvivalBlog for about six months now, and I have to echo the sentiment of many other readers--that it has given me a desperately needed focus and sense of purpose. The increased threat of TEOTWAWKI was clear in my mind, and prior to finding your blog, I just had anxiety and was confused over what actions I should be taking t protect my family. I was like a deer in the headlights. Now it is a whole different story. I have stopped wasting money on non-essential items (sodas at restaurants, for example - my kids even request water now.). I have started to gather tangibles. Bullets, Beans and soon Band-Aids.

My comment for this email is based on a rumor I heard at a gun show this weekend. The gentleman who was selling me ammo (from a very large ammo wholesaler) stated that Wolf brand ammo and all other Russian ammo like Brown Bear, may be threatened by a Bush embargo as a political protest to the Russia's Georgian War.

I hesitated to mention this as it is best to have an orderly flow in the market place and not panic, but as with the Iraq war I & II, I watched ammo prices almost double. Another war, especially involving an ammo producing country like Russia, will only make prices increase more, IMHO.

As I type this I have already seen .223 go over $240 per 1,000 and 7.62x39 is quickly approaching $200 per 1,000. Wal-Mart just raised prices last weekend on 12 gauge and .22 caliber. What was priced at $11.50 is now $13.50. Best Regards, - Robert D.

[via http://www.survivalblog.com/ @ August 21, 2008 @ 12:41am]

Crop Circle Connector brings back the Avebury formation

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:31:58 +0000

Sometimes, during my free time, I just wander around the Web and look for juicy bits of news to read or post here. Sunday was one such time. And I hit pay dirt. Clicking around the Web, I happened upon one of my favorite sites, Crop Circle Connector. When I did, I found that a crop circle image [...] [via http://2012planetx.info/ @ August 6, 2008 @ 6:31am]

2012 - The Return Of Quetzalcoatl [2]

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:21:12 +0000

2012 - The Year Of The Mayan Prophecy

In 2006 the counter culture aficionado, Daniel Pinchbeck, released his second book but first devoted to the subject of 2012. Daniel Pinchbeck has become something of a 2012 media favourite since the launch of the book, partly because of his background as a respected journalist. He has also drawn plentiful attention because of his links to the always controversial and inflammative subjects of drug use and alternative sexual thought paradigms.

In Daniel’s first book Breaking Open The Head - A Visionary Journey From Cynicism To Shamanism he boldly engaged with the neo-shamanic and indeed genuine archaic shamanistic communities of the world. It described the way in which a rather morbidly cynical ‘thirty something’ New Yorker managed to leave his materialist and nihilistic paradigm for something rather more cosmic. Rather more pleasant for that matter.

Although the book does not discuss 2012 in any depth, only briefly touching on the subject during chapter 32 whilst Pinchbeck is visiting a Mayan site, it does clarify just how a respectable journalist ended up cashing in his normality for the weirder life of a 2012 researcher and writer. The short version is that Pinchbeck took a great deal of very strong chemicals and had his head well and truly broken open. The realisation that the mind is perfectly capable of phasing out day to day reality, and then perceiving entire new landscapes with non-human beings capable of interacting with us, left him in a whole new place spiritually and philosophically.

Although the second book was originally released in the USA as 2012 The Return Of Quetzalcoatl the UK edition was released under the title 2012 - The Year Of The Mayan Prophecy. The name change was quite simply because practically nobody in the UK was aware of the 2012 subject, and even fewer would have any idea just what a Quetzalcoatl might be!!!

The book opens with an introduction of the issues that are to be tackled, mainly the current state of our modern global civilisation, such as peak-oil and biosphere issues. Rather we might say it examines the cracks, and the rot that has set in throughout what is actually now a post-modern, civilisation. It then moves on to Daniel’s own life from childhood onward, and an introduction to some of the people that have inspired him. To be honest I found the early part of the book very heavy going, mainly because the people that inspire Daniel are obscure, peculiar, and rather over wordy in their philosophical ramblings. On the other hand, perhaps I am just a moron unable to comprehend the gist of their esoteric thinking.

There are however plenty of gems even from the start. I enjoyed the discussions on scientific research into etheogens, and the analysis of military research into psychic abilities. Some of the thinkers he referred to were intelligible to me thankfully, and he produced some interesting references from them. The end of the first chapter has us brought up to speed a little regarding the God whose name is in the books original title. We find out something of his achievements and his enemies, as well as his considered nature. The links between Quetzalcoatl and that other 2012 writer, Jose Arguelles, father of the 13-month calendar are also touched on.

For the main part, this book is rather like a strange attractor, a hub of 2012 related people, books and thinking. It tends to skip around at times, slightly unpredictably, and refer to persons or topics that need to be investigated deeper. My advice would be to keep your PC connected to the net whilst reading; you are likely going to need to Google more than once during reading. There are far to many areas touched upon for me to list here, although its fair to say most anything, or anyone connected to the 2012 subject appears at least once!

