Daniel Pinchbeck.

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Ideas

He is the author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism. In Breaking Open the Head, Pinchbeck explored shamanism via ceremonies with tribal groups such as the Bwiti of Gabon and the Secoya in the Ecuadorean Amazon. He also attended the Burning Man festival in Nevada, and looked at use of psychedelic substances in a desacralized modern context. Through his direct experiences and research, and influenced heavily by the work of anthroposophist Rudolf Steiner, he became convinced that the shamanic and mystical view of reality had validity, and that the modern world had forfeited an understanding of intuitive and aspects of being in its pursuit of rational materialism. Breaking Open the Head was written by author and journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, founding editor of Open City. ... A shaman doctor of Kyzyl. ... Bwiti is a West Central African religion practiced by the forest-dwelling Babongo and Mitsogo people of Gabon (where it is one of the three official religions) and the Fang people of Gabon and Cameroon. ... Anthem Salve Oh Patria We Salute You, Our Homeland Capital Quito Largest city Guayaquil Official languages Spanish Demonym Ecuadorian Government Republic  -  President Rafael Correa  -  Vice-President Lenín Moreno Independence  -  from Spain May 24, 1822   -  from Gran Colombia May 13, 1830  Area  -  Total 256,370 km² (73nd) 98,985 sq... Amazon River basin The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. ... The event is named after its Saturday night ritual, the burning of a wooden effigy. ... Official language(s) English Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area  Ranked 7th  - Total 110,567 sq mi (286,367 km²)  - Width 322 miles (519 km)  - Length 490 miles (788 km)  - % water 0. ... Rudolf Steiner. ... Look up Intuition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

This awareness led to his second book, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, which examines prophecy through personal and philosophical approaches, and offers the hypothesis that humanity is experiencing an accelerated process of global consciousness transformation, leading to a new realization of time and space within the next six years. In "2012," he also explains the psi or extra-sensory perception research of Dean Radin, the theories of Graham Hancock, his own encounters with crop circles, a visit to calendar reform advocate Jose Arguelles, and his direct reception of prophetic material: the voice of the Mesoamerican deity Quetzalcoatl, began speaking to him during a 2004 trip to the Amazon in Brazil. At the time, he was participating in a ceremony of the Santo Daime, a Brazilian religion that uses the psychedelic brew ayahuasca as its sacrament. The book also details his acts of infidelity and his interest in polyamory. This article refers to the topic of prophecy as the purported telling of future events or supernatural revelations. ... Global Consciousness is the idea that there is a collective consciousness in which all individual consciousness participates in, in some ways comparable with an electromagnetic field. ... Psi has multiple meanings: Psi (letter) (Ψ, ψ) of the Greek alphabet Psi (Cyrillic) (Ѱ, ѱ), letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, adopted from Greek Psi (parapsychology) Psi (instant messaging client), a popular Jabber client program J/ψ particle, a subatomic particle Wavefunction in Quantum Mechanics, ψ In mathematics, Ψ is used to denote the angle between... Extra-sensory perception (ESP) is defined in parapsychology as the ability to aquire information by paranormal means. ... Dean Radin is a researcher in parapsychology. ... Graham Hancock Graham Hancock (born 1951) is a British writer and journalist. ... This article is about the band, Crop Circles, for information about the controversial phenomenon, see crop circle. ... Jose Arguelles (b. ... This article or section seems to describe future events as if they have already occurred. ... Mesoamerica is the region extending from central Mexico south to the northwestern border of Costa Rica that gave rise to a group of stratified, culturally related agrarian civilizations spanning an approximately 3,000-year period before the European discovery of the New World by Columbus. ... Look up deity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Santo Daime is a syncretic spiritual practice, which grew out of the Brazilian Amazonian state of Acre in the 1930s and became a worldwide movement in the 1990s. ... Ayahuasca (Quechua, pronounced ) is any of various psychoactive infusions prepared from the Banisteriopsis spp. ... Look up infidelity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Polyamory (from poly=multiple + amor=love) is the desire, practice, or acceptance of having more than one loving, intimate relationship at a time with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved. ...

Pinchbeck's feature articles have appeared in numerous periodicals. A founding editor of Open City, a literary journal, he is currently launching a new Internet-based magazine, Reality Sandwich, offering a new paradigm for a planetary culture, scheduled to debut in March, 2007. In 2005 he co-founded The Evolver Project, with the plan to create a membership organization supporting sustainable commerce (a part of this project can be seen at [1]). On December 14, 2006, Pinchbeck appeared on the television program The Colbert Report to discuss his book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl.[2] A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. ... For other uses, see Paradigm (disambiguation). ... The Colbert Report (IPA: ) is an American satirical television program that airs from 11:30 p. ...

Further reading

Books

• Daniel Pinchbeck, Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, Broadway Books, 2002, trade paperback, 322 pages, ISBN 0-7679-0742-6
• Daniel Pinchbeck, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, Tarcher, 2006, hardcover, ISBN 1-58542-483-8
• Daniel Pinchbcek, 2012 Is the Golden Age Goldenage Publications, 2007, paperback,
• Daniel Pincbeck Conversations with Quetzalcoatl: Who is the Goddess?," Goldenage Publications, 2007, paperback

Periodical

• Shaman's Drum Journal
• Evolver. A Magazine for the New Edge

Shamans Drum Journal, a periodical devoted to experiential shamanism, is edited by Timothy White and published by the Cross-Cultural Shamanism Network (a nonprofit educational organization). ...

External links

• [3] His Amazon.com blog for the latest updates
• Post-Modern Prophecy: Urgent Myths for Urgent Times? A dialogue between authors Daniel Pinchbeck and Douglas Rushkoff.
• Breaking Open the Head - Psychedelic journey into the heart of contemporary shamanism. Devoted to the 2002 book of the same name. Hosted discussion forums.
• Evolver. A Magazine for the New Edge - Portal to Evolver's various planned projects.
• Evolver: An Interview with Daniel Pinchbeck - Part 1, Part 2
• "Daniel Pinchbeck and the New Psychedelic Elite" — a skeptical approach to Pinchbeck in Rolling Stone
• Daniel is interviewed by the Viking Youth Power Hour about 2012, the shifting world economy, and the value and implications of drug-induced possession states.