The Cracking Tower - A Strategy for Transcending 2012 (Paperback)

End-of-the-world paranoia has been with us since time immemorial. Now, with the end of the legendary Mayan "long count" calendar looming on December 21, 2012 and recent threats of a worldwide economic collapse triggering widespread apprehension and a search for answers, "The Cracking Tower "offers an arsenal of strategies to turn these fears into an opportunity for spiritual and personal growth.
Beginning with a lively memoir of the author's experiences in the '60s, the book goes on to explore apocalyptic thinking through perennial philosophy, shamanism, gnostic mysticism, the body as a vessel of consciousness (and death as "an extended out-of-body experience"), and psychedelics. Shaping the discussion is the fascinating metaphor of the cracking tower, an apparatus for distilling gasoline, as a vehicle for distilling our awareness. Rather than speculating on what might occur in 2012, DeKorne proposes vigilance of a more introspective sort. "The important thing," he says, "is to ignore the finger and strive to comprehend the moon," to see what our apocalyptic tendencies reveal about ourselves.

General

Imprint:	North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Jim DeKorne
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-55643-816-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge > General
LSN:	1-55643-816-8
Barcode:	9781556438165

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