Where this book holds its own as definitive on a 2012 related subject must surely be on the subjects of aliens and of crop-circles. Indeed, it becomes clear that these geometric cereal phenomena are of enormous interest to Daniel Pinchbeck. He travels extensively interviewing relevant speakers on the subject as well as bringing forth some interesting scientific and mathematical observations regarding these formations. Some of these formations are related to 2012 data, and seemingly, some of the apparent E.T. phenomena are tied up to the subject of changes in our time on a world scale. He also does a good job of bringing attention to the links between alien behaviour, fairies and shamanic experiences in indigenous communities. The book goes to pains to relate much of it back to crop circles.

Personally, though I appreciate why crop-circles interest people, and except they may well be very important messages to humanity, I actually find them boring. For me the book has too much information about them in it. For those familiar with Graham Hancock’s book Supernatural all I can say is remember how much Hancock talked about cave paintings, well that is how much Daniel Pinchbeck goes on about crop-circles. I am however in a small minority regarding this subject, so I feel most people will really enjoy the attention Daniel has lavished on this particular topic. Sales of crop-circle books and pictures speak for themselves.

The book takes us on a great tour of the modern alternative communities and various camps of metaphysical thought. Amongst these is the Santo Daime whom utilise the compound DMT for unification with spiritual forces. Pinchbeck has something of a love affair with the religion, and perhaps more so with one of its priestess’s. It is a very eye opening whistle-stop tour of just one of the groups that are currently tied up into the whole 2012 planetary shift business.

We are also taken through subjects more related to possible socio-psychological shifts everything from the way we think about work to the way we view our roles. He explores in some considerable depth sexual attitudes and the way we evaluate our more sensual relationships. Perhaps to honestly much of this is in the context of his own failing relationship, and his own desires. Still it is interesting to look through another’s eyes at this deep subject, and to be made to consider whether a change in society would mean change in such fundamentals as the way we view relationships and run them. Daniel also observes matters of sexual inequality in a rather non-politically correct manner.

There is much to be gleaned from this book, New Age thought, crop circles, and 2012 peer reviews, aliens, burning man, visions, etheogens, Buddhism and environmental collapse. It is not so much a book about 2012 as it is a book about the now flourishing counter-cultural revolution, and the rise of a new paradigm of thought. The round calendar of the Mayans and its 2012 end date merely are the hub upon which the books wheels spin. The most notable original data in it comes from Daniel’s own channelling of the God Quetzalcoatl whilst in an altered state of consciousness; I will not spoil it by telling you what he had to say about 2012.

For my part, I enjoyed the book even though I admit that at times it was a struggle to keep it flowing into my brain box. This is not an introduction to the 2012 subject however, and would be most appropriate for those who already understand just why the 2012 subject is being discussed. It would help to have fully comprehended the astronomic mechanics and cultural history behind the Meso-American calendar systems before reading. This book is rather like an intellectual joyride through post-modern culture, all the while sticking its finger up to ‘The Man’ out of the window whilst hollering, “2012 m**********r!!!”, as it speeds along.

Check out some of the now over 100 reviews on Amazon before buying this book to get a feel for the passion it ignites in people. It is on my recommended 2012 book list, and I hope you enjoy reading it despite its aforementioned flaws.

On a personal note Daniel seems like a nice and genuine man, I had the pleasure of talking to him over dinner after his 2002 launch of Breaking Open The Head in London. He is without doubt a very intelligent man that may at times be his undoing, simply because many of us are just perhaps not quite clever enough to follow his train of thinking at times. For a past article that perhaps gives away more of his thinking on 2012 topics such as ascension, I would recommend his interview in Fortean Times magazine by Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor. If however you would rather find out what he is doing currently then simply visit him over at the Reality Sandwich website.

[via http://www.2012rising.com/ @ April 29, 2008 @ 9:21pm]

2012 Period Sees Climate Shift In UK

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:35:29 +0000

During the summer of 2007 the UK experienced unprecedented rainfall for the months of May and July. The towns of Tewkesbury, Cheltenham, Stroud and the city of Gloucester were all hit hard. This is where I happen to live, and the nature of my job meant this directly affected me.

Not only was my job greatly effected by the flooding but also I lost my water for the first time in my life, as did many others. Ladies and Gentlemen let me tell you that we do not live in a state where natural unity and ‘blitz spirit’ will see us through everything. The reality on the ground was that civilised behaviour although the norm was rapidly decaying. There were fights in local supermarkets over produce and water bottles, people having punch-ups. The ‘Bowsers’ (a word I had to look up in a dictionary) were stationed at sites around the town and filled by water companies. The problem was that so many were quickly vandalised or worse they had bleach, or broken glass poured into them, or even human urine.

Not sure about you but that did not seam a good sign to me about what would happen if we continued to have increasing weather catastrophe in years to come. Though the flooding was relatively localised to certain areas of the country, it still had a huge impact on business and people nation-wide. At one point there were also many with no water or electricity either and dealing with flooded streets.

A debate quickly raged about whether this was a further sign of climate change and a shape of things to come. With time the standard answer for such things, mere chance, and freak events once every two hundred years simply. Some scientists remained sceptical but towed the line, and eventually the subject faded away. Of course some of us were more sceptical still, and remained convinced we were seeing a rapid climate shift in England. I am a Trinidadian-English person whom has also lived in Thailand I am familiar with tropical weather. It seems obvious to me that we now have a sub-tropical weather system over the UK the rainfall pattern is consistent with more traditionally tropical climates. Winters have now nearly faded away, snow is a rare occurrence and trees and plants left confused about the true start of spring. Then during the moderately warmer months we experience massive downpours, lets refer to those as what they are, ‘the rainy season’. There are now only the three seasons and they are much like those in sub-tropical countries. We seem to have just a ‘dry season’, a ‘hot season’, and indeed a ‘rainy season’.

Of course we must remember that the official line is that this is a freak event and will probably not happen for another 200 years. Well there is a problem with that theory, it is July 2008 (1 year later) and I am sat typing with rain tipping down outside my window. It has been raining for a couple of days straight already and looks set to continue awhile yet. Local towns are already experiencing flooding following rains of once again unprecedented amounts. It seems the BBC is saying that a month’s rain fell in a period of merely twenty-four hours.

It would appear to me that it will be hard to except that this is merely a freak event any more, bearing in mind the loss of the traditional snowy English winter.

In my short lifetime climate shift has been obvious to me. It’s clear that the last decade has been extraordinary in the history of man. With a flow of such events and other radical happenings world-wide, it seems ridiculous to keep pulling out the tired lines about freak events. Tornadoes and cyclones now hit countries very hard on a very regular basis. Mexico, America, Japan, China, Bangladesh, India and other nations have all been hit by anomalous weather events on massive scales that have devastated large areas killing many hundreds of thousands of people (knowing our warped press reporting, the true figure may be in the millions).

At times I feel like I am walking in a dream world when looking at such evidence right in front of me, after years of study and my own predictions of climatic shift based on my research conclusions. These are not dozens of unconnected freak events but rather clearly are evidence of our planets changing climate, due to the same unseen hand that is perturbing our Sun and the all our fellow Sol circling planets.

The people of the UK need to wake up to the new reality that is forming itself right before there slumbering eyes. We day by day seem to sleep walk into what is clearly a dangerous cultural place, police state rules and an ignoring of evidence that our culture is about to face its greatest ever challenge. We face a world, in which it can not exist, being entirely at odds with the actual situation in the surrounding physical environment. Anyone with even a passing education can comprehend that we can’t continue to rapidly consume if there are fewer and fewer resources, and if indeed by our consuming we are speeding up a rapid climate shift event. Alongside that we continue the headlong plunge into the war on terror, a clearly eternal war as by its very nature it has no possible ending other than extinction. In a totalitarian police/military state, it becomes more and more easy for the term’s ‘citizen’ and ‘terrorist’ to blend into one. Anyone is automatically under suspicion of something, and the best way to process that type of reality is to ensure all people are monitored via all communication mediums. Ideally of course people would be chipped for easier monitoring, but it is not absolutely necessary. Powerful people have traditionally managed to control populations with far less technology than that.

Does it seem likely that a civilisation embroiled deeply in an eternal war on terror, seeking to expand its conflicts and ensure materialism and over consumption are available for all peoples of the Earth (survivors that is) will fare well in a period of climatic shift and dwindling resources?

Though I am not a 2012 doomsday theorist and utterly reject the idea of a doomsday date set by anyone, it does seem to me that we are having a rather drawn out version of one. Earthquakes, storms, ice-melt, tsunami and volcano eruptions, all seem to have become every day affairs for somewhere in the world at this time. Although quietly confident that mankind is capable of blundering through its period of greatest risk, I am also aware that we are not helping ourselves much currently and I see much strife and much fear ahead for many. Clearly I will not be outside these events, none will be in the end, as they will be more constant and global simultaneously.

Climate shifts are real events, not the stuff of fantasy and fiction, the Earth’s history is dotted with them and indeed with past rapid loss of species. We should prepare for the worst but hope for the best, which has been how humans have weathered events like the ice age and pandemic disease. All else is utter madness, a clearly suicidal tendency within a sickened culture of pure materialism.

Its still raining outside my window, I wonder when it will stop?

[via http://www.2012rising.com/ @ July 9, 2008 @ 9:35pm]